Will a new stall convertor absorb the effects of a shift kit?

NEEDA5.0

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My cars in the trans shop right now. The mechanic says that he's going to put in a 24-2600 stall convertor. He also said hes gonna put in a shift kit but that the higher stall will absorb the effects (feel) of the shift kit. So...why is that? Why even bother putting the shift kit in if thats true? The performance rebuild is looking at $18-$1900 now. This thing better be bullet proof.

 

89MustangGX

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I can tell you though, that is getting rather expensive for the rebuild. I had an AOD done in my F150 with several upgrades, like the A O/D servo, O/D band, shift kit, new converter, etc...and it was around $1500 when all was said and done.

 

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Nagash01WS6

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yep... the torque converter will take most of the shock from a shift kit. Have him put a nice trans cooler in there as well because with the higher stall converter the trans will build up more heat the cook its internals. The extra buildup of heat will cause things not to grab as well, so by installing the shift kit you are improving the flow of trans fluid providing more pressure in order to hold the gears.

 

KingDiamond

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I think for the same price you could have had an Art Carr AODE that will handle 800+ horsepower.

If the shop is installing a TransGo shift kit, you can make one of the holes in the valvebody bigger if you have an aftermarket torque converter and it will make the shifts harder.

 

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SuperDust22

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With that kind of money you should have bought a whole new AODE. That's about what Art Carr is selling them for. I looked into buy a new one. IT was like 1600 with manual valve body, trans brake, 3000 stall and shift kit. It was good for like 700-800 ponys. Plus it was new so you get all new housing.