need help really bad

hi i need help really bad i have a 99 zx2 sport auto and i was smoking my tires the other night and now my trans is going is there anything i can do to fix it my self or something or does anyone know how much it would cost to get a new one or a rebuilt on would cost and how do i tell my dad about this please reply soon i need help thank

Doubt you can fix an auto yourself.... What were you doing to smoke the tires? And what is the tranny doing now? A new one would probably be 1000+, and maybe a little less than that for a rebuild.

why dont u try to put a quart of lucas auto trannie fluid in it can work wonders if not good luck with your dad

You probly cooked the clutch packs in your transaxle if thats the case and it most likely is, then buh-bye transaxle. Just find a replacment transaxle from a junk yard or a Ford Dealership, and get installed.

I personally was going to put a SVT Focus 6spd in my ZX2 from the AT. I know the MTX75 will mate up its a 5 speed MT for the Focus and the ZX2 and SR. They arent to terribly expensive and not to hard to find.

hodo
could u tell me where i can find one of them 6 speeds i have a 00 zx2 5 sp but its begging for a 6th gear reply on this thread please

the S/R does NOT have teh focus tranny it has teh same g15m as the zx2
and it is a LOT of work to get a focus tranny to work with a zx2 it is anyting but easy. one 1 person has made the swap

hodo
could u tell me where i can find one of them 6 speeds i have a 00 zx2 5 sp but its begging for a 6th gear reply on this thread please

its a pointless swap just but teh zxtuner tranny from www.zxuner.com it takes a better beating the the svt tranny and is geared for the 1/4

The SVT Focus trans axle can be found the Ford Racing. Its expensive and they do make adapter kits, minor differences.

And NO its not geared for the 1/4 mile, theirs more to life than a short strip of asphault. Some of us like corners. Thats where the 6spd comes into its own.

From my research, you will need the Trans axle, complete transaxle, with half-shafts, cv joints, boots, everything, its actually just to swap the SVT-Zetec with tranny than it is to put the trans in.

I perfer a 6 spd over a 5 spd, the gearing in it are better, the SVT trans is stronger along with ALL of its components, and parts are more readly available for it. all in all it a win win situation.


Oh and ZX2srdotnet, I didnt say they were the same trans I said they will bolt up. I know they arent the same trans. The MTX75 is a different internal design and has some minor differences to the half-shaft tooth count. But are the same bell housing bolt pattern.

i daid the zx2 doesnt have the mtx75 you said the mtx75 was the mt fr the zx2 s/r, zx2 and focus, its not the mtx75 is only the tranny for the focus the zx2 uses a g15m, same as the mazdaspeed protege

NO srdotnet,
You are READING INTO THE STATEMENT.

Let me re-word it for you. I wont speak "1337" either becuase that drives me nuts.

What I said was that the MTX75 will mate up to the ZX2 and the S/R, in otherwords to put it more simply. You can exchange them between the cars with little work. Or. You can put this one into that one.

Read the lines not between the lines.

What's the weakness of the auto trasaxle on these? Just too much torque on a light-duty box? I've noticed this thing will really hop from a stop. More off-idle torque than I've seen in a 4-banger with auto before. I don't want to break it!! It is for my wife, though, so it is safe from me for the most part. She doesn't clown like I do.

It seems that the ECM backs the throttle off just a little before shifting when you get on it. Am I imagining this, or is that the case? It is kinda like the Auto-shift semis I've driven. They throttle down before shifting to break the torque on the driveline. If that's the case, I'd think that punches from a stop would be the only really destructive thing you could do to it, other than manually shifting the auto. (is that a bad idea on these?)

You probly cooked the clutch packs in your transaxle if thats the case and it most likely is, then buh-bye transaxle. Just find a replacment transaxle from a junk yard or a Ford Dealership, and get installed.

I personally was going to put a SVT Focus 6spd in my ZX2 from the AT. I know the MTX75 will mate up its a 5 speed MT for the Focus and the ZX2 and SR. They arent to terribly expensive and not to hard to find.

Does this mean these have a posi transaxle? Is there such a thing.:confused:?

NO srdotnet,
You are READING INTO THE STATEMENT.

Let me re-word it for you. I wont speak "1337" either becuase that drives me nuts.

What I said was that the MTX75 will mate up to the ZX2 and the S/R, in otherwords to put it more simply. You can exchange them between the cars with little work. Or. You can put this one into that one.

Read the lines not between the lines.

you also need custom axles and to rework the clutch, its not just swap and go

When I swap trans, I replace axles, clutch, and flywheel. But that may have been a misunderstanding, I often assume most people do this when doing something as major as a trans swap.

Jeff, most Ford Automatic transaxles in the newer lines of cars are packed full of clutch and metal plates, if someone "Hotrods" them one to many times you will cook the internals on them, or if someone failed to do a trans flush at its schedualed time and continued to drive on it in city wear and tear it will also cook the internals. I know nothing about the big rig trans other than they are ALOT bigger than the ones I work on. And as for it being a posi, I cant even remember right now I am elbow deep in my Nissan doing a complete brake job on it. As for it easing off of the throttle before it shifts, it does something like that, it cant really ease off of the throttle it can only cut fuel. Thats pretty much what it does before a shift. The Zetec is one of the torquiest 4 cylinders out there, this is good and bad, they are hell on ATs and often kill the internals on them if not taken care of with regular maintance. The manual version will eat clutchs if the driver is not familuer with the car.

not everyone wants to spend the money for the SVT tranny + custom axles + trying to get the damn clutch to work?
the zx2 already has great gearing for autoX (proven by how well the msp does) and if you just want a stronger tranny the zxtuner sells a bullet broof tranny with better gearing, a stronger diff and 200hp rated axles for 1500 that is a direct swap. as opposed to the only guy that did a mtx75 swap it took him months. there is NO logical reason to ever swap in a 6spd or the mtx75, he only did it cuz at the time there was no aftermarket for the zx2 tranny.

G5M is ZX2... G15M is the Mazdaspeed protege...

svt focus 6spd would cost you above and beyond 3k and is hardly worth the swap. some have experamented w/ cryo treatment on the ZX2 gears and personally (though they say its better) i think that it would make them more brittle and prone to shattering. i have just learned however, that the G15M from the MSP has a different bell housing, but the gears, forks etc. may fit into a zx2 bell housing.

but lets all just face the facts... why would anyone want to Fuckusize their ZX2? i wouldn't... wtf would you even call that... a ZXMutant or something? despite the fact that it is a six speed and i know everyone craves a 6spd... its a peice of shit... the 4.10 gears of the ZX2(if they were stronger) would be ideal for anything you wan't... well, besides a turbo or s/c...

they are the same tranny, teh zx2 has g5m from 98-99 adn tehn g15m from late 99-2003, the only difference was the g15m had crappier syncros.

and a getrag can be had for like $800

ya, you could get it for that but the swap and electronics and all that would cost way more... its not like switching from auto to manual... its trying to do something that the ZX2 wasn't designed for.

matt

guy put a svt motor in a s/r rather cheaply and it runs well

whats the point? i can run faster than an SVT w/ only an S/R pcm... why would you wanna do that? i don't get it, whats the catch? bottom end being the same and all... for an extra 40 hp that is lost in the gearing... waste of my time. anyone else can do it... ill sit back and watch their zxmutant have more problems than my thorough bred zx2...

matt

hmm the motor from a car that can run 15.3 stock in a body with 300lbs less and the better gearing of the zx2 5spd? its a 14sec car b4 motor work.

i just wish that my zx2 would smoke the tires.its a 5 speed standard,all stock 2.0 engine.It peeled out when it was new,but now it drives me nuts

the computer is brand new,as is most of the engines wiring.no check engine lights,or nothin like that.its like waiting for jesus to come,waiting all day for second gear to catch up to my cussing.and dont even think of turning on the ac,not if your getting on the highway.

put in a S/R computer or a superchip, UDP(afx), and a header, and intake. wake that think up, i have a S/R and can smoke them rather easily. in 1998 the ZX2 was the fastest car for under 20k(it was 13k new)