Joe Kizzire

Tony how's your motor coming???

Raughhammer are you still missing gears with the Turbo 400???

Dabby Dub have you figured out how to tie a mattress under your car so you will keep from busting oil pans????

Colonel???? What about you??? All I've seen from you is thread moving and convertor post. Is the gang over at MTI still wearing flack jackets when they start the C5r motor up????

Come on everybody... I'm bored. <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" />

Raughammer

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Joe Kizzire:
<strong> Raughhammer are you still missing gears with the Turbo 400???

Come on everybody... I'm bored. <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup, but today the car is up on the jack stands and the TH400 is coming out.

Nothing wrong with it ... I just have this bad *** Yank 4L60E sitting here.... and I flat out cant shift this TH400 worth a dang.

That poking and hoping i dont hit the rev limiter aint worth a dime. I am trying to score a air shifter... but they aint cheap.

Plus my stock suspension wont hold the trans brake on hard launches.
So im going to give the "old faithful" a shot at one more time.

Thanks for asking... how is your ride doing?

Campbellini

Guido

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Raughammer:
<strong> [QUOTE]Originally posted by Joe Kizzire:
[qb] Nothing wrong with it ... I just have this bad *** Yank 4L60E sitting here.... and I flat out cant shift this TH400 worth a dang.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What is the difference between shifting the TH400 and a 4L60?? Im missing something obviously. <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />

Get a good shifter like a chetah and you dont have to worry about shifting through.

Paul F

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Raughammer:
<strong>
Nothing wrong with it ... I just have this bad *** Yank 4L60E sitting here.... and I flat out cant shift this TH400 worth a dang.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just curious about why you couldn't shift the TH400. I thought that was the whole point about getting rid of the 4l60E. I'm going with a TH350 in mine and wasn't planning on have shifting problems any more.

Tell us what was up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />


Paul

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John..do you have a good tach in that thing or the stock one and a shift light? I have to run a good tach(5") even though I didnt' want to put one in my car. I like to know where the rpms truely are and I have to anticipate the shift. I find that if I just wait for the light I'm usually late. I'm sure I could adjust the light to come on early in place of my slow reflexes..hehehe. Just wondering if your still relying on the stock tach. My stock one compaired to my autometer is way slow.

AZZKICKER

John the Cheetah shifter in mine work great! Never missed a shift. Reverse manual valve body. Also the stock suspension would never hold my T brake either with my Th400. Good luck with everything.

Andy

Joe Kizzire

John the car is doing ok... Got ls1 edit now and been working with it and the nitrous... Going Sunday to steel to work on my 60ft times. 1.46's are ok but with the nitrous I've got the power to be doing high 1.30's.... Got to get it hooked up....

Skelton

I think John is saying he cant point and fire the turbo 400 like you can the 4l60e. The 4l60e shifts itself and the t-400 of course takes manual shifts. I know the feeling. If you cant hook consistantly on the brake, its hell trying to get the 1-2 right or consistant et's.

Joe Kizzire

Man if John can't handle a manual shift TH400 don't let him near a six speed!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

<small>[ February 02, 2003, 07:40 AM: Message edited by: Joe Kizzire ]</small>

Jason99T/A

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Joe, did you go racing this weekend?

Joe Kizzire

Nope... might go tomorrow... car's ready... bad cold has got me down... see how I feel in the morning.

WeatherGuy

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Joe Kizzire:
<strong> Man if John can't handle a manual shift TH400 don't let him near a six speed!!!! <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Note to self - do not admit to any weaknesses on this board. It can get brutal here.

Tim98TA

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Paul @ Thunder:
<strong>Just curious about why you couldn't shift the TH400.
Tell us what was up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Paul </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah I was wondering that as well. Doesn't John have a ratchet type shifter?
I have the simple stock shifter with no problems on shifting. Just bump it into the next gear.

Tim

Nine Ball

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Both of Raughammer's trannys shift just fine. He has just grown lazy in his old age and would rather "stab-n-steer" than have to use actual skill and time his shifts manually.

See how easy those A4 guys have it but hate to admit it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

Joe, I took Friday off and started removing all of the accessories and bolt-ons from the engine in order to pull it out. All I left for MTI to do is pull the tranny and unbolt the motor mounts. Hopefully they will have time this week to remove it and tear it apart for an autopsy. Looking thru the hole in the side of the block, all of the rods/pistons are intact, but one rod is pretty bent. May have dropped a valve or something, and the bent rod probably hit the side of the block. Sounds fun, right?

-Tony