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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 12:29 AM
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I was thinking about putting a shift kit in my stock 4l60e how much will it benifit me just orderd a Tsp
228r on a 110 lsa I have a edge 4000 stall and i will be ordering a set of 3.73 I'm doing a dd and 8th mile setup for the weekends
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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Its a must to use a shift kit when running a stall. The shifts will be to "slugish" without one..
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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K cool Imma order it right now just wanted ro make sure bro thnks
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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Go ahead and swap the servo too. $20 and its worth every penny.
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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 05:52 AM
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If this is in a V8 fbody then you will already have the vet servo from the factory. No need to upgrade the servo. I would recommend getting aluminum accumulator pistons, torlon check ***** and also a new separator plate for your install.
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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Vince B
If this is in a V8 fbody then you will already have the vet servo from the factory.
What about a 04 GTO? Does it to have the vette servo?
Sorry OP i do not mean to thread jack but i am installing a transgo shift kit and 4k stall as well.
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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Yea its a Ws6 t/a and my cuzin going to do it so he told me to do all that vince b except the accumulater piston ill change it out will it make my gear hit harder
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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 6th gear
What about a 04 GTO? Does it to have the vette servo?
Sorry OP i do not mean to thread jack but i am installing a transgo shift kit and 4k stall as well.
Yes all the GTO's have it!

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Yea its a Ws6 t/a and my cuzin going to do it so he told me to do all that vince b except the accumulater piston ill change it out will it make my gear hit harder
It will not make the shifts harder but will certainly remove a known failure in these units.
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If you have the money-get a truck pan too. I did it per Vince's advice when I did the Transgo kit.
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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k then imma get so i wont have no issue with it down the road do yall no if their shirts kit will hit hard threw the gears on the 4l60e when i did my th400 on my s10 blazer that sucker would skeetch the tires from p to reverse and n to d
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Just got my shift kit in and got a new accumulater piston now I need to get a new separator plate and check ball caint wait to get everthing in it
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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any updates on your build??
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Vince B
If this is in a V8 fbody then you will already have the vet servo from the factory. No need to upgrade the servo. I would recommend getting aluminum accumulator pistons, torlon check ***** and also a new separator plate for your install.
Not saying your wrong , but when I installed a vette servo into my tranny its started shifting harder than ever , an it was only 19 dollars from the internet .
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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I'm not sure what your trying to say here. The fact of the matter is changing a vet servo with another vet servo is going to very little if anything to make a trans shift harder. The only way a servo swap is going to make a difference is if you had a servo with less fluid surface area then the one you are installing.
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Originally Posted by Vince B
I'm not sure what your trying to say here. The fact of the matter is changing a vet servo with another vet servo is going to very little if anything to make a trans shift harder. The only way a servo swap is going to make a difference is if you had a servo with less fluid surface area then the one you are installing.
Will you still be able to feel a crisp shift if you have a stall ?
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 05:24 AM
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With high stall converters the shift feel will be dampened by the converter some but if you get up above the stall it should be more noticeable. For example if you had a 3200 rpm stall and you shifted at 4500, it would be more noticeable than lets say if you shifted at 2500 rpm.
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Converters suck up a lot of the shift feel, as stated the rpm of the shift plays a big part in how it feels. While I support the trans-go HD2 kit, doing a full install requires an almost complete disassembly of the trans. Doing so but not upgrading your wear-ables like clutches is just plain silly. LOTS can be done for shift feel simply by tuning the trans tables in the PCM, and if shift feel is all you're going for, you took the hard/expensive route to get there I'm sorry to say.
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