WHAT DOES ANYONE THINK OF THE TCI STREETFIGHTER TRANSMISSION? 700 R4
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

 

JUNK!!! Stay away from it man!!! for a few hundred more get a six speed. I had one of those in my car when it was a stock LB9 305. The trans crapped out when I put 125 shot of the squeeze to it. Ive talked to a lot of transmission builders about overdrive tranny buildups and most of them laughed at the mention. They just dont hold up. TH400 is the best all around automatic you can run, If youre pushing a huge amt of HP use a glide.

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1987 GTA 355, carbureted, TFS heads(non G2), 6-speed, McLeod clutch, 11.3:1, dual 3" flowmaster 2-chamber exhaust with NO tailpipes, 98 z-28 wheels, soon to be replacing weak 10 bolt with 12-bolt...gettin tired of breakin axles....

...Whatever turns your tires.....

 

Talk to this guy:

http://www.pro-built.net

He can build a 700R4 that will last. If you get a TH350 or TH400 you will miss the overdrive.

 

I've had a TCI in my car now for 25,000 miles. I don't really care for the 2-1 downshift at a coastdown in OD (Most 700's do this 'click' thing in 'D'

The shifts are nice IMO although I have some gripes about them:

1. They give you the wrong tailshaft so you need your original.

2. They give you the lame red 17 tooth speedo drive gear so you have to take the tailshaft off anyway to change it for higher gears.

3. The tailshaft seal was completely mutilated out of the box, good thing 1&2 meant I changed it anyway, check the front seal and linkage seals just to be sure (My brother got a TCI TF727 and it leaked like a seive out of the linkage.

4. The wiring for the TCC is different so you have to change the wiring around or use the vacuum switch (Not a good idea unless you like tcc cycling on and off all the time)

5. They are alot more expensive now than when I got mine.