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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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i know tep is king of the crapper for our trans but is there anyone out west who knows there stuff on this transmission everyone i find is afraid of this thing and while i know that tep is the best its not worth the 1k plus it would cost just in shipping the transmission around the country
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 02:50 AM
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Buy the parts from TEP, have the work done locally.

Dave worked with my buddy's shop, and there's no reason why he wouldn't do the same for you.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 08:05 AM
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Get a shipping quote from TEP. Should be $150-250.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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From there to Vegas??
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Sounds about right.

BTW- I'm in Vegas this weekend. Made the 300 mile drive in the SS on half a tank of gas. Most of the trip, the trans temp stayed in the 120's.

Gotta love the TEP upgrades!
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Yea mine is 195+ just running From Wynn to green valley
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How fast does it get to that temp?
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it will vary pending on weather and my road rage but usualy within 5-8 miles in the daytime?
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That's pretty bad. A auxiliary cooler connected directly to the trans (omit the factory cooler) and a tighter converter will get your temps down.

To give you an idea of the difference, my wife is driving in town as I type this, and we've been at 152 for the past 20 minutes or so.
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Dose the two come with a converter caus I drove about a mile and a half to blue fin and hit 178
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I want to drop the few hundo an buy one of the big *** earls performance fluid cooler it is damn ne'er the size of the radiator
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Originally Posted by vroom_vroom
Dose the two come with a converter caus I drove about a mile and a half to blue fin and hit 178
Not sure what you're asking, here.

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I want to drop the few hundo an buy one of the big *** earls performance fluid cooler it is damn ne'er the size of the radiator
You can get a mobile home sized cooler for around $70. That's what I've got, and it works fine.
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Auto correct blows
I am thinking the clutch packs are fine it just has some valve body issues it dosen like to in gauge when you are on it would a valve body and shift kit be woth the $$$ and what dose a converter go for
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I figured you were on a smart phone!

As long as you don't have issues with slipping, or the rev and clink, and you don't have any material in the pan, then you're probably okay to do the valve body mods.

The Precision converter I got from TEP was $199, plus $50 core. There are two different part numbers, and one has a lower-than-stock stall. That's the one I've got, and I love the way it drives.
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Yea it's only 175 to ship a compleat one here
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