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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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was wondering if anyone has delt with Performabuilt and their trannys? think mines taking a dive on me or getting ready to anyway and was looking into getting either a Performa built Stage 1 or possibly a stage 2 since it's capable of holding 700hp and that's plenty for for me with my mods listed and the heads and maybe an intake soon to follow later, the stage 1 @500hp is a lil iffy to me and figured why not since the stage 2 is roughly $200 more...
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:55 AM
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Hear there pretty good!
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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I didn't have alot of luck with them.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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how much is their build? i got a guy that built me 3 now and all of them are still running they come with 2 yr warranty and recently a guy made over 1000 rw with one...
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
how much is their build? i got a guy that built me 3 now and all of them are still running they come with 2 yr warranty and recently a guy made over 1000 rw with one...
Their stage 2 is $1525 shipped w/o a Verter, and since I like my verter and it's brand new with 1k miles, im going to stick with the yank the stage 1 is $1350 w/o verter
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sprayin'99ss
I didn't have alot of luck with them.
Explain. I talked to someone there and they seemed knowledgeable. I dont think I found any real complaints when searching their name.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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o0o well my guys only cost 1400 for a full out race version...rated at any power you can make...


and so their tranny will hold 500 hp no matter what? does that mean if you have a 2800 pound f-body it will last the same amount of time as a 4500 pound chevy truck with 500 hp?

i hate when tranny builers rate their tranny at a power level because you simply CANT
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
o0o well my guys only cost 1400 for a full out race version...rated at any power you can make...


and so their tranny will hold 500 hp no matter what? does that mean if you have a 2800 pound f-body it will last the same amount of time as a 4500 pound chevy truck with 500 hp?

i hate when tranny builers rate their tranny at a power level because you simply CANT
They have different sections on the site when you order one that dictate what it's being used for and going in, from what I understood anyway..
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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o0o well you said 500 hp and 700hp....i just cant believe you can rate a tranny by hp numbers...ive seen 600hp cars running 12's and 400hp cars running 10's
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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Lot of the LT1 guys have had good luck with CPT, I just don't like the idea of the builder not being local. You also got to factor core charge and shipping in to the price. Some of them you have to pay for shipping on your new trans and then ship the core back to them and after "inspection," you get your money back on the core charge. So the money you save on the trans you may loose in shipping and core.
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
o0o well you said 500 hp and 700hp....i just cant believe you can rate a tranny by hp numbers...ive seen 600hp cars running 12's and 400hp cars running 10's
Really now?
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6NIGHTMARE
Really now?
yep sure have! umm bolt on ls1 in the 10's???????

shon herron bolt on lt1 makes mayb 300 hp and runs 11.7x
franks cam only lt1 makes 360 and runs 11.2x
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
Lot of the LT1 guys have had good luck with CPT, I just don't like the idea of the builder not being local. You also got to factor core charge and shipping in to the price. Some of them you have to pay for shipping on your new trans and then ship the core back to them and after "inspection," you get your money back on the core charge. So the money you save on the trans you may loose in shipping and core.
Performabuilt doesnt charge a core, and the price you see includes shipping.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
yep sure have! umm bolt on ls1 in the 10's???????

shon herron bolt on lt1 makes mayb 300 hp and runs 11.7x
franks cam only lt1 makes 360 and runs 11.2x
Well the only one I have seen is in the slip database, runs 10.8 I think. Im sure its making a little more than 400, but its weight is only 28xx. I havent heard of the LT1's you speak of though.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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FrankB's cars been around for ever, Shon Herron is mainly on CZ28.com.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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the bolt on ls1 making more then 400?????
juan(sux2bu) with bolt ons and a 5100 stall ran 10.8 i think with a stock cam prolly made about 340rwhp

other cars are on here not too much, shon posts in the lt1 section...dont believe it aint possible because it doesnt happen everywhere...

no1 believes my cam only lt1 runs what it does...o well
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
the bolt on ls1 making more then 400?????
juan(sux2bu) with bolt ons and a 5100 stall ran 10.8 i think with a stock cam prolly made about 340rwhp

other cars are on here not too much, shon posts in the lt1 section...dont believe it aint possible because it doesnt happen everywhere...

no1 believes my cam only lt1 runs what it does...o well
Well Im talking BHP of course. I believe it, but I think that 10's happen too little to pose an argument with them, thats all. And trust me man, Ive been one of the guys arguing the "cam only" thing for years, Im a believer in it.

My buddys 94 Z28 M6, with a hot cam only, all bolt on car went 12.0 Not bad at all for an LT1.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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"cam only" = CAI, high-flow cat, catback, headers, shift kit, and cam, and hopefully, a tune, too. lol.
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Originally Posted by WS6NIGHTMARE
Explain. I talked to someone there and they seemed knowledgeable. I dont think I found any real complaints when searching their name.

Yea i did alot of searches too and it seemed like they got great reviews from everyone, and very knowledgeable which I am not disputing. However for some reason I didn't get very good service from my point of view. The first trans they sent was junk it didn't last 30 miles. So $400 dollars later and 2 months of waisted time, i finally got a new one. I am happy they warrantied the trans, but it took an act of god to get them to do anything about it. My car sat for 3 weeks with nothing happening because they wouldn't follow up, this is after the approximately month and a half of waiting for them to help figure out what was wrong (again they didn't call or help in any way unless i called or emailed and most of the time that didn't prompt them to do anything either). In other words unless i held Peformabuilts hand and told them to call immediately they wouldn't. MANY times they would tell me they would do something (like call or send the new trans)and they didn't even do what they said they would do. I don't know, I think I just got unlucky or something you may have different results, but I recommend someone else if anyone asks. PM me if you need further details.
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daniel: what does your lt1 run?
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