Ok guys so ive been thinkin about having a Transgo HD2 shift kit and vette servo put in. Its going to cost $200 for labor and tuning and then $80 for the shift kit and i already have the servo. My question is should i do this next or could i use the $300 somewhere else that will benefit me more?

Thanks in advance,
Derek

 

That's about the best $300 you can spend on a bolt-on truck IMO. You can save quite a bit though if you do the install yourself though; its not too hard. How much is the tune and how much is labor? You're definitely going to have to have a re-tune after doing the shift kit.

 

i know i can save a lot by doin it myself but i have never opened up a tranny before. And idk how much it is sperately my tuner is the one doin the install, he just said $200 for labor and tune.

 

it all comes with instructions. you have to take the pan off then valve body. just read instruction and look at the pics and its easy. KEEP UP WITH CHECK *****. it will probably tell you where to put em but dont let em roll away. the servo is easy too. theres an exhaust shield and then a snap ring on the cover. take er off and change out the servo. its no big deal at all

 

Why do you have to re-tune after a shift kit and servo?

 

I see that you have 3.23 for gears. I think you could be around the 300 for a set of 3.73 or maybe even 4.10s and i think you would see more out of a gear swap than a shift kit. Good choice on the shift kit if you go that route. I just had it installed in mine not to long ago I had the tg hd2 vette servo and a 4th gear billet servo installed. I could feel it a little not to much though cause i still have the stock tune. good luck on the project

 

I'm curious to hear the answer too. I was looking at ordering the kit and trying it myself, but no plan of a tune.

Unless it's to increase line pressure???

 

Ive heard its fairly easy. But id rather have somebody who has done it a few times do it. And if something fails because of something with the install then it will be his *** and not mine.

I thought about this also. I could get a set of richmond gears for like $150 but i figured if i am in there doing gears might as well swap out the G80 also and i cant afford to get a locker also.

when you install a shift kit you are supost to reset the line pressure because the shift kit will adjust that for you. And i know that if you dont get a tune on a shift kit then it is really bad for the tranny but i havent heard why yet.

 

IMO, I'd save the $300 and save a bit more money and get like a 3000 Converter.

 

I would do it man, just tell the person doing not to use any washers and drill the smallest holes, other wise you will be barking the tires at part throttle...

Like said above you return the tranny pressures to stock... Also you zero out the desired shift times to turn of adaptive shift learning... Adaptive shift learning measures how fast the shift is occuring can compares it to the desired shift time table.. If the shift is too fast it will lower the tranny pressure and vice versa, this helps the tranny last longer in stock form, so basically it compensates for worn parts... With a shift kit the tranny will shift alot faster than stock, so if the desired shift times are not zeroed out it will keep lowering the trannys line pressure....