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Installed kit today took about 8hr got all done, every think works fine but I can"t tell any difference. Seems like a big wast of time and money!!:confused013:
48re TRANSGO SHIFT KIT! NOT HARDLY ANY DIFF??
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What kind of Kit did you use?
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I used a transgo stage2 from oregontrans something, bought new of ebay for $63
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Say's Transgo in the title..
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Was hoping for crisp clean shifts in all gears, I guess I should be happy that I got it back together and shifting!! If I crank the line pressure up would that firm up the shifts?
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Ya a true transgo, Nice comeplet kit, instuctions are poor, they assume you know how to take that gosh darn forsaken VB off the trans, its a bear the first time and I have a lift in the shop at my house!!
Good news is you got it back together and working properly, bad news is take it back apart and install billet front servo and adjust bands properly. This should firm up 1-2 shifts. A lot depends on condition of trans prior to install as some will use the kit as a fix all and its to late. Others will come in with more advise but these kits alone are not going to make it shift like a street strip car. Not sure I would increase line pressure until you know where it is at now. This place has the servo I recommended, may be better ones but this works fine.
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That servo is just a copy of the DTT Billet Servo at a higher price.
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Thanks for all the help. Ya the trany was not in bad shape I just thought I would firm the shifts up so it might last a little longer. I looked on here and alot of people had been talking about them so___ I bought one. Sound like I need a servo, and yes i did adj both the bands, but also the pressure screw trans go says to back it all the way off until flush, now Iam having 2nd thoughts!!
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Check your pressures, thats the first step. The TransGo isn't neccessarily a performance upgrade, it has to work with whats there and the stock system has a lot of NVH stuff in it. What it should do is up the line pressures to where they need to be, shifts take some more tweaking to make really firm and crisp.
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Just cranking up your line pressure will not make your trans shift like a race car. The Transgo SK-48re kit (I think that's the one) will raise your line pressures about 80% that's looking at normal stock to what Transgo designed there kit for 75psi Idle [email protected]0RPM 3rd gear and about 175 max, this is from Transgo Tech and what mine came out at after installing, give or take 5psi.
If you don't know what you had Stock and or what you have now how can you claim it didn't do anything. with the higher line pressure your clutches have more holding power to not slip, as well as your Bands.
You should as suggested above improve your front servo and band strut so the new line pressure can get to the Front band rather than leak around the Servo or bend the Strut
Most shift kits try to stay away from snap type shifts, Transgo does make a race shift kit that I am sure would make it feel like a race car
If you don't know what you had Stock and or what you have now how can you claim it didn't do anything. with the higher line pressure your clutches have more holding power to not slip, as well as your Bands.
You should as suggested above improve your front servo and band strut so the new line pressure can get to the Front band rather than leak around the Servo or bend the Strut
Most shift kits try to stay away from snap type shifts, Transgo does make a race shift kit that I am sure would make it feel like a race car
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You mean the TCS Manufactured one? The Sonnax one is still much cheaper than that even.
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I'd be curious about some input from other tranny guys....personally, we've gone away from the TransGo kit completely because it asks for too many changes & is subject to builder inconsistency.
Sometimes less is more.
Since we switched to the Superior kit, I have yet to see a 48RE with a hunting or soft shift isssue.
Sometimes less is more.
Since we switched to the Superior kit, I have yet to see a 48RE with a hunting or soft shift isssue.
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I put a transgo kit in one of my 06s and it still hunted in 1-2. Drove a truck that a professional installed one and it hunted more. The truck I just bought is bone stock and doesnt hunt at all. Does anyone know why the is no consitancy between trucks? The company i used to work for bought 1 2006 3500 and 5 2006 2500s. There were 3 white ones which shifted horribly and two have had trannys done at 76000 miles the two silver ones shifted great from the factory and have never been touched. One was my old one now has 140000 on it and i went to the dunes with my toyhauler and spent its first 50k with a 220hp chip. now I have bought a 2006 2500 that i have never liked the way the trans is got a dealer rebuilt one and i came out feeling like it did when it went in with the bad one. and i have a 2006 3500 that feels perfect . did dodge maybe have 2 different valve bodies in 2006?
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Yep, thats pretty much the scenario. If a builder does them all the time and he knows what to do the TransGo works great.
Not so good for mass produced units where you may not have the top man on the build. Then again, thats more of a human factor than the kits fault.
The superior kits are top notch from what a lot of the builders tell me. I might try one and see what the difference is for reference.
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after that it should have said something about screwing it back in about 4 turns nothing more
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