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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Anyone have a recommendation on who to deal with to get a nice powerglide?
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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I've been looking at Rossler myself. His prices seem to be decent for what you get and many people have reccomended him to me.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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Contact Tony Aikens at TCI they are a sponsor here .Just picked up my Powerglide and he was very helpful and supplied exactly what I needed.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Rossler Here........
Give Carl a call and talk to him Phil.....
The Trans is only half the equation though man..... the converter is the other.....
On that note my Neal Chance converter is working flawless....
and man there fast LOl
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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hughes, and give ultimate converter a call.
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I chose a TCI Glide and Chance converter. I'll see how good it works in a month.
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I personally would go with Coan. I know lots of guys that run them behind big inch BBC's and Mopars with no issues.

As for converter, I would recomend talking to Craig at Coan Transmissions.

I used a Neal Chance converter previously and the lockup clutch came apart in no time at all. Most people have great luck with them, not me. I wouldnt use one in anything ever again.
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Originally Posted by SMKN TA 95

I used a Neal Chance converter previously and the lockup clutch came apart in no time at all. Most people have great luck with them, not me. I wouldnt use one in anything ever again.


How many street miles???? In what Car?? What kind of HP / ET's???
What did Chance say/do???

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Originally Posted by NA$TY-TA
How many street miles???? In what Car?? What kind of HP / ET's???
What did Chance say/do???

Kyle
It was in my '95 Trans Am.... heads/cam/nitrous car. It had maybe 250-300 street miles on it.

It was the first one that he had ever heard of that came apart . He didn't even want to give me another one to try. He just refunded my money and I switched the converter to a custom Coan setup. All issues were gone, and works like a champ.

My race car is getting a custom 8" Coan converter. Ordering it this weekend at the World Drag Expo in Chicago.
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Originally Posted by SMKN TA 95
It was in my '95 Trans Am.... heads/cam/nitrous car. It had maybe 250-300 street miles on it.

It was the first one that he had ever heard of that came apart . He didn't even want to give me another one to try. He just refunded my money and I switched the converter to a custom Coan setup. All issues were gone, and works like a champ.

My race car is getting a custom 8" Coan converter. Ordering it this weekend at the World Drag Expo in Chicago.



Wow.... i wonder what it was....... I havent had one problem and im putting ALOT of power thru mine and ive driven the car everyday for the last 6 months.... 200 street miles week....
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by NA$TY-TA
Wow.... i wonder what it was....... I havent had one problem and im putting ALOT of power thru mine and ive driven the car everyday for the last 6 months.... 200 street miles week....
I dont have any idea. They wouldn't even tell me what the ACTUAL problem with it was. They just said you are getting a refund and thats it. Oh well I guess.
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i dont think u will have a problem finding a good powerglide guys have been building them for years,
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Lots of Automatic Pro Mod guys down here use Abruzzi.
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Coan, I know they have models for your level.

A bunch of us around here use them, high 6's, lo 7's.

I usually talk to Jason, when he's not racing.
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Abruzzi makes great transmissions.
Hutch does an awesome job as well.
Rossler great trans.

Can't go wrong with any of these guys
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