question about Predator and transmission durability
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11-26-2005 | 10:50 PM
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question about Predator and transmission durability
Can a performance tune be installed w/o causing premature wear of the transmission? At what point do you need to change the valve body? Sorry for the simple question but I am a lifetime Mustang guy who just bought a Lightning and haven't yet acquired the necessary information on these BAD A$$ trucks!!!!!!!
hewitt
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11-27-2005 | 02:21 PM
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I am a true believer that the valve body is the way to go for harder shifts as apposed to the tune pressure adjustments.
On both my '03 and '99 I did the valve body immediately. I actually like the JLP one that I just installed - perfect shift in my opinion.
The other point is a predator or any other tune doesn't necessarily have to impact the transmission other than obvious hp and torque gains. I had 496/562 at the rear for 12,000 miles with a greg evans valve body and not one problem.
I think there are other L brothers with higher hp and torque with the original trans.
D-Day
On both my '03 and '99 I did the valve body immediately. I actually like the JLP one that I just installed - perfect shift in my opinion.
The other point is a predator or any other tune doesn't necessarily have to impact the transmission other than obvious hp and torque gains. I had 496/562 at the rear for 12,000 miles with a greg evans valve body and not one problem.
I think there are other L brothers with higher hp and torque with the original trans.
D-Day