Stock AOD Strength

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Stock AOD Strength

January 18, 2005, 10:20:28 AM

How much Horsepower can a stock AOD with a cooler take??

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Reply #1 – January 18, 2005, 01:51:22 PM

its not a matter of horsepower, its a matter of how many miles, and how well youve taken care of it

ive seen stock 3.8L's blow up AOD's, and some moded 5.0's not blow em up

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Reply #2 – January 18, 2005, 01:54:59 PM

A properly maintained AOD should have no problem holding more than 300RWHP. A shift kit usually helps as does a servo from a 3.8 SC AOD

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Reply #3 – January 19, 2005, 01:09:35 AM

It really depends on the trannys origions. Generally the NA v6 units have one less clutch in the direct drum. Judging mostly from my Super Coupe AOD(supposedly one of the strongest), totally stock I'd say 250-275 hp was the limit. While mine shifted fairly well on its own, it struggled to shift and slipped a little with 6000 RPM manual shifts. The Trans-Go shift Kit gave it a totally new personality, even after 5 years and 400 drag strip passes still shifts cleanly. With the kit, I'd say a healthy 5.0/SC AOD will handle 350 hp.

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Reply #4 – January 20, 2005, 08:13:11 PM

I blow up AODs like there nothing.
300 is around all a mild AOD can take in a heavy car.

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Reply #5 – January 20, 2005, 10:07:50 PM

would you have to take the tranny out to install the shift kit or is there one that i can just lift the car and install under it. There is no way that i am going to take this tranny out again unless i know it will blow up becuase of my cars power. thanks for the posts

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Reply #6 – January 21, 2005, 01:15:42 AM

you probably wouldnt have to take the tranny out, just remove the pan (make sure to support the tranny somehow) and there's the valve body

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Reply #7 – January 21, 2005, 07:09:20 AM

Why on earth would you have to support the trans if your only removing the pan?
No shift kit i've seen requires trans removal just the pan and valvebody,fairly easy just time consuming.

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Reply #8 – January 21, 2005, 10:37:54 AM

Great, what do yall think about the B&M Shift kit...is it good for the money. It is only like 31.00 so i dunno it sounds a little cheap i guess. Basically what I want to do is get about 300 horses on my tbird and no shread my tranny to . I already have a cooler that i am going to install so i was looking at a shift kit to keep it from killing itself. Thanks

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Reply #9 – January 21, 2005, 01:38:13 PM

B&M is , trans-go is the way to go

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Reply #10 – January 21, 2005, 02:57:16 PM

trans-go or spend a bit more and get a shift kit from Lentech

Trans-go is what i ran with hardend input shaft and hi friction clutch discs and plates with extra ones ramed in there :)

Note my cougar had no waight taken out 210lbs of speekers and amps in the trunk. Et streets and 351 4.10 gear and was being sprayed out of the hole. The 3 times the tranny broke can be blamed on a few things.
1st time was the converter that messed up and took the tranny with it.
2nd time was the input shaft that broke on full-power upshift from 2nd into 3rd that just wreak internal havoc.

Rebuilt it again and not even on the bottle the tanny started to wine after a few runs,
Pulled it out b4 it got to damaged and its been sitting on my porch since last summer.
Sounds like pump but i have never opened it up.

I been playing with stick in the car since.

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Reply #11 – January 21, 2005, 04:30:50 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci

B&M is , trans-go is the way to go

Trans-Go is the ONLY way to go.

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Reply #12 – January 21, 2005, 06:39:47 PM

Queston about the trans go hp kit(the expensive one).
That tube that goes from a passage to the manual valve(the one that you have to drill into the valve body)What is that thing for?

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Reply #13 – January 21, 2005, 09:18:48 PM

I dont rember if its for 1st gear or 3rd gear but it helps get more fluid to one of the vaulves to up th pruesser. Anyway its needed and kit comes with plates to line up a drill. make sure u do it right. If u go to far or u drill on a angle u mess things up.

1/2 shifts go with hardest spring. for 3rd go with 2nd strongest. I have seen to many OADs with hardest spring in for 3rd gear snap the input shaft.
I lost hardend shaft to 3rd gear shift that miss having.

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Reply #14 – January 21, 2005, 09:36:11 PM

I've already done the valve body(have an extra)but haven't put it in this trans yet.
Don't think there has a choice for 2-3 shift spring.
Also i remember tc50 saying that he changed the transgo 3-4 wot shift valve back to stock because he broke his input shaft under a full throttle 3-4 shift is this adviseable?
Also i was thinking of keeping my manual valve instead of the one provided in the kit due to the fact that i always shift from d-od depending on driving speed to save the weak od band.
I never shift manual 1-2 especialy with the shift kit because it's a nice firm shift anyways, i don't need to mess with it, but losing the ability to d-od and back would suck.
Opinions?