i am getting ready to put my car away for the winter but i need to have my tranny rebuilt.. what should i do? i hear ideas about the vette servo and things like that. i do know that i will have new srpags and clutches put in.. i want the tranny to hit hard. i love it when i see cars rolling really slow or fat for that matter and they hit second and third gear and the tires sqauwk what do u i have to do to get my car to do this?? i also hear that shift kits arnt the way to go. oh and i just bought a 12" stall converter i think it stalls between 3000 and 3500 will this be good? i bought it from a friend that decided not to use it. please help me here thanks..

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anyone here?? help me please

 

someone has to have some ideas!! has any one doneanythin gto there trannies??? help here need ideas

 

If that converter isn't a lock-up then don't use it. I learned this the hard way myself.

I heard that the more stall you go with the less it's going to chirp (someone correct me).

I'd go with a TransGo shift kit (it includes a Vette or Vette-like servo).

As far as a rebuild you can buy the TCI kit if you want slightly better than stock status, but the right way is to do the 'typical' high performance updates/upgrades (which seem to be a trade secret).

I'm far from an expert, but I did rebuild two. I have yet to find the answers to all my questions on this subject.

-Aaron

 

TPI,

How hard was the rebuild? Were they your first tranny rebuilds? Just wondering because Im thinking of doing this myself. I just need some more confidence before attempting it.

 

anyone else? i dont plan on doing the rebuild myself. i just want to know what i should tell the guy that is going ot do it.. i want a hard hitting tranny.. i do know enough now that i need to tell them to put the vette servo in. also when i first starting coming here i remember a tech letter bout bumping up the line pressure.. the guy had a whole list of stuff he bought for his tranny. does anyone else remember this? and if i remember right it said not to get a shift kit? so should i or not? and if so what is the best out there. what else should i have or ask the tranny man to do? so maybe i shouldnt use that stall? is that to high of a stall?? i may sound stupid but i know nothing at all bout trannies. i just know that i want one that barks the tires when i am going fast or slow!! thanks

 

Hi, just my .02 Id stay away from the shift kit, just thinking about the way my car is in the rain/wet. I did just install a new tranny into my car, the tranny was made with a high performance intermediate billet servo
that supposedly has way more hloding power then a vette servo. Its been 2 days now and I love it, I was suprised by the fact that the tranny has an 1800 stall, that seems much like the stock converter. I do gotta say it grabs the gears quite aggressively and with certain firmness.

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