I've been doing some researching on upgrading my transmission. I got a PES supercharger installed on my 3.0 and boy it does "sh!# and git". But all of this power has taken a toll on my stock Tiptronic transmission. I've spoken in person to the guys at both IPT and Level10. After having described the symptoms of the transmission's bad behavior they both suggested a top down rebuild. This included the clutch packs, internals, etc. as well as an upgraded valve body and torque converter. This is roughly $5-$6K. I had the transmission flushed and filter chagned with some improvement in behavior. Here is what I described to them:

"While cruising at about 70 mph when I juice the gas to make it downshift it will shift down and grab the gear fine. As I rev up to about 4500rpm, approaching 85mph, the transmission seems to disengage and the motor over-revs. I have to let my foot off of the gas in order for it to catch into top gear again (I guess allowing the transmission to “catch up” to the motor and hook up. "

Any thoughts on these symptoms?

Does anyone on this forum have any experience with either Level10 or IPT? IPT's website is certainly more exciting than Level10's.

http://www.importperformancetrans.co...uto.shtml#main
http://levelten.com/

Both guys I spoke to were very knowledgable about the Audi Tiptronic. My question is: Who builds a better transmission? I'd like to hear from anyone out there with experience with either company. This is a huge investment, so I'd like to choose wisely.

Thanks

 

i would post this at www.audizine.com as well... several people there have been working with level 10