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Old 07-10-2009, 10:08 PM
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Which kit is the way to go? I tow/hual and the truck's my DD.

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Old 07-11-2009, 09:09 AM
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Up to you, Or you could call Dave Goerend the MASTER of dodge trannys. Also talk to your tranny guy and get his advice, you will want someone that builds perfomance trannys.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:29 AM
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Ya I guess that's what I need to do is print out both options and talk to my tranny guy and see what he thinks.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:41 AM
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Goerends doesn't sell non-lock-up transmissions.

I'd look into local guys; transmissions built for "Diesels" cost more because they are "for Diesels".

A big upgrade is a steel planetary.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:52 AM
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Ya that's a big reason I was looking at ATS Diesel's kit.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Begle1
Goerends doesn't sell non-lock-up transmissions.

I'd look into local guys; transmissions built for "Diesels" cost more because they are "for Diesels".

A big upgrade is a steel planetary.
Yeah he does Begle, just not on teh site... he quoted me one when I was doing my tranny.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 12:48 PM
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He didn't quote me when I asked, that was about year and a half ago.
 
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Old 07-11-2009, 02:49 PM
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Huh... Odd... Maybe he liked me more...

Yeah he said he could build a whole tranny when I got my TC this winter. Didn't sound overly excited about it though. Maybe he was slowing down.
 
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Old 07-13-2009, 11:04 AM
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well a couple people have said to just get a rebuild kit and there's no need for the upgraded kits unless putting up big number, so would something like this work just as good?

HD Rebuild Kit - Dodge A518/A618 Transmission:eBay Motors (item 370220739236 end time Jul-25-09 15:18:31 PDT)

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or is this a better kit?

TransGo Reprogramming Kit A500 / A518 89-up Performance / heavy duty kit: Bulkpart transmission parts
 

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Old 07-13-2009, 12:28 PM
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I would build it as bad as possible just to be safe....

better to spend the extra to know you won't kill it, but thats just me
 


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