getstuk
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My truck has never towed heavy, never had a fifth wheel attached, seems to have been really babied before I owned it...I picked it up with about 67k miles, IMMEDIATELY deleted and tuned and one trip to Pismo beach (and maybe 5 hard 4wd pavement launches) and WOT runs on the street, but overall less than 1,000 miles and the tranny is gone. I was really hoping this would have lasted at least a year so I could lift, and do the rest of the build first.
So I'm in need of a built tranny, talked to Mike here and he said John Woods was local (Southern California). They want $7k for their built tranny not installed, and without tranny tuning (I believe), he also said a tranny's life is "ALL ABOUT TUNING."
Anyone else I'm missing? Any recommendations? This purchase is going to feel like a kick in the pants...
So I'm in need of a built tranny, talked to Mike here and he said John Woods was local (Southern California). They want $7k for their built tranny not installed, and without tranny tuning (I believe), he also said a tranny's life is "ALL ABOUT TUNING."
- John Woods has a great reputation from what I've read, so I'm tempted to go with him. However, this is a very steep price so I need to do my homework. I'm only pushing 570-580rwhp (tune + deletes) and plan to not go over 750.
- Elite Diesel ALSO has a great reputation from what I've heard, and an acquaintance who is pushing around 900hp replaced 5 or 6 transmissions before going with Elite's and hasn't had a problem since. His experience made me a tad nervous, after spending $7k the last thing you want is problems with the product. I'm waiting on a quote from them.
- And finally BTS, how is their 6.4L reputation? I'm waiting on a quote from them too.
- Suncoast, also waiting on a quote from them now.
Anyone else I'm missing? Any recommendations? This purchase is going to feel like a kick in the pants...
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