Originally Posted by
John Stranahan
Tekin R8 and Novak HV 3.5R Unsuccessful
I have this combination pictured above in my wide pan. I thought I would report that it did not work. The motor would run at slow to medium speed but once it got into the sensor-less mode, no more power was delivered; thus the car would only reach a slow maximum speed.
I tried this previously with a Novak Ballistic 3.5. Same story.
I have a report that you can adjust this Tekin to an all sensored mode, but then the system runs hot. I may try this just to confirm the situation.
The R8 works fine with LRP motors (in my TC) and Te kins I am sure.
Running the 17.5 ballistic with a GM90 we have retarded the timing as we found that even on zero timing the 2nd part of the 2-speed was over timing the motor causing it to stall/stutter, and in some cases burn out.
I run my 17.5 ballistic at the first retarded mark and lowered the gear change point from 18,000 to 15,000.
Hope this helps?