Mainly for Corey but anyone else that has input....

**Brent** · 04-19-2005, 03:12 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude You will still need a Torque Converter

Yea I will be buying a PI 3000 seperately

How much do you think it will run to put all this in?

Danger Dude · 04-19-2005, 03:14 PM

400 for the rebuild kit. 650-700 for the PI converter and 150 to 300 for build up and installation by a tranny shop

**Brent** · 04-19-2005, 03:15 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude 400 for the rebuild kit. 650-700 for the PI converter and 150 to 300 for build up and installation by a tranny shop

Awsome thanks

STEVE · 06:29 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude Actually Steve I will disagree with you on this one. A complete rebuild performance kit with intermediate shaft and Torque converter can be bought for around $1,000

and thats just the parts what about labor im sure as hell they did not just charge 300 for labor. also shops dont give you the parts at their cost, we charged parts at 150% so if we got a part for 30 bucks we charged 45 bucks to the customer.

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:28 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by bluemustang I didnt buy the parts I told the trans shop what exactly I wanted to get accomplished I told them straight up what I wanted out of this trans. They then in return told me they will replace all the parts to the trans to hold 700 hp like I wanted cause I dont plan on going any further then that in this car., They told me straight up 1300 out the door as long as I didnt mind them basically taking their time on it. So whether not U believe it thats what I got. And again like I said before this place isnt some regular ol shop its a place that has a great rep for building trans for alot of drag strip cars. Just take it as all places dont go charging an arm and leg to all people.

so then you are not sure if they replaced everything. you just know they beefed up necessary parts. see if you would have said that instead of saying they replaced EVERY thing it would have been different.

Danger Dude · 04-19-2005, 06:31 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang and thats just the parts what about labor im sure as hell they did not just charge 300 for labor.

You live in Cali you pay to much for everything except for Crack and Mexican food

300 will be a general accepted cost to build a tranny and install it here in GODS COUNTRY The SouthEast

I got a complete custom exhaust system installed with Dynomax mufflers for 250.00 I know in Cali that would not cover the Labor

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:32 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by cjd10 shift kits extend the life do to lack of heat. factory would install this but grandma and grandpa would not like there head thrown back on shifts, and although tranny coolers are nice and very much worth the money you are still getting way more heat on the tranny than it need and much much more than stock.heat from a trq conv. that is slipping (stall) is not going to be cooled at 1st gear launch it will be cooled after the launch and at a quicker pace with a cooler, but none the less after the launch

shift kit increase pressure so yes, but all that added pressure goes onto drums and bands that were not made to grab so hard. and clutches that were not meant to recieve such a shock.

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:34 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude You live in Cali you pay to much for everything except for Crack and Mexican food 300 will be a general accepted cost to build a tranny and install it here in GODS COUNTRY The SouthEast I got a complete custom exhaust system installed with Dynomax mufflers for 250.00 I know in Cali that would not cover the Labor

300 dollars to rebuild a tranny, man thats nothing the usual labor rate is about 700. the shop owner has to make money as well as the techs 300 just does not cut it.
and crack is still expensive.

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:35 PM

wtf how much do transmission rebuilders make in an hour over there? cause at that shop they were making about 35-50 bucks an hour. i was making way less but i was just an R&R.

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:37 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude 400 for the rebuild kit. 650-700 for the PI converter and 150 to 300 for build up and installation by a tranny shop

300 to rebuild and install? over here just to install the tranny is 150.

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:37 PM

sorry from getting away from the topic brent.

Danger Dude · 04-19-2005, 06:46 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang 300 dollars to rebuild a tranny, man thats nothing the usual labor rate is about 700. the shop owner has to make money as well as the techs 300 just does not cut it. and crack is still expensive.

Volume is the reason. One of the guys there assembles 7 trannys a day That is all he does and one guy installs them and one is a floater who does either. and the owner will build up also

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:47 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude Volume is the reason. One of the guys there assembles 7 trannys a day That is all he does and one guy installs them and one is a floater who does either. and the owner will build up also

yeah we had R&R's (remove and replace trannies) and rebuilders, but man 300 to rebuild a tranny was not gonna satisfy any one hell its 150 just to remove it and another 150 to replace it. shit might be cheaper for some clients to send their trannies out of state

Danger Dude · 07:11 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang yeah we had R&R's (remove and replace trannies) and rebuilders, but man 300 to rebuild a tranny was not gonna satisfy any one hell its 150 just to remove it and another 150 to replace it. shit might be cheaper for some clients to send their trannies out of state

Remove and replace $150 build up $300 all day long in

STEVE · 04-19-2005, 06:54 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Danger Dude Remove and replace 150 build up 300 all day long in

what does a tech win over there?

Danger Dude · 04-19-2005, 07:14 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang what does a tech win over there?

HAHAHHA A bonus everyone there is a professional tranny guy it is run like a nascar pitstop. They are good and what is even amazing it is a MR transmission shop

When I usually tell people that they look at me funny but they are the best inthe upstate

Rick0636 · 04-20-2005, 03:20 PM

A high stall convertor with a real high, say 3000 rpms, might cause a lot of heat, better go with a good trans cooler. I wouldn't want a high stall convertor, unless I was going to run the car on the drag strip very often. Those things ruin the drivablity of a car, saw a truck with one, he couldnt' take off in reverse without melting tires. That would suck to me.

**Brent** · 04-20-2005, 04:48 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Rick0636 A high stall convertor with a real high, say 3000 rpms, might cause a lot of heat, better go with a good trans cooler. I wouldn't want a high stall convertor, unless I was going to run the car on the drag strip very often. Those things ruin the drivablity of a car, saw a truck with one, he couldnt' take off in reverse without melting tires. That would suck to me.

I already have a Tranny Cooler on my car