Powerglide advice please

[NJSPEEDER]

anyone around here really good with trannies?
i got a V6 powerglide for my project and i am looking to rebuild it.
i was wondering what brands of parts you guys recomend for repeated drag abuse and street useage?
i was also wondering how much the dual ring servo adds to tranny life, if any. it is a cheap part, so if it helps at all i will get one.
can anyoen recomend a good manual valve body? i am looking to go forward pattern if possible. not looking for a transbrake body, i am a footbrake racer only.

thanks
tim

[foff667]

wow tim actually asking questions about stuff...are we in the twilight zone?

[ShitOnWheels]

wow tim actually asking questions about stuff...are we in the twilight zone?
:rofl: I was thinking along a similar line...not quite twilight zone, but still some other world where Tim asks questions...at least regarding cars anyways ;)

[Tru2Chevy]

Tim = 3rd gen know-it-all

'glide = Non 3rd gen part

Tim = Non 'glide know-it-all

- Justin

[NJSPEEDER]

i figure since this is teh first time i will ever have taken a tranny apart by myself i shoudl at least have good parts wehn i can't figure out how to get it back together :)

later
tim

[foff667]

i figure since this is teh first time i will ever have taken a tranny apart by myself i shoudl at least have good parts wehn i can't figure out how to get it back together :)

later
tim

:lol:

[Fasterthanyou]

Even though Tim might not know exactly what's he's doing we know he can't break it... I mean come on, it's only got 2 gears. What's he going to do, remove a gear to reduce weight?
Tim, what year is the trans?
I'd go with kit that offered the best tech advice and came with a video. Even though it might cost more at least you know you've got all the parts to do the job and aren't sitting around with an open trans waiting for parts.

[NJSPEEDER]

that is pretty much what i am thinking of doing. prolly gonna go with a tci master rebuild kit, hipster dual ring servo, and a tci manual valve body. not sure about teh convertor yet, i will have to see what kind of power band the motor will have and then figure it out from there. prolly gonna end up wiht something arounf a 3000-3500

later
tim

[foff667]

that is pretty much what i am thinking of doing. prolly gonna go with a tci master rebuild kit, hipster dual ring servo, and a tci manual valve body. not sure about teh convertor yet, i will have to see what kind of power band the motor will have and then figure it out from there. prolly gonna end up wiht something arounf a 3000-3500

later
tim

oh btw its kevin winestead er some crap that works at tci.

[NJSPEEDER]

i will try to give him a shout some time this week. hopefully he can hook me up with all the parts i will need and some solid advice. i wanna shoot for around 450-475 to the wheels with the boost. shoudl be easy to make a glide that can handle 500ish ft/lbs on the input shaft. hehe

later
tim

[Squirrel]

one day you should go up to the gamblers guys at atco, a lot of them probably run a glide, you could pick up a lot from them :burnout:

[NJSPEEDER]

most of teh guys at atco, and it seems like most of south jersey, get their trannies from ziggy's. ziggy makes nice stuff, no doubt about that, but i wanna do the trans myself.

later
tim