Transmission question

I don't think you're going to find that you're much faster, but the shift kit is definately a good idea. The firmer shifts will be satisfying, and are better for the tranny.

The converter will give you better launches, but the 2.73s are hard to get any performance out of.

Save up for some 3.73s. You'll definately wake your car up then.

Damn!! You're doing a lot at once!

I think you'll like it. You'll be noticibly quicker, and still have good driveability.

Don't forget the new speedo gear (23-tooth). Some shops forget to swap it out.

Your speedo will be quite a bit off (reading about 25% high) until you change it. Get one from Latemodel Restoration Supply, I think it's better than the Jeep gear most folks wind up getting. The speedo will still be off, but only by 5 or 6%. It's an easy DIY swap.

Something doesn't sound right to me...what exactly were you getting for $800? You should always do a convertor when you rebuild a tranny -- if they weren't planning that, then ehh.... A rebuild kit is about $200 for the soft parts, so with no upgrades they wanted $600 in just labor to just do the tranny, not including r+r or anything else? Sounds like alot to me anyway. The 2500 convertor and the shift kit being $700 is quite a bit too -- it better be something like an Edge Racing Convertor and a TransGo shift kit or something, not a B&M special.

I know when I had the tranny done in my F150 (also an AOD), it ended up being around $1500 all said and done. That's more work with the transfer case, etc. I had what I think is some good upgrades done, like band upgrade, A servo, shift kit, etc. as well as a new convertor.

Oh, if you don't already have one, a good external tranny cooler is a must.

If you're going with gears don't get 3.73's....you most likely won't be happy w/ them and the slug of an AOD. Go w/ 4.10's, you won't regret it....save the 3.73's for manual cars.