Transgo Valve Body / Edge Racing TC
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I was asked by another member to post this up here to give the specs on my recent VB / TC upgrade.
Transgo Performance (edit: removed p/n as Transgo is not in prod yet) VB/Shift Kit - 250 line pressure (oem 205) maintains line pressure thru the shift with a valve within a valve to overide the op pressure so the solenoid can't override the higher PSI.
Clutch pack has Nissan Titan pistons (smaller) to accommodate +2 clutch plates on gears 1 & 2, +1 on gears 3 & 4. Not sure if they did anything with the bands, but I am sure they cleaned them up.
Edge Racing Torque Converter - Street Edge series with a 2800 stall, flash brazed
Parts are individually purchased and then installed by a local shop. Total on parts is about ~$5k.
Installation is around $400-600, depending on the shop. I had mine done at GT Motorsports, but they also installed a 11" B&M Tranny cooler.. so the total install was about $1100.
Transgo Performance (edit: removed p/n as Transgo is not in prod yet) VB/Shift Kit - 250 line pressure (oem 205) maintains line pressure thru the shift with a valve within a valve to overide the op pressure so the solenoid can't override the higher PSI.
Clutch pack has Nissan Titan pistons (smaller) to accommodate +2 clutch plates on gears 1 & 2, +1 on gears 3 & 4. Not sure if they did anything with the bands, but I am sure they cleaned them up.
Edge Racing Torque Converter - Street Edge series with a 2800 stall, flash brazed
Parts are individually purchased and then installed by a local shop. Total on parts is about ~$5k.
Installation is around $400-600, depending on the shop. I had mine done at GT Motorsports, but they also installed a 11" B&M Tranny cooler.. so the total install was about $1100.
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Originally Posted by sliderg35
OK, those are the specs, but how does it work? Was it worth the $$? Does it feel any different? Can you burn rubber when it snaps into third?...
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Does it feel any different? It takes a little getting used to, as the 1-2 shift is very... strong
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Can you burn rubber when it snaps into third?
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At the Chino Hills Meet last Thursday I drove Clint (THX723) from the meet to Red Robin's for dinner. I fully opened her up (which I rarely, if ever, do on the street) after the turn out of the lot onto the main street we enjoyed a solid strong squawk (aka harsh scream) into 2nd and more than noticeable step to the left for third, accompanied by a nice chirp. I believe Clint said something like "DAMN!"
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Last edited by SoCalTed; 11-05-2007 at 01:50 PM.
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That's what I'm talking about! Great info. I have the Stillen kit, but don't have anything good to say about it. I have soooo much torque on the shift to third that if I don't hold it in MM until 3-4K RPM, it will take about a second to shift into third. I really feels like it is just spinning freely while it waits for the clutches to fully engage. That's why I got a VB upgrade in the first place - I wanted to make sure that didn't happen. It was better before the upgrade.
So, how would one get a Transgo VB and how much would it cost?
So, how would one get a Transgo VB and how much would it cost?
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They are not into prod yet. I called the other day and he said it would be about 30 days.
I would recommend calling constantly to get them into production faster. If you can't wait, ask about a custom job.
Back when they were R&Ding it, I didn't really like how Stillen was building their VBs....not a real shift kit, so i waited for this. All the real props go to Gurgen for spending so much time building, rebuilding, testing and testing and testing. I think he has something like 17 pulls on this thing to finally getting to the tolerances its at today...and then had the clutch packs and pistons replaced. There's probably $4k-$5k into it total....including the TC. I don't have a breakdown cost.
I would recommend calling constantly to get them into production faster. If you can't wait, ask about a custom job.
Back when they were R&Ding it, I didn't really like how Stillen was building their VBs....not a real shift kit, so i waited for this. All the real props go to Gurgen for spending so much time building, rebuilding, testing and testing and testing. I think he has something like 17 pulls on this thing to finally getting to the tolerances its at today...and then had the clutch packs and pistons replaced. There's probably $4k-$5k into it total....including the TC. I don't have a breakdown cost.
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P.S. The reason you get hang time with the Stillen is that they cannot hold the line pressure above ~205 at the time of the actual shift. With the "valve within a valve" solution, you hold the line pressure for the next shift.
And remember, mine was a full build, not just the VB... so a VB by itself would not be as $$$. I'd have to defer to Transgo for pricing.
And remember, mine was a full build, not just the VB... so a VB by itself would not be as $$$. I'd have to defer to Transgo for pricing.
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