tranny goes bye bye..
12-11-2005, 04:53 PM
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Car: 89 formula 350
Engine: 402 CI ls2 with tvs1900
Transmission: t56
tranny goes bye bye..
Well, I had a good time at the monthly meet. On the way home I wanted to make a nice 1/4 mile pass over on some back street by hobby airport. Transmission let go during the run. Only have 1st and 2nd now. good times....... good times.............
12-11-2005, 09:28 PM
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Car: 1989 IROC Z-28
Engine: L98 350--modified
Transmission: 700 R4--modified
Axle/Gears: 4:10 Posi
Re: tranny goes bye bye..
Originally posted by kevin89formula
Well, I had a good time at the monthly meet. On the way home I wanted to make a nice 1/4 mile pass over on some back street by hobby airport. Transmission let go during the run. Only have 1st and 2nd now. good times....... good times.............
Well, I had a good time at the monthly meet. On the way home I wanted to make a nice 1/4 mile pass over on some back street by hobby airport. Transmission let go during the run. Only have 1st and 2nd now. good times....... good times.............
12-11-2005, 09:36 PM
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Car: 1986 Irocz- Houstons Fastest Street
Engine: 408 LS1 w/ 2 stage
Transmission: Turbo 350
Axle/Gears: 3:73,3850 lbs , best of 9.92 @ 138
sounds like you burned up your band
12-11-2005, 09:41 PM
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Car: 1989 IROC Z-28
Engine: L98 350--modified
Transmission: 700 R4--modified
Axle/Gears: 4:10 Posi
Originally posted by xtremeirocz
sounds like you burned up your band
sounds like you burned up your band
12-11-2005, 09:47 PM
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Car: 1986 Irocz- Houstons Fastest Street
Engine: 408 LS1 w/ 2 stage
Transmission: Turbo 350
Axle/Gears: 3:73,3850 lbs , best of 9.92 @ 138
lol, anyway, from what i have seen owen can get a 4l60/700 to go in the 10's and he puts a 1 year warranty on any transmission he builds
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12-12-2005, 12:19 PM
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Car: '91 Formula
Engine: 350
Transmission: TH350 built
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Get a TH350 and then you will really have a badass car and a tranny that won't break.
Sucks on the freeway though, but I don't think your car is a daily driver
Id get the manual valve body if I was to do mine over again
Sucks on the freeway though, but I don't think your car is a daily driver
Id get the manual valve body if I was to do mine over again
12-12-2005, 03:36 PM
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Car: 89 formula 350
Engine: 402 CI ls2 with tvs1900
Transmission: t56
Originally posted by Larry Dunlap
Get a TH350 and then you will really have a badass car and a tranny that won't break.
Sucks on the freeway though, but I don't think your car is a daily driver
Id get the manual valve body if I was to do mine over again
Get a TH350 and then you will really have a badass car and a tranny that won't break.
Sucks on the freeway though, but I don't think your car is a daily driver
Id get the manual valve body if I was to do mine over again
No its not a daily driver but I live right by the beltway. So freeway driving is a must.
Manual valve body means you have to bump through the gears if your out of drive....... right?
12-12-2005, 03:43 PM
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Car: 1989 IROC Z-28
Engine: L98 350--modified
Transmission: 700 R4--modified
Axle/Gears: 4:10 Posi
Originally posted by kevin89formula
I don't know Larry........ I like to drive faster than 60 MPH. WHat gear do you have in your car and what is your rpm @ 60mph?
Larry has 3.73--3000rpm = 60mph-- I have 4.10's + with my 700, 3000 is about 70 mph
No its not a daily driver but I live right by the beltway. So freeway driving is a must.
if built right (and I think Owen is more than capable of that) a 700 should stand up to an 11 sec car (maybe high 11's)--talk to Owen about that!
Manual valve body means you have to bump through the gears if your out of drive....... right?
Correct--what I have on my 700r4--I like it--like having a manual but no clutch--if U get the B-M ratchet shifter--to me it's fun!
I don't know Larry........ I like to drive faster than 60 MPH. WHat gear do you have in your car and what is your rpm @ 60mph?
Larry has 3.73--3000rpm = 60mph-- I have 4.10's + with my 700, 3000 is about 70 mph
No its not a daily driver but I live right by the beltway. So freeway driving is a must.
if built right (and I think Owen is more than capable of that) a 700 should stand up to an 11 sec car (maybe high 11's)--talk to Owen about that!
Manual valve body means you have to bump through the gears if your out of drive....... right?
Correct--what I have on my 700r4--I like it--like having a manual but no clutch--if U get the B-M ratchet shifter--to me it's fun!
Craig
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12-12-2005, 05:43 PM
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Car: 1986 Irocz- Houstons Fastest Street
Engine: 408 LS1 w/ 2 stage
Transmission: Turbo 350
Axle/Gears: 3:73,3850 lbs , best of 9.92 @ 138
I think it really depends on your setup. my th-350 with a 3500 stall and 3:23's was no problem to cruise on the freeway. it pulled about 2400 rpm @ 70 but when i put the 3:73's in it pulled about 3k rpm so i dont know what gear you have kevin but i think you need to consider that. only thing is a th-350 with automatic valve body like what i have can take a beating and you still can let it shift automatically when your cruising.
12-12-2005, 07:49 PM
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Car: Faster
Engine: Than
Transmission: You!
200r4 .................................
overdrive
can still be setup for manual valve body
Grand Nationals have gone 8 sec's with the tranny
70 mph will be ~ 1,800 rpms in 4th gear
or ..........
SIX-SPEED
overdrive
can still be setup for manual valve body
Grand Nationals have gone 8 sec's with the tranny
70 mph will be ~ 1,800 rpms in 4th gear
or ..........
SIX-SPEED
12-13-2005, 09:31 PM
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Car: '82 Camaro 11.7@121
Engine: 377
Transmission: 400
Axle/Gears: Dana 44 / 3.31:1
With my 400 and 3.31 (and a 4000 stall torque converter 
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I'm doing about 3500 at 75 mph, 4000 at 90. I wouldn't want to go much lower than my 3.31:1 for freeway driving.
MAYBE 3.73 but then a lower stall would be helpfull.
Anyway, I'm happy with the built, manual valve body 400. I know that no matter what I throw at it, it will just laugh at me and wonder when I'm going to get serious.
But if I were doing it over again, if I were switching to a manual valve body, I would get a reverse shift pattern. That way I could go from first to park, instead of having to shift back up to third before I can go to park.
)I'm doing about 3500 at 75 mph, 4000 at 90. I wouldn't want to go much lower than my 3.31:1 for freeway driving.
MAYBE 3.73 but then a lower stall would be helpfull.
Anyway, I'm happy with the built, manual valve body 400. I know that no matter what I throw at it, it will just laugh at me and wonder when I'm going to get serious.
But if I were doing it over again, if I were switching to a manual valve body, I would get a reverse shift pattern. That way I could go from first to park, instead of having to shift back up to third before I can go to park.
12-30-2005, 01:16 PM
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Car: 1989 IROC Z-28
Engine: L98 350--modified
Transmission: 700 R4--modified
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Originally posted by Zap Racing
Kevin--Get it fixed yet?
Kevin--Get it fixed yet?
12-30-2005, 09:04 PM
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Car: 1991 Formula
Engine: 6.2 383 TPIS Miniram
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: Moser 9" 4.11
kevin have you check your aw hell what is it called arg on the tail of the trans is a round dome shapped cover that has a valve boy pressure thing damn i can't think of the term on the end of it there is a plastic gear if that brakes it wont allow you to go out of second because its not allowing enough pressure to the trans. just an idea its like 4 bucks for that gear
12-31-2005, 12:44 AM
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possibly though i had one brake on mine you would have to floor it in 1st till like 3500 then let off and punch it again to get it to shift try to do the same in 2nd and you couldn't :-(
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Car: 89 formula 350
Engine: 402 CI ls2 with tvs1900
Transmission: t56
Originally posted by Zap Racing
Hey Kevin--U up and running or what?
Hey Kevin--U up and running or what?
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