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I am pushing to justify the extra $800 for the transbrake, but it would work nicely with my MSD which has a 2 step built in Sounds like Fred might be the go unless someone pipes up and has something to say that would talk me out of it. Thanks for your help. BTW are TCE charging for the tweaks to your convertor?

That sounds like the bits he quoted me on. I was given a price of $3800 for a transbrake box and $3000 for one without. Although that is a fair bit of money once you add $1000 - $1500 for a convertor and other bits and pieces it should be a fairly bulet proof box. Funny how people have the misconception that driving an auto can't be fun. They obviously have never driven a decent one.

In my very brief call to him he seemed to replace any part that was of importance. I am seriously considering running a blower in conjuction with the GT3076R I have on the engine so I would really need to sort out that first before I do anything. Once I have dyno sheets I would have a better idea of what was required from the convertor. Are you running a trans brake or not?

I have only just started looking but my first impression was he seemed like he knew what he talking about. He did recommend the TCE convertor as part of the package. I am looking for a full manual auto. Fred said he did one in reverse pattern. Also trying to work out if it is worth spending the extra $800 for a trans brake / upgraded billet valve body. How do you find the TCE convertor? does it stall nicely? what is the top end slip like?

Does the same hold true for metal cats? As I dont recall seeing any arrows on my metal cat.

I had Fred at Protrans Performance Automatic recommended to me also, any one used his services?

It will be a case of give and take... By shifting harder it will transmit more load to everthing in the box and everything that follows it, but bear in mind it is going to excert far less load than slaming through a manual box. With a manual box you are (with a decent clutch) shock loading the box by transmitting the load without a stally or clutch pack to soften the coupling to the auto box. So if you drive train would hold up to a manual it will hold up to any shift kit you might add. Contrary to popular belief a shift kit will save more parts than it will harm. Yes it will wear out some parts mariginal more like plantaries etc but it will reduce wear on others like the clutch pack / plates etc. If the mod only boosts system pressure it should be fine as that is basically all a basic shift kit does anyway

Hi All, I tried using the search function but it had difficulty searching on C4 so I thought I would post my question instead. I have a Nissan 180sx with an SR20DET in it. To majority of the Nissan 4 banger crowd auto is a swear word, but word has it the C4 in the Skylines crowd is not such a foriegn concept. Just trying to find out who built your boxes and if you would recommend them, who you would stay away from etc. Also would be handy to know what internal mods were done to the boxes i.e trans brake etc Did you have any relevant issues with the conversion that might be handy to know even though it is a different setup. Thanks in advance.