Big28 2gFWD
15+ Year Contributor
- 108
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- Oct 11, 2004
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port st lucie,
Florida
ok so after all is said and done, finally get my set-up to be running well, and now my trans is starting to take a shit on me. i have installed a IPT torque converter (customized to my set up) p.s. definately recommend them over level 10 and tci anyday! 
and an external trans cooler. my current set up makes 308whp and 313 ft/lbs. but ill stick to the trans probs. when the car downshifts it makes me feel as though im going to fly through my windshield. occasionally it will feel as though its just sitting in nuetral at parking lot speeds. the car does not always find second when i get off the gas in 1st, if i get off the gas halfway through 1st, and get back on it in 2nd, the revs climb but i go no where so i have to get off the gas until i feel it find 2nd and then everything runs smoothly. and just recently it has started to stall out on me 
this usually happens if i am slowing to a stop i can feel it start to die out, and once i am completely stopped it just shuts off. any thoughts? i already have a translab shift kit and ipt end clutch kit waiting for install (unfortunately i do not deem myself qualified to takcle this one by myself, and the fact i consider myself smarter than any mechanic i have met down here in sunny FL leaves me unsure if i will ever get these put in.) any ideas whats wrong? and will the shift kit and end clutch kit solve the probs?? any advice would help? also john if ur reading...how much would it cost to ship an valve body to u from fl, have u install the parts (already purchased from u) and have u ship it back? u can pm me with the price if u like..thanks in advance guys
and an external trans cooler. my current set up makes 308whp and 313 ft/lbs. but ill stick to the trans probs. when the car downshifts it makes me feel as though im going to fly through my windshield. occasionally it will feel as though its just sitting in nuetral at parking lot speeds. the car does not always find second when i get off the gas in 1st, if i get off the gas halfway through 1st, and get back on it in 2nd, the revs climb but i go no where so i have to get off the gas until i feel it find 2nd and then everything runs smoothly. and just recently it has started to stall out on me this usually happens if i am slowing to a stop i can feel it start to die out, and once i am completely stopped it just shuts off. any thoughts? i already have a translab shift kit and ipt end clutch kit waiting for install (unfortunately i do not deem myself qualified to takcle this one by myself, and the fact i consider myself smarter than any mechanic i have met down here in sunny FL leaves me unsure if i will ever get these put in.) any ideas whats wrong? and will the shift kit and end clutch kit solve the probs?? any advice would help? also john if ur reading...how much would it cost to ship an valve body to u from fl, have u install the parts (already purchased from u) and have u ship it back? u can pm me with the price if u like..thanks in advance guys
or i was gonna get to it later, it just got worse each day until I couldnt drive it no more. Turned out my converter was shot, tranny pump was shot, and my end clutches were burnt out. Yeah I was Fuked.
