99Hawk262
10-29-2007, 09:56 PM
I've been posting bits and piece since I got the tranny in last week, but we finalized the tune this evening so I thought I'd give a full-fledged review.
I used what I thought was a pretty ingenious method (compliments of Rhino79, thanks Ryan!)for cleaning out my cooler lines/coolers after my old tranny grenaded. He gave me a fuel pump out of a 4.8L truck. I hooked this up to my cooler lines with a return hose and pumped through a large container of mineral spirits that Vince at FLT recommended. The fluid came out black and full of shavings at first, and I kept pumping until it was clear mineral spirits coming out. I then ran two quarts of tranny fluid through until it came out solid clean fluid. Worked great and alleviated any fears I had of running trashed fluid through my new tranny. No pics, the camera was dead, but like I said, it worked like a champ.
First review goes to the FLT level 4. This thing is truly a work of art. It shifts so smooth and fast. The shifts are soft at part throttle with the large converter, but nice and snappy at WOT. It's not intrusive in any way, just a very positive feel. My old tranny shifted different every time with a shift kit that would snap your neck at 10% throttle and not even register at WOT. So this FLT unit is exactly what I wanted. The shifts firm up with throttle input, exactly like they're supposed to. I've already lauded FLT's customer service and willingness to go the extra mile, and this slick tranny is the icing on the cake of an absolutely wonderful buying experience. I'm a customer for life!
My other review is for the Yank PT4400. Big thanks to Yank for taking my SS4000 and converting it to this monster. The differences between the SS4000 and the PT4400 are night and day. This converter pulls so much harder everywhere. I loved the SS4000, but I'll never go back after experiencing this beast. It's looser than Jenna Jameson with the 3.23's (takes about 2500 RPM's to accelerate with traffic), but a 9" with 3.90's will be helping that out in the near future. Shift extension is right at 5700. Rolling starts are a fight for traction at anything below 50 MPH. I've got a few 40 MPH rolls that hooked and put the biggest grin on my face, but it has also gotten sideways on me at 50 MPH. So this converter is no joke and certainly not for the faint hearted. I can't say enough about how impressed I am with the performance gain over the SS4000.
Overall, I think I have a perfect combo. The TR230 makes awesome power everywhere, and the badass FLT and Yank harness that power and squeeze every bit out of it. I'll be going to the track Thursday so I'll post the results when I get back. FLT/Yank *** :devil:.
I used what I thought was a pretty ingenious method (compliments of Rhino79, thanks Ryan!)for cleaning out my cooler lines/coolers after my old tranny grenaded. He gave me a fuel pump out of a 4.8L truck. I hooked this up to my cooler lines with a return hose and pumped through a large container of mineral spirits that Vince at FLT recommended. The fluid came out black and full of shavings at first, and I kept pumping until it was clear mineral spirits coming out. I then ran two quarts of tranny fluid through until it came out solid clean fluid. Worked great and alleviated any fears I had of running trashed fluid through my new tranny. No pics, the camera was dead, but like I said, it worked like a champ.
First review goes to the FLT level 4. This thing is truly a work of art. It shifts so smooth and fast. The shifts are soft at part throttle with the large converter, but nice and snappy at WOT. It's not intrusive in any way, just a very positive feel. My old tranny shifted different every time with a shift kit that would snap your neck at 10% throttle and not even register at WOT. So this FLT unit is exactly what I wanted. The shifts firm up with throttle input, exactly like they're supposed to. I've already lauded FLT's customer service and willingness to go the extra mile, and this slick tranny is the icing on the cake of an absolutely wonderful buying experience. I'm a customer for life!
My other review is for the Yank PT4400. Big thanks to Yank for taking my SS4000 and converting it to this monster. The differences between the SS4000 and the PT4400 are night and day. This converter pulls so much harder everywhere. I loved the SS4000, but I'll never go back after experiencing this beast. It's looser than Jenna Jameson with the 3.23's (takes about 2500 RPM's to accelerate with traffic), but a 9" with 3.90's will be helping that out in the near future. Shift extension is right at 5700. Rolling starts are a fight for traction at anything below 50 MPH. I've got a few 40 MPH rolls that hooked and put the biggest grin on my face, but it has also gotten sideways on me at 50 MPH. So this converter is no joke and certainly not for the faint hearted. I can't say enough about how impressed I am with the performance gain over the SS4000.
Overall, I think I have a perfect combo. The TR230 makes awesome power everywhere, and the badass FLT and Yank harness that power and squeeze every bit out of it. I'll be going to the track Thursday so I'll post the results when I get back. FLT/Yank *** :devil:.