Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Late 80's to mid 90's magazine... I'm p..r..e..t..t..y s..u..r..e.. there was a "Vitamin C" orange car on the cover... Most stand-out part of the article (to me) was: it showed a picture of the valve body to illustrate something - and it said something to the effect of; "if you're doing this with the transmission in the car, hold this article above your head and look up." (paraphrased) Anyways, point of this post is that it was / IS a phenomenal article to a FANTASTIC, PROVEN shift kit. I used it to rebuild five transmissions, two of which are mine that are still working outstanding, and I drive them daily - that I absolutely love everything about the shift pattern and performance. Problem. (If it isn't obvious) I've lost the magazine during the past 20 years... and I want to find the article again! In a nutshell, it was something like; -- toss these two ball bearings (illustration), -- drill this hole out with a 0/00th drill bit (illustration), -- trace this picture onto a piece a cardboard, cut it out and use it as a measuring tool to adjust the line pressure to this 1- 0/0-inch distance (illustration), -- chuck the accumulator spring, and -- can't remember what else... So,... does anyone else remember this article / have it / know of an e-copy? Does this sound familiar to anyone that is knowledgeable of a same/similar process of making simple, homemade changes to a 727 to make it shift firm and perform outstanding? Thanks in advance for any input!
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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I'm pretty sure it was Mopar Action (or was it Cars Magazine... ). I followed that article on one of my hooptie winter beaters and it worked great! I'm sure I still have the article, but, I have no idea which box its packed in.
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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I'm pretty sure it was Mopar Action (or was it Cars Magazine... ).
I'm 92.426383440% sure you're correct on it being a Mopar Action mag.
So now get digging in dem dere boxes!!!
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Hwy E-Berg, if you are lurking & eavesdropping, please enlighten! This does sound like one of yours to me...
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Stop the presses! Let me make sure I emphasize that I am only talking street-weenie level stuff here. Stock engines, no upgrades. I don't even begin to - or pretend to - understand the real performance side of this hobby. John - All I'm saying is that in Drive or manual 1-2 upshift - my transmissions shift as thunderous as you describe. As far as a severe overlap, I don't even know what that means because neither of my transmissions act different in Drive or manual upshifts. These transmissions are in a bone stock 71 Super Bee, 383 and an 84 D350 Crew Cab Dually with a bone stock 72 Imperial 440 with headers. Again, all I did was follow some article from back in the day and I like the firm shifts for on the street in my daily drivers. If I was ever getting into the race / performance side of the house, there is no doubt I would be learning about and using totally different stuff for automatic transmissions. 52savoy - I'm not opposed at all to shift kits, none-the-least. It's just hard for me to spend money when I know of - and have 2 perfectly working vehicles with a no-bucks alternative. And if I don't find that daggone article, I probably won't trust any other article and will end up buying a shift kit for my next auto trans rebuild.
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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You can jack up the line pressure and get the same results if not better.
Touche' - I didn't know that either. Maybe that is something in itself I could/should try and leave all the other stuff as-is from the factory.
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Sounds like what Fairbanks used to do to them essentially for their "shift kits"
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Not trying to hijack this thread but... John - How do you feel about Turbo Action (Cheetah) reverse manual valve bodies (w/o low band apply) for street driven cars?
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Re: Old, old magazine article - 727 homemade shift kit
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Not trying to hijack this thread but...
JACKER!
Just kidding - I'm all about learning more about all this stuff!
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