350 trans help
Pro
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From: Minnesota
The shift kit will firm up your shifts but won't affect tire spin. Assuming you have the motor and torque to utilize a 3600 stall, that's what will cause your tire spin at launch. You have 12" wide tires and a 3600 stall but no work on the transmission or manual valve body, etc? What sort of car?
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2nd Gear
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It's not a corvette but it is a 1950 ford pickup that I placed on a s10 frame and placed a chevy350 inside it. The motor as been bored 60 over, a new comp cam has been installed, dart iron eagle heads (have been rebuilt), roller rockers, electric fan and water pump, torker2 intake, 3 in collector headers, new msd streetfire distributed, 700 edelbrock carb, and a few other items to the frame like a ford 9in and 4 link system. I don't know how much work the trans has done on it but the previous owner is known to work on them.
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IF the trans is not making enough line pressure to lock the internal clutches, you could hang any convertor you want on the front and it won't make a difference. Building a trans is a lot like building an engine in that all the parts must work together. Clearances need to be checked too.
Without knowing for sure what the PO did, I think I'd get a Trans-Go or a Gil Younger "Mr. Transmission" shift kit and install either one of those using the instructions for severe duty/police/taxi. Provided that when you drop the pan it's not full of metal or clutches.
Without knowing for sure what the PO did, I think I'd get a Trans-Go or a Gil Younger "Mr. Transmission" shift kit and install either one of those using the instructions for severe duty/police/taxi. Provided that when you drop the pan it's not full of metal or clutches.
