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08-30-2004, 08:21 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
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Powerglide advice please
anyone around here really good with trannies?
i got a V6 powerglide for my project and i am looking to rebuild it.
i was wondering what brands of parts you guys recomend for repeated drag abuse and street useage?
i was also wondering how much the dual ring servo adds to tranny life, if any. it is a cheap part, so if it helps at all i will get one.
can anyoen recomend a good manual valve body? i am looking to go forward pattern if possible. not looking for a transbrake body, i am a footbrake racer only.
thanks
tim
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08-31-2004, 12:01 AM
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Keyboard Tough Guy
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wow tim actually asking questions about stuff...are we in the twilight zone?
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08-31-2004, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by foff667
wow tim actually asking questions about stuff...are we in the twilight zone?
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 I was thinking along a similar line...not quite twilight zone, but still some other world where Tim asks questions...at least regarding cars anyways 
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08-31-2004, 12:17 AM
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Tim = 3rd gen know-it-all
'glide = Non 3rd gen part
Tim = Non 'glide know-it-all
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08-31-2004, 04:22 PM
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i figure since this is teh first time i will ever have taken a tranny apart by myself i shoudl at least have good parts wehn i can't figure out how to get it back together 
later
tim
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09-01-2004, 11:36 AM
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Keyboard Tough Guy
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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
i figure since this is teh first time i will ever have taken a tranny apart by myself i shoudl at least have good parts wehn i can't figure out how to get it back together
later
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09-07-2004, 01:40 AM
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Even though Tim might not know exactly what's he's doing we know he can't break it... I mean come on, it's only got 2 gears. What's he going to do, remove a gear to reduce weight?
Tim, what year is the trans?
I'd go with kit that offered the best tech advice and came with a video. Even though it might cost more at least you know you've got all the parts to do the job and aren't sitting around with an open trans waiting for parts.
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09-07-2004, 04:40 PM
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that is pretty much what i am thinking of doing. prolly gonna go with a tci master rebuild kit, hipster dual ring servo, and a tci manual valve body. not sure about teh convertor yet, i will have to see what kind of power band the motor will have and then figure it out from there. prolly gonna end up wiht something arounf a 3000-3500
later
tim
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09-07-2004, 05:08 PM
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Keyboard Tough Guy
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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
that is pretty much what i am thinking of doing. prolly gonna go with a tci master rebuild kit, hipster dual ring servo, and a tci manual valve body. not sure about teh convertor yet, i will have to see what kind of power band the motor will have and then figure it out from there. prolly gonna end up wiht something arounf a 3000-3500
later
tim
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oh btw its kevin winestead er some crap that works at tci.
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09-07-2004, 06:02 PM
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i will try to give him a shout some time this week. hopefully he can hook me up with all the parts i will need and some solid advice. i wanna shoot for around 450-475 to the wheels with the boost. shoudl be easy to make a glide that can handle 500ish ft/lbs on the input shaft. hehe
later
tim
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09-07-2004, 06:34 PM
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one day you should go up to the gamblers guys at atco, a lot of them probably run a glide, you could pick up a lot from them 
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09-07-2004, 07:29 PM
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most of teh guys at atco, and it seems like most of south jersey, get their trannies from ziggy's. ziggy makes nice stuff, no doubt about that, but i wanna do the trans myself.
later
tim
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