Higher Performance Clutches/POLL

[god910]

Damn'dst thing.  No symptoms WHATSOEVER.  Pulled into a parking space at Mr. Fish, backed out, and POOF!  Shuddering like a bitch.  I thought something broke.  I'm still suspecting it had something to do w/ the torque converter.  I know someone that builds and designs custom TC's, so I'll be giving him a call (1000 HP apps)

I'm then going to have to study up on this tranny.  I have the FSM so I'm aiming to learn what I have to do to basically eliminate all slipping.  THEN (I am planning on this) something is gonna break.  all that torque and HP smashing hard parts together will break something.  If not, awesome, if so, I'll have to get a new hard part made.  And repeat...

Neck snapping wheel spinning shifts, that keeps clutches alive.  

I'm going to remove a radiator from a Mac truck and put a squirrel cage from a home furnace on it.  That will be my trans cooler  :drinking:  
Not really but I am going to use a huge B&M fanned cooler, and a gauge.  

Umm... that's about all I can think of as of yet.

[GangstGP]

Is it on yet?  That is the one single best solution I have seen yet. I plan on it and everyone that has a working tranny may NEED one of these to survive into the millenium. At LEAST a temp. gauge.  
I snapped a band once too, it was not fun. then OD went  :angel: after I got that fixed and now .... I got a red donor TGP with a motor and tranny and hoping MY tranny lives long enough for this " kit group buy " to go through.

But that sounds good for now. Gauge, cooler, yearly fluid change, anything i'm forgetting? Just for longevity.

[TurboGTU]

OK..what if we put our part to thiese kits. What if we put our plege to buy it and see how many can be made right now  :wink:  . We need thise before our T3 kits Jeff  :cry:  .  Or has developent /testing not done yet?

[mfewtrail]

I'm sure you can source your own parts for a "kit" if you look hard enough......being that at least one large aftermarket place(Level 10) will build a 4T60 for you.  I would contact ZZPerformance and see what they can get for it, I know they can source parts(and build performance oriented transaxles) for the later electronic version(4T60-E), so they probably could get about anything for our transaxles through their suppliers.

[mfewtrail]

I'm trying to gather some more information on this and our transaxles in general from someone that should be able to help us out. Hopefully the person I contacted can provide some specific info and/or parts sources/numbers for those that wish to build their own transaxles as well as quotes for a performance oriented 4T60 transaxle(maybe they can beat that $3500 or whatever it was that Level 10 wanted). I'll likely start a seperate post if/when I find out something.

[GangstGP]

so has anyone been running the type-f yet? I ran some Red-Line synthetic for about a week or two before my tranny totally stripped out. that probably wasn't what did it, but now I am seriously paranoid about other types of fluid.

I doubt I will have as many problems with high speed runs now that I got my valence panel plumbed in to the tranny cooler and hose clamps tight.

I just got to install my z-series tranny temp gauge. Hey, If anybody does a fluid flush on their tranny soon, will you please find out which line has the fluid flowing out of the tranny. because thats the best one to put the sensor on.

much appreciated.

[GPChief]

Any updates on "tranny kits" that may be being offered to the public? 8)

[pontiac6ksteawd]

I think Shaun over on the w-body, and I would like to know if anything is going on with this...

[TGPilot]

Well things are being worked on. I know you have heard the same long enough...but there is something in the works! As soon as I can lift my head for a breath of fresh air from work, I will be talking to Jeff again.

Hang in there please! You will not be dissappointed! 8)

[TurboGTU]

I was crossing my arms tapping my shoe for a while...waiting. Im reaching for the grinder and a welder. 

[TGPilot]

Well there was bait dangled in front of my nose when I posted last. Since then the carpet has been pulled from under my feet and I have nothing for anyone. Jeff says he has stuff but it is in "testing". I don't know how the R&D department at "Jeff M Racing" works...but normally when you have proven transmissions over a few years time you tend to release things. I guess not. So for now I have nothing. I had a 5-speed tranny, but that shop has since closed it's doors and no contact to me.

[TurboGTU]

Anybody have carnage pics of thier tranny 

[Shifter23]

Count me in on this considering I have four rebuilders laying in my shop