It finally happened.. I was going to go to the track friday and the car club bash sunday, but the tranny let go friday afternoon.

I had never tried letting it shift into 3rd on it's own, and the first time i tried was the last time... There went 3rd and 4th gear.

Tranny is almost out (those 2 bolts on the front are a BITCH) and hopefully will be in before the weekend is over.

Totally stock tranny lived 130K+ .. it had a ROUGH life

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Shane Buss 92 Firebird 355, Holley 750 Carb, Vortec 1.94/1.50 Heads (Ported,Polished,Milled .025), 10:1 Comp Ratio, Cam Specs 224/234 498/520, 1.6 Roller Rockers, Hooker Headers, Flowmaster, !Cat, 3.73 Posi, Msd 6A Ignition Cyb. Speedo box
http://users.ev1.net/~sdbuss/index.html

Note all girls on web page are x's, and will be removed when i get more time

OH i forgot. WEIAND SUPERCHARGER

 

I know how that is.. I'm on my 3rd 700r4- in a v6, yet! It's obviously not getting "too much power", it's just not being rebuilt corrrectly.

What are your plans for your trans? Are you rebuilding it yourself, buying one, upgrading one, etc?

-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l) from http://www.v6fbody.com mailbags

 

I had to rebuild my trans at only 70K! I wonder how hard the previous owners pounded this thing? ANywayz I upgraded my trans. Put in high performance clutches and everything. Only paid about 110 bucks!

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Chris
91 RS 305 TBI
TEAM Neo blooD
15.3@91.11

 

Shane,
Well, with a blown HONKER in front of that poor little old 700R4.....uh, it's a good thing trannys don't usually grenade, they just stop shifting.

So, are you going with a garage rebuild,JET,Art Carr, or what?

Does the 800 work on the blower okay?

BOR

 

There is a local guy that is known for rebuilding these things. He works out of his garage and did all my cousins tranny's..

He also did my friends 700r4. My friend runs high 12's in a 4500lb truck with slicks and nitrous and a 468 BB.

Due to my current financial situation i'm going to have to try this guy, although i really wanted a pro-built.

i do have the continental non lockup converter with anti balooning plates that will be going in.

The 800 was doing GREAT. After losing the tranny i let my friend with the truck borrow it since his 850 was acting up. Yesterday I watched his engine catch on fire. Luckily we have a fire extinguisher in our house (we're roommates) and were able to put it out.

I think the carb is ok.

Shane

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Shane Buss 92 Firebird 355, Holley 750 Carb, Vortec 1.94/1.50 Heads (Ported,Polished,Milled .025), 10:1 Comp Ratio, Cam Specs 224/234 498/520, 1.6 Roller Rockers, Hooker Headers, Flowmaster, !Cat, 3.73 Posi, Msd 6A Ignition Cyb. Speedo box
http://users.ev1.net/~sdbuss/index.html

Note all girls on web page are x's, and will be removed when i get more time

OH i forgot. WEIAND SUPERCHARGER

 

My tranny just went to.. EXACT same problem. 3rd and 4th gears.. toast.

BAH!

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Third Gen Project - Website now defunct because crosswinds sucks
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Ram Air II Hood
Centerline Champ 500 Rims
Edelbrock Open Element
MacEwen White Faced Guages

 

Dude this is such and old topic.. lol

my tranny still lives though

now im spraying the 2001 t/a.. hope that tranny lives :-(

 

LOL, Good luck!

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88 firebird formula - Old time with TBI - 13.9 @103mph, 2.6 60ft
350 Vortec, Accel Pro-Ram MPFI
214int/224exh, .471int/.491exh
Edelbrock headers
T56 - SIX-speed
open 3.73's
3 inch Flowmaster catback
I love pissing those LS1's off
My Formula

 

My 700R4 has 225,000+ miles on it so far...but I wouldn't be surprised if it croaked tomarrow either...