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Posted: Apr 03 2013 at 8:18am \| IP Logged

Starting to look at doing HP upgrades to the engine and I know transmissions can only handle so much HP before it is bad for them and I was wondering if anyone knew what the HP limit for my 98' frontier XE with the 2.4 liter 4 cylinder with the 5 speed manual transmission could take before I risk ruining my trasnmission.

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Posted: Apr 03 2013 at 9:38am \| IP Logged

Even if you bore and stroke the engine the transmission should be OK. That’s provided you have good shifting habits and maintenance. Do you have a magnetic drain plug to catch metal particles? Have you replaced the factory lube oil? The clutch and u-joints will also be weak links.

Good Luck with it.. Don S..

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Posted: Apr 04 2013 at 7:57am \| IP Logged

None of that has been done yet but before I do all of the HP upgrades I planned on rebuilding the transmission. So the drain plug and lube oil will be done then. I was just wondering if there was a HP max for the transmission.

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Posted: Apr 09 2013 at 7:33pm \| IP Logged

How much HP do you think you are going to get out of that
little 2.4?????

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