Ordered my trans today!

[bwhicker649]

After a few months of reading post after post I decided to go with Goerend. He really seams like a stand up guy that backs his product. I went with a full trans with billet input shaft and billet flex plate. I hope to do a billet output down the rd but needed a save some coin for now. Sounds like hes going to try and get it finished this week and shipped out. Im planing on having a local shop Sterling transmission do the work. They quoted me $450 witch i felt was really fair. All in all i am extremely pumped

[abe568]

Thats awesome, wish I had some coin layin around and saved up for that, but Ive got more important things my money has to go towards like school.....

[drooling piston]

What year truck are you putting it in?
Which torque converter are you going to use?
did you talk to them about using a torque converter lock up switch in the cab?
What is that costing you with any tax + trany + shipping?
I want to know how much $ I should be saving for the same thing.

[bwhicker649]

Its going in a 97 4x4
There billet triple disk
I did, they said the trans will be set up to run one if I decide to.
All said and done with tax, fright, and $1000 core it was at $5850

[sdiesel]

WOW ! thats a lotta bread!
thats more than my clunker is worth!

but the install is fair and they must test line pressures and offer a guarantee that it will run as promised you have done the right thing by getting two reputable shops to stand behind the product

the costs are astonishing!
i have about $1200 in my latest transmission which has a billet single clutch transmission
and all of HD clutches and bands but no HD shafts but i am also at about 150 HP
i think you did right by going this way
I also did the work myself which saved a lot of money

Please Please remember to change out your cooling system completely if you spend that much on a fancy transmission.
use a fluidyne or derale ( questionable quality) cooler and new hoses and fittings make absolutely sure you are controlling the temperature on the fluid if you are spending so much on the transmission.
do not rely on the guys at the transmission shop to do this; you must take action yourself its your investment you are protecting.
use big hoses and lots of cooling, lots of capacity, and a temperature gauge to monitor the fluid. it is what will seperate your transmission from a melted pile of junk .
make the temp at the pan about 130 degrees F no more, and go with a deeper pan if you must. the Derale is the largest, but i have had a problem with the derale having uneven mating surfaces and they leak like a stuck pig. damn them but its cheap and we fixed it with a hammer and a drift

i used the plate cooler in place of the factory forced air cooler and it seems to be ok
but i have also used a fluidyne cooler as a summer back up cooler after the derale cooler it is mounted inline under my custom front bumper using the down draft from the engine fan as a cooling air force after the forced air from the road speed

[bwhicker649]

Yes it was a chunk of change and that is why after buying the truck with a so called rebuilt trans with 25k, billet single disk, shift kit, and hardened input shaft that went out 2weeks later the truck has sat for 4mo. I want to make sure its going to last this time. I am planing to drag the truck in the garage and replace the rubber lines with some hyd. lines before it goes in and make sure its all flushed really well. I'm also going to remove the one way check valve that's in the cooling lope. I plan on getting an extra cooler with a fan to mount under the bed but i just don't have any money left now lol. Work will be starting back up here in about 5weeks or so and then i will be getting a larger pan, cooler with fan and a gauge. They do check pressure. Goerend said once the install is finished they will be on the phone with the shoping going over all the pressures with them.