Are shift kits worth it? It looks to me that they are hard on the transmision.I got a jet power-shift plus and now I have second thoughts about putting the shift kit in!Thanks for any help on this subject.

 

hmmmmmmmm. i like mine
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nice video... LOL

 

it is well worth the time and effort. shifts much more faster and it is a little bit hard on the tranny but not extremely bad.

 

my trans-go kit from kds will be in today. now i just neeed to save the money to get it put in

 

had mine in since february, about 10k i guess. I had the shop put in 2 washers and it shifts FIRM. lol But I havent had any problems with the durability of the tranny. Every now or then, it seem like it will stick in a gear at low rpms for a sec, but then it shifts. Only has happened a few times since, it may have been there before the shift kit too. But yes definitely worth it, I think

 

what do you mean you had them put two washers?

 

the kits come with washers, they look like little cylinders, anyways by putting diffrent ones in you can change the firmness of the shifts. i have the performance ones in mine, or the ones that make it shift really hard. correct me if im wrong people but this is the way i understood the directions when i installed mine.

 

Yeah, I have the TransGo shift kit (NO washers) and both billet servos...I can bark my 285 AT's out back on a 1-2 upshift also. I have like two boltons on my truck with no computer tuning.

It is a nice quick, tight shift at lower RPMs but grabs well at higher.

 

The one i got just has differant springs and the jet control box.Instuctions say i can install it with the trans still in,but i also have to take and drill a hole out change a sping in the pressure reg valve train in the pump.Is the pump behind the touque convertor?Can i get to that from the pan like the instructions say,or will i have to pull it?The shift kit came from Superior transmission parts inc.It looks like its simple to put in.