I havent touched my fuel plate yet. I need to figure out if it has been modified or not

 

ebay is as good as any.

 

No the plate I bought off ebay was machined from 1 chunk of tool steel. They went out and bought a bunch of plates to get the proper plate profile and then copied the profiles to make their plates. The guy is in California that I got mine from.

Boatman, a #100 isnt necessarily the best choice for an auto transmission.

 

Thaks for clearing that up. Yeah a 100 is not to friendly for an suto trans unless you keep it back some. My #8 was great witht he stick trans then I sold it and ground the 100....not long after I was building my trans.

 

Dr. Evil: I was thinking that a plate that fueled mainly at higher RPMs/throttle positions would be easier on a transmission than a plate that fueled a lot down low. I was under the impression that most of the strain on a 47re that would really hurt it comes from "off-the-line" shock, and a plate that fuels at higher RPMs wouldn't put that much of a strain on it.

This truck is not going to tow anything over 5,000 lbs and only a couple of times per year and usually only around the neighborhood (hauling my boats in the fall and putting them in in the spring at the local ramp). And I'm not going to drag race the thing, just want some passing/merging power when I need it, so the trans should have a pretty easy life.

Do you still think a 100 plate is a poor choice for a stock trans? If so, what would you recommend?

Thanks much...Steve.

 

Welcome Steve

Just my opinion but the 100 is the best plate around, like any bomb you do it will add power and judging by how you use yer right foot it can and will hurt yer truck, this plate will prolly add about 75HP..................you are correct that a 100 is stock profile for take off then it goes to full fuel profile after that, bottom line if ya jam the throttle to the floor from a stand still then yes it will eat yer tranny up but if you treat yer truck with respect then it will last forever, you should build the tranny as well eventually though

 

botttom line,if you drive right the #100 will do just fine and not hurt anything,and besides,you're talking about tranny upgrades anyway.put a good converter and a valve body in it and drive the **** out of it.

 

And a tranny temp guage helps to.

 

i drive the **** outta my truck and the only big problem i had was blowing up the original turbo that had 245k on it. got another stock turbo and it was all good!