Can someone give me a price on a shift kit and which one is best. I do some towing, tent trailer and a trailer with 2 quads. I want to prolong tranny life and improve shift.

 

You can kill two birds with one stone by getting a tuner for your truck. You can alter the shift firmness, and it will give you any performance increase, but I don't think it's recommended for all out use while towing.

You can contact the best source on this site and speak directly with him:

Mike Troyer

He can answer any/all questions you have concerning tuners and many other items you may want to consider adding.

But before you call him, you may want to spend a little time reading some of the thousands of posts he has left already. Use the search at the top of the main page to bring yourself closer to the topic you're looking for. Here is one of many.

SL

 

spend the extra money on the factory tech valve body, it is a great product shift is nice and hard 1-2 firm 2-3, i love mine like $200 you can get it from troyer performance www.troyerperformance.com easy install, i love mine you want more info let me know

 

I have read a review found here regarding a cheaper alternative to the Factory Tech Valve Body that accomplishes the same end result. If I can contact someone personally about the product, i will probably choose this alternative to save money and improve my 95k mile transmission. I have the exact same truck as you bigtruck. Within the past week and a half I put catback Magnaflow SI/SO exhaust, a Hypertech perf. module, and a FIPK GenII. Considering the stock setup I had before, it's a kick in the pants performance-wise...I love it

I hear a lot about the power programmers, but for our years, the only thing the Hypertech programmer has to offer that the chip does not is a shift firming option. I bought the Hypertech chip (also found in the Product Reviews section here) for 100 dollars off Ebay. I don't know what the Superchip can do, but if it retails for $250+, I still sure am glad I bought the power module chip. For the 200+ dollar difference I can put that money into a tranny mod that offers more than the programmer can do.

 

I am not sure currently who all can get the new shift kits. At the time I know of 3 people who are selling them. I am sure if troyer doesn't have them available it won't be long until he does.
The 3 people I know who can get them for you are
madferraristi,Gregg Evans and myself.
Alan

 

Troyer has the transgo shift kit I was asking about, and for $100 it is cheaper than the valve body switch

 

Actually no it is not cheaper and the transgo kit has some negative effects.

 

it's been mentioned several times that the transgo isn't the best option for a tranny upgrade....

btw: how much do the plate kits cost?

EDIT: nevermind...i assume $125

 

How can it not be cheaper ? Troyer's site has the valve body at $225 and the shift kit at $100. If my math is right that is a diff. of $125.

 

The valvebody is not the shift kit. Gregg told me he was selling the kits for $85. Unless my math is screwed up that is cheaper.
Alan

 

is there a phone number I can contact gregg at?

 

I know the valve body is not the shift kit, you are replacing the stock VB with a new unit, and with the shift kit you basically mod. the existing VB. Go to troyers site and check the prices for yourself.

 

All I see listed is the valvebody. Still I wouldn't cmpanre a FT valvebody to a transgo shift kit. Give it a couple days I am sure that site will get fixed. It's still a very new product.
Alan

 

from what i gather from reading these forums is that the FTVB is still the factory valve body that goes back in. the difference is that the kit is pre-installed at/or by factory tech. i assume that is why they charge a core charge of $X.XX to return your stock valvebody back to them.

i am anxiously waiting for someone to correct me if i am wrong though b/c i don't want to mislead anyone...

 

The kit is basically a new seperator plate, new accumulator pistons, gaskets, and new accumulator spring. No core is required and if you decide to remove it as long as you save your old parts you can.
Alan