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What Island Are you on?

I'm partial to Big Island.. Kona side..

 

i am from oahu. honolulu. i live about 15 minutes from waikiki and i can see diamond head (well half of it) from my bedroom window.

the big island is a beautiful place to visit, especially with the lava flowing into the ocean. have you lived there before?

 

Will this mod improve speed of downshifts?
going into tight corners I notice that with the stock set up I downshift then have to count to three before shifting again or the tranny doesn't recognise the request.

 

With the advent of the OBD II ECU many functions of the transmission are controlled or restricted by the ECU.Line pressure is limited,rev limit is in the ECU,etc.While there are some gains ,it is not like before!!I have both a valve body mod and hi stall torgue converter and manual shift mod in my FX.There is a black box in the transmission which delays up and down shifts.This can be modyfied.This is not the valve body!

 

High stall torque convertors and re-worked valve bodies are usually not a very good mix unless they have been designed to work together.

 

Yes as you may have guessed we are an older couple...

From about 1980 we have been tourists on Big Island..
My Grand Daughter was swinging on a rope over the ocean at Moliki when she was five..
Now 22 she was at home on Big Island last fall..


Your view over looks the Rainbow Hilton ? or are you further East?

Oahu is cool too ! - Had a lot of fun there.. Quite a history...

Cheers Amy -

 

Exactly what STILLEN told me when I brought up adding the VB and an Edge TC....told me it had been done by a customer and he was having problems because the VB was designed for STOCK torque converter.

 

i can see the hilton fireworks on friday evenings. i can see the main fireworks from ala moana every 4th of july and new years.

to stay on topic. i guess i will wait and see how this valve body works out for others before i get it. i would hate to be disappointed. thanks for the help, amy.

 

You usually need to upgrade to an external tranny cooler because the upgraded valvebody increases the tranyy fluid to get much hotter.

 

Stillen is also working on a tranny oil cooler, similar to their engine oil cooler.

 

If this is true, then Stillen should come out with a torque converter also that will work with the valve body. I don't see how it will not work together, and if you don't upgrade the torque converter, you will end up taking out your stock one or start slipping. So the valve body then would be a waste of money. I don't think they would make a product that would not interact with other upgrades.

 

Well, I was going to do have Andre over at Edge do my TC right away and get the VB from Stillen installed next week at Stillen's shop. When I told my guy at Stillen what I was doing, he advised against the TC upgrade. I waiting on a call from the Shop Manager......I will report back what he tells me...because I wanted to do both....

 

I've heard the opposite, that a quicker shift causes less clutch plate friction. Less friction less heat. I'm going to need a second opinion on this, Turbo Maxima.

 

I have a Protorque verter... Which VB should I get? Level10 or Stillen??????

 

How can I modify the timing of my up and down shifts on the 5AT, VERY INTERESTED...Anyone???

 

I don't think it's clutch plate friction that causes hotter fluid after a VB mod. The VB mod creates higher tranny fluid pressure, which results in hotter fluid...