Last week my drive and overdrive went bye-bye. I'm assuming it's the bands.
I'm looking at getting a new tranny as opposed to a rebuild. I've been staying up late (as I am now- 3:05am) doing a lot of research but I'd like to get some personal input. Trannies aren't my specialty.
I want to keep the lock-up feature, as this is still my daily driver. But I want 'beefy' internals, proper torque converter for my engine, and firm shifts. Street/strip application basically.
I was looking at Lentech, but it doesn't seem like they have any AOD that keeps the lock-up other than a $3000 drag tranny So, they seem out of the question, unless I missed something.
I looked at Performance Automatic http://www.performanceautomatic.com as well. A bit expensive and converter extra. Any opinion on those?
Level 10 doesn't show anything on there website for the AOD.
The Art Carr trannies on Supercoupe Performance look enticing. How does this one look to you?
Art Carr STREET / STRIP AOD Transmission
A COMPLETE brand new drop-in Transmission for the '89 to '93 Thunderbirds and Cougars. No core required.
Art Carr quality and reliability at an unbelievable price. This NEW AOD tranny is for those Thunderbird and Cougar owners who have engines that are still stock or have several bolt-ons.
Why have a local shop attempt to rebuild your transmission and screw it up when you can get a NEW High Performance Art Carr AOD for the same price. This transmission retains the factory lockup torque converter feature.
Includes the mechanical diode sprag, upgraded 2" OD band, 8-pack direct drum, their valve body shift improver for better fluid flow and firmer shifts, premium clutch packs, and all the other high performance goodies Art Carr is known and respected for.
$1,450
About converter- If I'm not mistaken, stock stall speed is about 2000 rpms.?.
My car has 3.55's in the rear. What kind speed converter would be right for my car? Or would stock still work for my setup. You can see all my other mods in my Signature.
Any kind of input woul be great. I want to get my car back on the road ASAP. I'm ready to do this...once I know what the hell I'm doing.
Thanks,
Metalman
I'm looking at getting a new tranny as opposed to a rebuild. I've been staying up late (as I am now- 3:05am) doing a lot of research but I'd like to get some personal input. Trannies aren't my specialty.
I want to keep the lock-up feature, as this is still my daily driver. But I want 'beefy' internals, proper torque converter for my engine, and firm shifts. Street/strip application basically.
I was looking at Lentech, but it doesn't seem like they have any AOD that keeps the lock-up other than a $3000 drag tranny So, they seem out of the question, unless I missed something.
I looked at Performance Automatic http://www.performanceautomatic.com as well. A bit expensive and converter extra. Any opinion on those?
Level 10 doesn't show anything on there website for the AOD.
The Art Carr trannies on Supercoupe Performance look enticing. How does this one look to you?
Art Carr STREET / STRIP AOD Transmission
A COMPLETE brand new drop-in Transmission for the '89 to '93 Thunderbirds and Cougars. No core required.
Art Carr quality and reliability at an unbelievable price. This NEW AOD tranny is for those Thunderbird and Cougar owners who have engines that are still stock or have several bolt-ons.
Why have a local shop attempt to rebuild your transmission and screw it up when you can get a NEW High Performance Art Carr AOD for the same price. This transmission retains the factory lockup torque converter feature.
Includes the mechanical diode sprag, upgraded 2" OD band, 8-pack direct drum, their valve body shift improver for better fluid flow and firmer shifts, premium clutch packs, and all the other high performance goodies Art Carr is known and respected for.
$1,450
About converter- If I'm not mistaken, stock stall speed is about 2000 rpms.?.
My car has 3.55's in the rear. What kind speed converter would be right for my car? Or would stock still work for my setup. You can see all my other mods in my Signature.
Any kind of input woul be great. I want to get my car back on the road ASAP. I'm ready to do this...once I know what the hell I'm doing.
Thanks,
Metalman
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