So i blew my tranny
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So i blew my tranny and it sucks but at least i have an excusse to start doing some mods. So i was thinking of either going heads and cam or supercharger.....but i wanted to know what kind of kit or what i should do to my tranny so it could withstand that type oh horsepower....PLEASE HELP!!!
You should get a trans with a warranty from one of the sponsors would be my first suggestion. let us know if can be of any help and glad you have a positive attitude about it 
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To begin with I would take a long look at where you want to be long term with the car. What is your max H/P level when you are "all in" so to speak. That is what you will need your transmission to hold up to.
Take a long look at the different build levels offered by transmission builders. Definately start with the sponsors here at Tech, we know your car and what you are doing... and are going to do in the future.
Assume a budget soemwhere in the $1,600.00 - $2,400.00 range and take it from there. A major consideration is going to be the converter. There are no mods listed in your sig, so I can't make a recommendation for the current powertrain. A well built converter will run you somewhere around $600.00 - $1,200.00.
Feel free to give me a call and we'll see what makes sense for your car!
Good Luck with it.
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Take a long look at the different build levels offered by transmission builders. Definately start with the sponsors here at Tech, we know your car and what you are doing... and are going to do in the future.
Assume a budget soemwhere in the $1,600.00 - $2,400.00 range and take it from there. A major consideration is going to be the converter. There are no mods listed in your sig, so I can't make a recommendation for the current powertrain. A well built converter will run you somewhere around $600.00 - $1,200.00.
Feel free to give me a call and we'll see what makes sense for your car!
Good Luck with it.
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my car is bone stock. I dont plan to make it a drag car or anything. If max i would try to get it to 600hp to the wheels. My girlfriends uncle works at GM and to rebuilt it he is charging me 750 all GM parts. I think thats pretty good since they charge me 700 to rebuilt my firebird tranny at some mom and pop shop.
Well he definatley needs to look at some aftermarket parts if you think you will get to 600 at the wheels. Thats not a little thats alot . Look over ours and some of the other sponsors build listings on our websites to get some ideas. Good luck
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Yep... 600 RWHP is not easy to achieve. Lot's and lot's of builders try to get there and only a few actually do it long term. Aftermarket parts are an essential, knowing how to install them and get the most out of them is the key though.
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shoot! Worst than i thought. I thought a racing kit and tranny cooler would do the trick. How much could i get out of it by simply rebuilding it and putting a good aftermarket kit on it that being estimated HP
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Well it is relative to your builders skills. I can't speak to how many of these units he has build... or maybe how many he has built and had to rebuild because of a failure after a build that is. My point here is, when you put strngth somewhere a weakness will show up.
I would say that with quality parts he should be able to get you to somewhere around 450 rwhp safely.
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I would say that with quality parts he should be able to get you to somewhere around 450 rwhp safely.
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thanks guys!!! well he has to be pretty good he does all the work for a team called 1320 here in El Paso TX....... Is there any kits in particular that you guys would recomend, i have been looking at transgo but i dont know how good.....ive been searching all over this place but have no clue what direction to go
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So i just spoke with my mechanic and he suggested upgrading to some redindian klutch and shift kit and throwing a 2500 stall what do u guys think and would I need a tranny cooler even with that small of stall? I plan to slightly mods it with this tranny then later upgrading the tranny when i start doing the big stuff
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So i just spoke with my mechanic and he suggested upgrading to some redindian klutch and shift kit and throwing a 2500 stall what do u guys think and would I need a tranny cooler even with that small of stall? I plan to slightly mods it with this tranny then later upgrading the tranny when i start doing the big stuff
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So i just spoke with my mechanic and he suggested upgrading to some redindian klutch and shift kit and throwing a 2500 stall what do u guys think and would I need a tranny cooler even with that small of stall? I plan to slightly mods it with this tranny then later upgrading the tranny when i start doing the big stuff
Which "shift kit"
What power output are you looking at short term.. and then long term. Realistic H/P numbers is what we are looking for here. Earlier in this discussion you were talking somewhere around 600 H/P, a 2500 rpm stall converter is not going to do the job. You would need something around 3400- 3800.
An auxillary cooler is always a good idea in a performance application.
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Yes I saw that in your earlier post
, For the interm the build your talking about sounds fine untill your ready for something bigger and better, Good luck with your build. I realize from your post its a get by for now budget deal and thats cool we have all been there I would at the very least if your gonna do alotta barking grab a beast sunshell even for this unit, Its good insurance though and dosent cost much. On the converter do you mean hughes? They are a decent company if so.
, For the interm the build your talking about sounds fine untill your ready for something bigger and better, Good luck with your build. I realize from your post its a get by for now budget deal and thats cool we have all been there I would at the very least if your gonna do alotta barking grab a beast sunshell even for this unit, Its good insurance though and dosent cost much. On the converter do you mean hughes? They are a decent company if so.So i just spoke with my mechanic and he suggested upgrading to some redindian klutch and shift kit and throwing a 2500 stall what do u guys think and would I need a tranny cooler even with that small of stall? I plan to slightly mods it with this tranny then later upgrading the tranny when i start doing the big stuff
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The "Beast" sunshell is simply a heavy duty replacement for the stock sunshell in side the transmission. The stock versions are prone to failure in the mildest applications.
Knowing that this is an interim build I don't know that I would spend the $$$ for a Hughes converter. There ought to be a local shop that can take your stock converter and "max" it out, that would give you around 2500 rpm stall and would be considerably cheaper.
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Knowing that this is an interim build I don't know that I would spend the $$$ for a Hughes converter. There ought to be a local shop that can take your stock converter and "max" it out, that would give you around 2500 rpm stall and would be considerably cheaper.
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