Hughes performance convertors any good?
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Going to have to rebuild trans in my diesel. Stock truck, just want better than stock stuff going back in. Hughes sells diesel convertors for about 650 that would appear better than stock, but im sure arent as good as the 12-1300 ones. The stocker lasted 260k, so as long as these arent junk it shoukd be fine.
Never used one in anything, neither have people I know. Anybody run their stuff before?
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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You might want to add this post on the truck forum for better feedback I dont know, it's for a ford. Just wondering about the company's products in general. I picked up a stalker on here for over 5 years just for saying a ford was fine over in that forum. Not kidding, so couple that with the ones that think the old dodges are worth a ton that dont like me for that, well, im just looking for general info. I have a post on a ford site. Not a whole lot of feedback on the company in general on the web. So...
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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Thanks guys. E40d. 97 f350. Going with the trans go tugger kit for some tweaks to the VB etc while down. The convertor is a total weak link in that trans and im not surprised to be having trouble after pushing it hard with towing in the past year or two.
I run a bigger cooler and syn fluid. Ive had a couple of these trucks and do seem to get ok life from the auto.
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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What about a new Ford part? I am impressed with the vehicles I have from them. An example is the clutch out of my 06 GT. I put a blower on it and at 7psi it makes a ton more grunt, and the stock clutch never gave me a lick of trouble for 50,000 HARD miles with that blower.
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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There is a company near me called Rev Max. Make a lot of their own products for HD automatic use. I know a lot of guys run their valve bodies and converters for the Dodge diesels. Good prices, too. Might be worth a call to find out about Ford products.
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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You might want to add this post on the truck forum for better feedback I dont know, it's for a ford. Just wondering about the company's products in general. I picked up a stalker on here for over 5 years just for saying a ford was fine over in that forum. Not kidding, so couple that with the ones that think the old dodges are worth a ton that dont like me for that, well, im just looking for general info. I have a post on a ford site. Not a whole lot of feedback on the company in general on the web. So... Hughes doesnt make their converters.. it jobbed out.. you really should be talking to converter shops... you might even look at CTD web site for info... if they build for a Cummings they would build for any trans
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Re: Hughes performance convertors any good?
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This didnt work out. The convertor had a weld pinch the lockup clutch and failed right away. Caused me all sorts of trouble this summer.
Hughes ended up finding the problem. Too bad they didnt want to send me a new one when the shop and I concluded the convertor was junk. They also didnt want to cover the return shipping, neither with a call tag or reimbursing me when they found the issue. I do get all warm and fuzzy when I think about the customer service rep there telling me they normally send a new one to swap, but even though that was one of three, yes three foul ups they committed on this, they still wouldnt do a damn thing for me. He also admitted a call tag should've been sent, but again, that's just my tough luck they dropped the ball on that part and I would get no love on any of this.
I calmly explained i wasnt mad and i understand this sort of thing happens, but for me to take a total, and i mean total loss on this was an obscene injustice. After much pleading on my part, they took a few days and decided they would sell me a convertor at cost(supposedky 200 off) so they wouldnt go out of pocket. Even though they supposedly cover shipping on this sort of thing and werent sure how i got the shaft. I suppose they send out a lot of duds so taking care of me would push the company into bankruptcy.
Worst of all, i got a taste of what the truck should've always been like. The oem stall speed is WAY too high. The convertor was spot on and made the trans feel like myself and others always wanted it to. Problem is, the shop is super busy and when the spot in line came open, it was a rebuilt stocker or nothing. Wish i had just purchased another brand to stick in there, but it snuck up on me and i have had a busy year moving among other things.
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So basically if you want a convertor that might be bad OOTB, no part to swap right back in while down to remove their junk, and no return shipping for their junk part, Hughes Performance in AZ can hook you up with all that.
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