--In my 91 Z28 700R4--

Right now, 1-2 gear shift is VERY quick (almost too quick). 2-3 shift takes FOREVER. 3-OD is decent.

When warmed up, though, 1-2 is a little slower, 2-3 is a little quicker, and 3-OD is about the same.

Anything sound familiar? Just a general rebuild needed?

 

mine is doing the exact same thing. there is a guy up here that will rebuild to race specs for about $1200 and then i have talked to a guy that has a friend that he told me would probably rebuild the tranny to top notch condition for about $825

 

Sounds cool.
My parents take their vehicles with transmission problems to a shop in Weatherford to do repairs. I think they want like 750 bucks or so for a rebuild.

I plan on keeping this car completely stock, so I dont need something that supports 600+ horsepower or anything. Just as long as it shifts quick and easy, like my truck (which is electronic... so I can turn off in the middle of driving it if I please), then I would be happy. But the 2-3 gear shift is just annoying (and sometimes scary).

 

i know what you mean. my 2-3 shift revs up quite a ways before actually shifting. i think the reason for this is that the 2-3 clutch pak is shot, which is the reason i am probably going to be rebuilding soon.

 

for less then 1k you can buy a brand new 700 built to take a beating. 700r4.com has 4 different stage trannies. i would just buy a new one

 

I have $800 in parts alone into my 700R4. I rebuilt it myself. It was the first time I had ever opened up an auto tranny. Wasn't too bad. If you have a garage, time, and mechanical ability, it will save you some cash to do it yourself. I found that it was more of a PITA to remove/replace the tranny from the car than to rebuild it.

 

Just do it right and buy a Pro-built 700R4.

 

I got creative when i put the transgo kit in mine (with good help mind you) and added the vette servo and increased boost valve, all new clutch paks from a new envoy wreck, better bands, etc, etc, the whole thing was less than $1600 canadian with $ to the guy that did the work, tranny was out for awhile tho
Works great and i know everything in it, how it was done and was fun finding all the parts and getting just what i wanted
just my .02
Love the shifts now, how many stockish LG4s chirp the tires into 2nd gear? tranny cooler on the way ASAP!

 

Thanks for the insight dudes. Like I said though Im not looking for a hot roddin transmission. Just something close to stock, but of course with quicker shifting.

 

like i said before, your best bet is to buy one new. rebuilds cost hundreds anyhow. now if you go adding parts they cost more. all the new stuff has all the things to make your tranny shift better plus more. so down the road from now if you feel like making more power, you dont have to worry about the tranny. you could pick up a nicely built tranny for around 900 and shipping will be like 200? thats 1100. most places build trannys for that amount or more

 

Where can i get a nice 700 to support lets say, 500 on the motor and maybe 100 of juice every now and then....so 600 total, and not for a crazy ammount of money, a link to the tranz would be nice...

 

www.camarotransmissions.com and www.700r4.com im sure if you do a google search you can find more. but remember, you get what you pay for. cheap in certain things isnt worth the trouble

 

thanx man...

 

http://www.pro-built.net/index.cfm?f...t&categoryid=9

 

little high priced compaired to the other sites. how good are the trannys? im going to need to invest soon. ill pay the extra if its worth it

 

They are awesome. I have never messed with transmissions before so I had a lot of stupid questions for Dana before I ordered the transmission from him. He took the time to answer them without out a problem. Spend the extra money and get the best. You may be paying more but you will be getting a lot more for your money.

 

do dana's transmissions come with converters installed?

 

I don't think he installs them but you can get one from him. I recommend calling Midwest Converters and get one from them.

 

I just got an "Edge" 9.5 lockup with 2800 stall installed along with the new Probuilt Road Race Transmission. I like the way the converter works. Way better than I thought it would be with that high of a stall. It was $550 including shipping from the midwest to California. (The office is in California but the manufacturing plant in in Indiana???)

 

im going right for the vigliantie, no questions asked. cant beat those converters

 

Except they are a little overkill for unless you are running nitrous. And they are way overpriced.

 

overkill is what i do best. then you dont have to worry about things later... like if i added no2 or boost

 

overkill sounds good to me. might as well get a th400 from monster, then youll need a spohn torque arm/crossmember, might as well get a 12 bolt or 9 inch while youre back there, do all the suspension, then you need a big block up front. no wonder im so poor

 

If you think these TC's are overpriced (P.I.'s Vigilante) go to http://www.pro-built.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=tech and read the article on TC's.

 

strongly agreed. im in the same situation... broke as a joke because i had to have the best

 

tell me about it...

 

to look at these guys. I have never bought from them, but will seriously consider them when I am ready.http://www.trans-r-us.com/transmissions/stock/700r4/index.htm