So a few years back I had the trany gone through on my '99 Z28....I put all new electronics in it, a Trans-Go HD2 shift kit, aftermarket accumulator and servo pistons and a 3800 stall.....I thought the trans worked good, though it did have a problem with lockup disengaging when it wasn't suppose to and then locking back up again, but I just thought that might be a side effect of the stall.....Anyway at the end of this last summer I had to do a bunch of running around, out to Mesa, then to Glendale and as I was on the freeway I notice that when I let off the gas and then hit it again there would be a slight slip in rpm, even though the converter was locked.... and then the trans would engage and stop slipping, so I figured my 4th gear clutch pack was starting to go, it's really not a surprise since the stock setup is pretty weak on the 4L60E's when you start applying abuse to them.......The one thing I never addressed with the guys that rebuilt it the first time was the type of clutches to use and what other things I could do to make it last, and that is what bit me in the ass, as he just pretty much put stock replacement stuff in their........Now fast forward to today, I picked up my car from a place called SavOn Transmissions, Ernie is the owner and the guy that does all the rebuilds, he's pretty much the HotRod trany guy around here that if you want a trans built and built right, that's who you go to. Anyway we had already discussed putting a Z-pac in the 3-4th clutch pack and also installing a wider kevlar band, he also installed a new sprag and lock up valve along with putting the good clutches in the 1-2 clutch pack.....And I have to say I would have never thought that a trans rebuild would be so different from one guy doing it to the next....Before the trans felt kind of loose, now it feels tight, like it just wants to deliver the power, it shifts nice with a nice little kick, and the lockup works just like it's suppose to, it just feels like a totally different trany compared to how the other guy rebuilt it.......And the real good news is he told me $1500 to do the trans, but when I picked it up it only ended up being $1200....though that might be because he didn't have to replace my converter, as he supplies a new converter with every rebuild.......Anyway he told me to take it easy for a couple of hundred miles and then said to swing back by if I'm not liking something and he'll make sure it's working like I want it to.... Ernie is the man!!!!!
I also kind of kick myself for not bringing a camera, as he's got a couple of HotRods he's building for customers and he had a nice '69 Nova sitting up on the rack that he was putting a trany in..........
Good to have the ride back!!!!!!
I also kind of kick myself for not bringing a camera, as he's got a couple of HotRods he's building for customers and he had a nice '69 Nova sitting up on the rack that he was putting a trany in..........
Good to have the ride back!!!!!!
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