FLT takes the wow factor!!! Lot of Pics
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How do they work? Just kidding good to see your back on the road. See you at the track this year.
Thanks for the reply. We work very hard on our products and this thread shows it in detail. Funny how word of mouth travels but always good to hear feedback from other shops.
Tiger I know how it is to be young and broke. Keep your head in your books and the future will be good for you. It has taken me many years to get to where I'm at today. Hard work does pay off! When you are ready we will be here. Vince
FWIW, I sent an email to a local auto repair shop in Houston (well, technically Cypress), TX, asking for an estimate to do the tranny/torque converter swap ... I mentioned I'm getting an FLT and the owner of the shop said, "I've heard FLT makes a great transmission". (http://www.skeetersauto.com/).
Tiger I know how it is to be young and broke. Keep your head in your books and the future will be good for you. It has taken me many years to get to where I'm at today. Hard work does pay off! When you are ready we will be here. Vince
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There is some very great information here, I am in need for a new tranny after mine took a crap on me. I have been looking a lot at your site and am sure of who I am going to go with very soon. Just a quick question, do you offer any financing or anything on these transmissions, kinda short on cash right now?
Just FYI, Vince only lists about half of what actually goes into these trannies on his website. My jaw dropped when he piled all the new components on the workbench. I was very impressed....you literally get a new tranny when you buy an FLT unit! It's worth saving for.
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Thanks Hawk. You are correct on my builds. We do not list everything because some of the stuff are trade secrets. Also this keeps people from being able to duplicate our product. You get the point. Dollar for dollar I guaranty that we spend more money on our units then just about every company out there. I have been inside many competitors units and have yet to see others spend the money we do on our units. Vince
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Just in case you boys are jonesin' for some real righteous action.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T3b4...p?topic=7953.0
That race was last Sunday. It's at a local track. They did a All Out format and it kicked ***. No T.V. Hollywood BS out there.
The White Stang getting the big air was here last winter for some engine work. He roasted that particular combination on a big shot last fall... he's on a new new combination with new tires leaving on a 35% of 300 shot. That real high drop has cost him $3k in repairs so far.
Lot's of those cars are driven by good friends. You might recognize some of them from videos around the web... races held here and there.
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Vince... as you were.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T3b4...p?topic=7953.0
That race was last Sunday. It's at a local track. They did a All Out format and it kicked ***. No T.V. Hollywood BS out there.
The White Stang getting the big air was here last winter for some engine work. He roasted that particular combination on a big shot last fall... he's on a new new combination with new tires leaving on a 35% of 300 shot. That real high drop has cost him $3k in repairs so far.
Lot's of those cars are driven by good friends. You might recognize some of them from videos around the web... races held here and there.
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That's very impressive guys. I've heard lots of good about you before, and all of that stuff up there looks great. As soon as I need it you will be getting some more business
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I do have 2 questions if you have the time.
What should your level 4 tranny hold for power over a long period of time? Being a college student it would be great if I could go for that one instead of the $600 more level 5. As long as it will support my plans anyway
. haha
And secondly, I'm at purdue, so I'm only about an hour and a half or so from you guys. Would it be possible for me to drive up there with my tranny and bring yours back in the bed of my truck to save on the shipping costs?
Thanks guys and I hope to be speaking to you in the future about getting one of your transmissions
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I do have 2 questions if you have the time.
What should your level 4 tranny hold for power over a long period of time? Being a college student it would be great if I could go for that one instead of the $600 more level 5. As long as it will support my plans anyway
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And secondly, I'm at purdue, so I'm only about an hour and a half or so from you guys. Would it be possible for me to drive up there with my tranny and bring yours back in the bed of my truck to save on the shipping costs?
Thanks guys and I hope to be speaking to you in the future about getting one of your transmissions
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I drove up there from Arkansas and picked mine up. My folks live in Kokomo so it was an excuse to visit them as well. They'll make you feel right at home and give you one hell of a tour. It was awesome...they showed me all the parts that went into my tranny and took apart my old one on the spot to show me what had failed. It was a great experience and one that I'm sure they'll repeat for you.
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That's very impressive guys. I've heard lots of good about you before, and all of that stuff up there looks great. As soon as I need it you will be getting some more business
.
I do have 2 questions if you have the time.
What should your level 4 tranny hold for power over a long period of time? Being a college student it would be great if I could go for that one instead of the $600 more level 5. As long as it will support my plans anyway
. haha
And secondly, I'm at purdue, so I'm only about an hour and a half or so from you guys. Would it be possible for me to drive up there with my tranny and bring yours back in the bed of my truck to save on the shipping costs?
Thanks guys and I hope to be speaking to you in the future about getting one of your transmissions
.
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I do have 2 questions if you have the time.
What should your level 4 tranny hold for power over a long period of time? Being a college student it would be great if I could go for that one instead of the $600 more level 5. As long as it will support my plans anyway
![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
And secondly, I'm at purdue, so I'm only about an hour and a half or so from you guys. Would it be possible for me to drive up there with my tranny and bring yours back in the bed of my truck to save on the shipping costs?
Thanks guys and I hope to be speaking to you in the future about getting one of your transmissions
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And still going strong!
I know that I need to post up more info for the thread here. Just have not had the time lately. Sorry. Vince
Yes we do offer a brake if you decide to go that route. You let us know when you are ready.
The main difference is the 5 pinion planetaries. The input and output shafts from the factory are supposed to be harder. However I have seen them break just the same as the 60 shafts. That is why we offer a billet output shaft and are making an input shaft. With these parts our level 5 4l65e will be the strongest on the market for what it is.
Normally we recommend that you have the unit freshened up and then sell it. Then take that money and apply it to the purchase of your new unit. When you are ready give Chuck or myself a call. Maybe we can offer a discount for a repeat customer. Vince
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10,000 plus views! Once again, Chuck and Vince build quality units. I've put about 7k on mine since Oct. and its never missed a beat.
Had nothing but great luck with it, and really put it through its paces one sunday at the track
Also taken it on four or five 400 mile round trips in that time also.
Also guys, do you offer a trans brake option. I figure I'll pull it and send it to you guys at the end of this year for a refresh and was thinking of adding the brake along with stepping it up a bit as I plan on a new engine combo by then also. Thanks again for such a bulletproof product.
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Also guys, do you offer a trans brake option. I figure I'll pull it and send it to you guys at the end of this year for a refresh and was thinking of adding the brake along with stepping it up a bit as I plan on a new engine combo by then also. Thanks again for such a bulletproof product.
Normally we recommend that you have the unit freshened up and then sell it. Then take that money and apply it to the purchase of your new unit. When you are ready give Chuck or myself a call. Maybe we can offer a discount for a repeat customer. Vince
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Vince,
I've worked in my Dad's transmission shop a long time ago (...before the age of the PCM and the PC...),
and from viewing this thread I have to say: very impressive, excellent attention to detail,
very clean and methodical and precise, you don't leave anything to chance...![Cheers!!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_cheers.gif)
and the dyno is just out of this world, I imagine it is your greatest tool...![Cheers!!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_cheers.gif)
Your posts in this thread show that you believe in the product you build, you don't see this from many companies anymore.
Cheers,
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I've worked in my Dad's transmission shop a long time ago (...before the age of the PCM and the PC...),
and from viewing this thread I have to say: very impressive, excellent attention to detail,
very clean and methodical and precise, you don't leave anything to chance...
![Cheers!!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_cheers.gif)
and the dyno is just out of this world, I imagine it is your greatest tool...
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Your posts in this thread show that you believe in the product you build, you don't see this from many companies anymore.
Cheers,
Joe
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Because you asked. Here are a few shots of what we do to resurface our pumps. We feel that this is a good practice to ensure that the pump surface is true and not warped. If it is not perfectly flat cross leaks can cause failures. Also if the pump pocket is worn a loss of pressure happens. Here is a photo of what most well worn used pumps look like before they are machined.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2093.jpg)
We have a fixture that we use here in house on our lathe to resurface our pumps. Here is a photo of the fixture set up for machining the stator side of the pump.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2036.jpg)
Here is a photo of the stator side of the pump set up in our fixture before machining.
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Here are a couple photo's of the machining process.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2049.jpg)
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Here is the finished product.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2073.jpg)
Here is the fixture set up for machining the pump body.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1876.jpg)
Here is a photo of a finished pump body.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1855.jpg)
The next step is to measure the pump pocket. This is very important and very precise. You would be surprised to measure a factory pump body and see how far they are off. I have found that they can be out of spec .001-.003 when measuring in different places in the same pump. Which in my opinion is a lot when building a performance unit.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1868.jpg)
Here is a photo of both halves machined and all of the pieces that we install. As you can see a lot of work goes into these pumps along with many new parts.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/IMG_1151-2.jpg)
Enjoy the new pictures. I will start working on some more when I have time. Vince
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2093.jpg)
We have a fixture that we use here in house on our lathe to resurface our pumps. Here is a photo of the fixture set up for machining the stator side of the pump.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2036.jpg)
Here is a photo of the stator side of the pump set up in our fixture before machining.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2040.jpg)
Here are a couple photo's of the machining process.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2049.jpg)
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2059.jpg)
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2062.jpg)
Here is the finished product.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_2073.jpg)
Here is the fixture set up for machining the pump body.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1876.jpg)
Here is a photo of a finished pump body.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1855.jpg)
The next step is to measure the pump pocket. This is very important and very precise. You would be surprised to measure a factory pump body and see how far they are off. I have found that they can be out of spec .001-.003 when measuring in different places in the same pump. Which in my opinion is a lot when building a performance unit.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/pump%20pictures/IMG_1868.jpg)
Here is a photo of both halves machined and all of the pieces that we install. As you can see a lot of work goes into these pumps along with many new parts.
![](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/Vinceflt/IMG_1151-2.jpg)
Enjoy the new pictures. I will start working on some more when I have time. Vince
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Every detail of these transmissions inside and out. I personally guarantee it!
Joe I have to tell you I honestly could never again work without one. How some guys do it is beyond me. Every shop I have ever worked in had one. And without one you are just another shop.
That is a good question hawk. On most pumps we are only taking .002-.003 to just clean them up and make them true again. Sometimes more if they are damaged more so than others. I do watch how much total is coming off on every one that I machine. As far as can they be done more than once? The answer is yes they can be surfaced. It really depends on how much was taken the time before. I personally would never like to see more than .020-.030 come off a pump and reuse it. The thing is as long as the converter spacing is set properly when the installer puts the trans in, it should never be a problem. This is a rule of thumb on converter spacing. If gap distance is between .060" and .187" it is OK to bolt up the torque converter. If the gap is greater than .187" install a .060" flat washer( or one that gets you with in the tolerances) between the torque converter and flexplate. This will allow the proper spacing for the pump. Good question and thanks for asking.
Thanks for the questions and comments. Vince
Joe I have to tell you I honestly could never again work without one. How some guys do it is beyond me. Every shop I have ever worked in had one. And without one you are just another shop.
Thanks for the questions and comments. Vince
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Vince, loving the read, it's fascinating to see just how much work goes into your units.
On the pic of the rev input drum there is a weld around the outside of the hub. Looks fresh, is that something you do and if so could you explain it?
On the pic of the rev input drum there is a weld around the outside of the hub. Looks fresh, is that something you do and if so could you explain it?
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Sorry for the late reply I have been away for a bit on vacation.
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I picked up my FLT Level 5 trans last week and I tell you what.... The guys there are great! I didn't have the pleasure of meeting Vince (I think he was on a beach somewhere
), but the time I spent talking with Chuck was great. One of the nicest people I have met in a while now. He explained to me (in terms I could understand) what goes into these beauties and showed me some of the parts as he talked. The longer I was there, the better I felt about my purchase... I really can't believe the time and care that they put into every transmission to ensure customer satisfaction everytime.
After this experiance I know that if I ever need another trans... I will be going straight to FLT and recommend that everyone else does the same!
Thanks,
Matt
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After this experiance I know that if I ever need another trans... I will be going straight to FLT and recommend that everyone else does the same!
Thanks,
Matt
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I picked up my FLT Level 5 trans last week and I tell you what.... The guys there are great! I didn't have the pleasure of meeting Vince (I think he was on a beach somewhere
), but the time I spent talking with Chuck was great. One of the nicest people I have met in a while now. He explained to me (in terms I could understand) what goes into these beauties and showed me some of the parts as he talked. The longer I was there, the better I felt about my purchase... I really can't believe the time and care that they put into every transmission to ensure customer satisfaction everytime.
After this experiance I know that if I ever need another trans... I will be going straight to FLT and recommend that everyone else does the same!
Thanks,
Matt
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After this experiance I know that if I ever need another trans... I will be going straight to FLT and recommend that everyone else does the same!
Thanks,
Matt
It's nice to see another fast S10 in the works with one of our transmissions supporting the power. Keep us posted on the progress! I'll be looking for that truck in August when I'm driving through Eau Claire. lol