I used a lot of parts that came with the car and the valve body was one of them. Knowing what I know now I might have swapped the valve body or built a different trans. I might still change but I'd have to also change the shifter so the job gets a little more complicated now that everything is together. I'm learning to live with the valve body as is. I just don't shift down to first unless I'm at a dead stop. With the 4.56 gears out back I can slow down to a crawl in 2nd gear and still have enough torque to accelerate. So when I'm tooling around town I just use 2nd a lot.

I took it out today to run some errands. Drove more than 30 miles of stop and go traffic around town and it runs just fine. The coolant temp stays right around 185, oil temp runs around 180 degrees, trans fluid temp stays around 170 degrees. No leaks anywhere, brakes work great. Steering feel is good, it goes around corners just fine but it isn't a road race car.