A manual automatic?

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A manual automatic?

Reply #15 – February 09, 2006, 07:18:28 AM

it doesnt get old..just like driving a stick without having to push in the clutch. rather fun to me, if I wasnt planning on putting a 5spd in my mustang id get a manual valve body for the aod. but thats just my opinion, tire chirping at 2grand going into 2nd depending on the throtte was nice :D

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Reply #16 – February 10, 2006, 02:06:13 PM

I'm running a reverse manual valve body in a c4 and yes it does get old,but it does have its moments.It does tend to "rock" the car on upshifts.Something like passing someone on the highway at 70mph and shifting back into drive tends to cause the rear tires bark.
I'm using a shifter out of a 90lx 5.0 mustang and i agree with what Bane said,a good after market shifter is your best bet.I found reverse once while turning around in our culdusac,luckily i was only moving about 5 mph or less.

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Reply #17 – February 10, 2006, 03:15:38 PM

I been thinking about one of those street/strip valve bodies for my mustangs aod...might as well do a couple things to it cuz a 5spd swap is a ways off. the valve body itself is a rather straight forward easy install right? jack car up, take off pan, remove old valvebody, put new one in, and put the pan back on right? But one concern is, what happens to overdrive? would it do? would it go P R N 3 2 1 or P R N D 2 1?

im not messing with the engine, gonna see how fast I can get it with a mostly stock motor, add some pullies, take off smog pump,etc maybe a 100 shot :)

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Reply #18 – February 16, 2006, 03:29:40 AM

Most upgraded valve bodies will revise the AOD shift pattern to:

p_r_n_4/3_2_1

instead of the stock pattern:

p_r_n_4_3_2/1

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Reply #19 – February 16, 2006, 05:15:04 AM

The Lentech V/Bs have a P R N 3 2 1 pattern... O/D is controlled by adding a switch to activate...

My V/B is modified for a P R N 4/3 2 1 pattern(basically it is still normal but only shifts to 2nd in the "D" position).... Have no way to keep it out of O/D except floor it. With the 3.73s I'm happy to see 45mph when it shifts. Works very well for street and strip.

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Reply #20 – February 20, 2006, 12:37:15 PM

WTF are you guys talking about my gears are P R O/D D 1 LOL

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Reply #21 – February 22, 2006, 05:47:11 PM

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The Lentech V/Bs have a P R N 3 2 1 pattern... O/D is controlled by adding a switch to activate...

That's why I want a Lentech valve body so bad. O/D is locked out so I could run around town and not have the tranny shift into O/D. That way I could safely run more stall and not worry about always being "in the converter". Plus I'd still have O/D on the highway. That V/B is an all around win/win situation.

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Reply #22 – February 22, 2006, 10:57:20 PM

I know a valve body install isnt bad or rocket science, but would running the wires for the switch an everything be difficult?

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Reply #23 – February 22, 2006, 11:01:05 PM

switch? AOD right...?