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Old 03-27-2018, 06:18 PM
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I’m gonna swap the 65 for an 80 in my SSS. Im putting in a fully forged 370 with a 76mm turbo. The 65 just isn’t gonna hold much from that. So I bought a rebuilt stock 80. My thought is to do the swap, get everything working this year, and next year drop the money on a level 5 trans. My question is, without digging in too deep, is the HD2 shift kit about the only thing I can do to this trans? In stock form it’s gonna hold way more than the 65 I’ve got in there now. And I’m not looking to build this 80 a whole lot since I’ll buy a professionally built 80 next year. But the shift kit is inexpensive and makes sense to put in. Anything else that’s in the same upgrade category?
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Shift kit and a good converter will do it well.

They holds up great even in stock form. Just be aware that any power pull needs to be done with the shift selector in D3 and not D4. You can grenade the roller clutch pretty easy.
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Yeah I have heard that said before about staying out of Drive when you’re horsing around. Do it in 3rd.
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