Morse
Diesel
- Joined
- Apr 30, 2006
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I'm not here to knock any transmission company.. I was running a built transmission with a complete race rebuild kit, valve body, and a Suncoast towing converter in my 94 160 pump 2500. I won't mention their name, because they have always been very good to deal with and are nice people. After Wrongway (Gary Ray)helped me get it all together, and Turbomatt1 (Matt Wells) did the fine tuning on my little 160 pump the truck broke on it's second pass. It stripped the front main planetary on the trans. It was aluminum. The trans came out, and I took it to Garmon. He went through the trans, and then spent some time on the valve body. He didn't touch the converter. I installed the same Suncoast towing converter back in with his transmission. The trans made it's first pass last night.. The local quarter mile track was closed, so I had to go to an eighth mile track that's known to be slick in Lakeland, FL. It's not the best track in the world. They even do huge truck (with tractor tires) tug of wars on it.. Anyway... Matt drove the truck to a 7.44 at 91.4 mph in the eighth mile with a 1.62 60'.. Last night steering the truck was necassary to keep it going straigt. My 60' suffered. The results were 7.34 at 98.23 mph with a 1.66 60'. With traction, I have no doubt atleast 7.2's will happen. The biggest difference is the mph.. Going to the Garmon trans picked it up 6.8 mph in the eighth mile.. I'm impressed. I truely didn't know there could possibly be that much of a difference in transmissions, especially since I reused the same converter. There are many good transmission shops out there. I've bought several from the big name shops here on the forum and have been happy. If you want a transmission that will make you look at your time slip and think there must be a mistake (in a good way), get the Garmon trans. :rockwoot: I sound like an advertisement, but I feel others would like to know a true timeslip comparison.
By the way, how about those diesel only times with a 160 pump that's never been off the truck.. It's also smoke free.. :ft:
By the way, how about those diesel only times with a 160 pump that's never been off the truck.. It's also smoke free.. :ft: