Originally Posted By f2502011
Originally Posted By DaveRS23
The 2-3 overlap is a pet peeve of mine and I have done a bunch of the restrictors. Some guys use brass pipe plugs after threading the orifice. I use a 3/8 core plug (like a mini freeze plug). Dorman #555-115. You may have to drill the orifice a bit to get the plug in.

On a street car, it is difficult to get ALL the slap out when idling around town. Light load and low speed reveal the slap from 2 to 3 the most. If you want it all out on a street car, the best way is to start with a small hole in the plug (.070" or so usually) to the point that there is a flair up between the 2-3 shift. Then keep opening up the hole until the flair up just stops. But that requires repeated dropping of the valve body. That is the way I do mine; start small enough to have a flair up and gradually get larger till there is no flair under load and little or no slap at light load, low speed.

For those that do not particularly want to repeatedly drop the valve body, .090" will usually get you close. But it does vary a little from tranny to tranny.

At the risk of getting flamed, I will make a suggestion should you decide to start with a small hole and gradually work your way up. I just put some stiff grease on the drill bit each time I go a bit larger and just leave the same plug in the orifice. Then, spray a good amount of carb cleaner or brake clean or similar product and then hit the plug with some air. Gets the chips out for me.

If you do need to pull the core plug, you can just screw in a sheet metal screw and pull the plug with a claw hammer or something similar.

All it takes is some time and patience to get all (or most) of the 2-3 overlap out.


I've also read about tapping the hole with 1/8 npt and using a threaded hex head brass plug, but I'm not sure where to get one of these brass plugs. Any suggestions on that? Also, I noticed one of the transgo kits comes with a restrictor with a 0.140 hole so I'm wondering if 0.070 - 0.090 may be too small or too restrictive??


Most of the better hardware stores should have a selection of brass pipe plugs, of course you'll need one with the recessed allen head rather than the square head. But the 3/8 core plug works just as well and is easier to use, so it is the only way I do it anymore.

The .140 doesn't usually have much impact. I have changed a bunch of them out. And the only impact I have ever seen by going with the smaller opening is that it addresses the 2-3 overlap. No other issues. And since it is completely reversible, there is not any real reason not to go with the opening size that eliminates the overlap.


Master, again and still