[PhillyGT]

I thought they where gonna not honor the warranty and say i abused it or something,but no, there was no questions asked.They just said bring it in,and we will take care of it.i dropped it off thursday and im about to pick it up now.

[PhillyGT]

I just got the car and somethings weird.The car feels totally different now.Its shifting great,it idling a lot smoother.Now for the weird,i got on it,and seems to be down on power.Very strange??.Except for the lack of power,it seems great.I picked it up after hours,so i cant talk to them till the morning,any thoughts???

[302Army187]

might just be tight from the fresh rebuild.

be sure you call them and see what they say. tell them it feels tight. might not want to tell them you beat on the car.

just tell them you where getting on the highway and it didn't seem to get up to speed as easy as it use too.

[PhillyGT]

I just got done driving on i95 for about 205 miles,and WOW what difference.It picked up speed way smoother,and at around 80-90 was super smooth.It feels soooo much better,it makes me think,what the hell did they do the first time it was "rebuilt" in june?.I looke dunder the car and it is definately a different tranny.

[302Army187]

different as in it's clean and they must have swapped it out, or different as in a entirely different type of transmission such as a C4?

[PhillyGT]

Ok,they said it was a new case with a fresh rebuild that was sitting on their shelf.

[302Army187]

hopefully this one lasts unlike the last one

[PhillyGT]

Yeah me too!.I am very surprised at what a difference this new feels like.It feels like a new car.A 21year old new car lol.

[302Army187]

time for a stall and a supercharger.


Everytime I see the picture of your car in your sig, it reminds me of when I first got mine.

oh the rape and pillaging I've done to this car

[PhillyGT]

Let the raping begin!!.Ive been talking to DirtyDogPerformance about a 2800 stall.Anyone hear good/bad about them?.Either way pa vavlebody,2800 stall,and cooler going in january.

[302Army187]

make sure you get a BIG cooler at the same time.

I would even rig up a small fan on it to run constantly so it cools it while in traffic.


My AOD ate itself pretty quick.... now I have a T5

[PhillyGT]

What kind of cooler do you suggest? Do you think the 2800stall and the pa vavlebody be too much for a mild daily driver/weekend warrior lol?And if so, what do you suggest??

[302Army187]

to be cheap, you can get a transmission cooler off of a van from the junkyard. almost any brand should work.

When I went looking there where old ecoline van's with OEM transmission coolers twice the size of some "performance" ones I've seen sell for $100, and the junkyard wants like $12.

that's what I would do.

2800 stall is about as high as I would go with a stock cam and heads. Your powerband is limited up to about 4500rpm when the car is pretty much done making power.

so 2800-4500 is a pretty good RPM range .

that and some 4.10 gears, and you could probably take a entire second off your 1/4 mile.

[PhillyGT]

I already have the 4.10's(rear wasrebuilt in january).Should i get the pa vavlebody too,or just a shift kit??.With nothing but 4.10's,14* timing bump,and a 76mmMAF it ran a 14.9 on real crappy tires..With d/r's and the new stall how big of a difference do you think ill see??

[302Army187]

Originally Posted by PhillyGT I already have the 4.10's(rear wasrebuilt in january).Should i get the pa vavlebody too,or just a shift kit??.With nothing but 4.10's,14* timing bump,and a 76mmMAF it ran a 14.9 on real crappy tires..With d/r's and the new stall how big of a difference do you think ill see??

valve body is for the "AOD shuffle" I never used the shifter on my AOD, just let it do its own thing, but my AOD had a super aggressive shift kit. would bark the tires at 60mph on downshift it slammed down gears so hard.

so valve body would be nice, but not needed IMO.

drag radials and a stall I bet you will see low/mid 14's. should be worth half a second at minimum.

[PhillyGT]

Cool,now i just gotta wait till january

[Dirtyd0g]

AOD transmissions can be very good but they are expensive to get there. A well built aod cost about as much as the third broken t5 so if you have the vehicle for more than a year it's a better deal! The late transmissions are considerably better because to build a good aod you have to rob one of them for parts. Some of the good aod parts are rare and getting harder and harder to find every day. The biggest expense that makes aod's so much more than a 4r70w is the valvebody. For big power the lentech is the only way to go. Everything else I suggest silverfox valvebodies. Shift kits are ok for a stock transmission but more people have trouble putting them in and kill a transmission than it is worse. I have seen experienced transmission mechanics get burnt by a shift kit that wouldn't work right on an aod. I myself had a transgo that just wouldn't work, direct failed over and over. I changed the valvebody and it has been working ever since. Couldn't find a problem and decided to just use valvebodies instead of kits from then on.
Alan

[PhillyGT]

Thanks for the advice.My original intentions where to use a PA vavlebody and a 2800 stall,and cooler.I was just see what some peoples experiences where with different things.