Re: trans-go?

From: TonyC (acellan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 01:01:28 EST


John, you don't happen to have the istructions regarding the resistor, do
you?
TonyC

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From: Pukeloser@aol.com <Pukeloser@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: DML: trans-go?

>
>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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