thanks for this post, anyone actually have url for trans-go?
<Pukeloser@aol.com> wrote in message news:78.23a4437e.29c58190@aol.com...
>
> The transgo kits details many options. some of which are
> towing,street,street/strip, or strip(show off) shifts, also the ability to
> eliminate the low gear safey lockout, and even the ability to make it a
> manual vale body. A manual valve body would mean that if you have it in 2
> from a dead stop, you'll start of in 2nd gear. The kits even come with a
> resistor you can solder in to give you firmer torque convertor lockup.
> I went with the "street/strip" which simply means you drill one of the
hole
> in the valve body a little bigger. I eliminated the low gear safety so if
I'm
> driving 70mph and I drop it into 1st, it will go into first (not that I'd
> ever do that), this feature is not good for anyone who might have
overcurious
> and hyper kids who might accidently knock the shifter down while on the
> highway road trip. I like it because I can downshift at 35 and get that
quick
> "chirp" from the tires, it is also an advantage for towing since you can
ride
> the gears down hills better. Mine doesn't shift "excessively" in my
opinion,
> but then I dont think taco bell "fire" sauce is hot but the general public
> apparenty does. In other words it really depends on what you'd call
> "neck-snapping" its all in the perception. Like, I think my truck needs
more
> power but my Mom refuses to drive it anymore because its too fast for her.
> Anyway back to the transgo, if it was worth my time I'd pull the valve
body
> out and drill the hole bigger for the "strip/show off" level of shifting.
I
> don't recall any option for firmer manual shifts and smoother shifts in
> automatic mode ( shifter in "D") I think its all determined by throttle
> level, the more throttle you're giving it, the firmer it shifts.
> If you do install the kit I would recommend doing the filter while
you're
> there (I mean why the hell not, right?) and also getting the mpar perf
> aluminum tranny pan for beter cooling. I haven't put the pan on yet
because
> I'm waitng for my buddy to weld a reinforced drain plug onto it.
>
> John S
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