stock? slightly modded? shift kit, cooler, and 3000 stall lockup converter w/overdrive? anything but a bulletproof. its been wrote about but no one ever really says what the breaking point is. your opinions and/or personal experiences?
the only real answer to this question, is all the abuse right up until it explodes, the input shaft is weak, the od band is very weak, they snap when the vauge shifting goes in and out of od, and then comtaminate the rest of the tranny and it all breaks, but with anything with enough money it all can be fixed, the cheapest option is to put a 5sp in, i have 1300 in my aod, and need to spend at least that much more, and for 1000 i could have a t-5 conversion, i was dumb , this all being said i am a fan of the auto in general, but specefically the aod is crap, but if you get a good shift kit an good input shaft and good fresh internals it will be ok, to answer your question, i have a h/c/i and roughly 300 to the wheels,i worry how long it will last, any more than that without serious upgrades is certian death
I have a 92 gt conv with an aod, I'm doing a t-5 conversion this weekend on it, the car has 44 000 miles. For about 3 weeks, I've pounded on the aod, up shifting and down shifting manually...its already on its last leg, OD is gone and first is barely there. My understanding is that they are made to manually upshift but they cannot take the down shifting action. In my case it doesn't matter, t-5 is on the way!
is the OD band used for anything other then Overdrive?? I just rebuilt mine and got a PI hardened input shaft, Art Carr manual Valve body, Street Edge 2800 TC, External Cooler.