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Reply #15 –
Oh,by the way,I have thought about a 5 speed,but I really like an automatic.Just for the convenience of driving.I know that they use up some horsepower,and there's no TV cable to mess you up,but the AOD has really been a good tranny for me.It was the cable that sucked this time.The tranny just suffered for it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #16 –
Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;133481
5-Speed swap is the answer to all AOD questions.


Until you break a clutch cable... Luckily mine let go in front of the house.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
86 5.0 Turbocoupe (Katrina), 87 5.0 Sport (Rita)

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Reply #17 –
 that sucks. At least you do have another to replace it.

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Reply #18 –
My 5-Speed doesn't have a clutch cable :D

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Reply #19 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;133511
yup.
 
@kingcars,
 
OF COURSE im gonna open 'er up from time to time :evilgrin:
but for everyday commuting, i dont need speed all the time. im not that kind of driver. i like to cruise leisurely. but i want it to be there so whenever i need/want it, i can whip it out.
 
i also wonder if i got in the habit of driving it harder if i might accidentally lose track of my speed frequently and risk a ticket. NO WAY. not an option, so thats a big factor too.


Hah, I rarely do more than 5 over the speed limit.  It's just the time I take to get to that speed that varies :evilgrin: .

The reason I try to stick to 5 over is because I can feel safe that a cop wont pull me since I'm normally in the slow lane getting passed.  I've had several occasions of cops driving up behind me without me realizing it for a minute and then they just leisurely drive on by.

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Reply #20 –
UPDATE>>>>>>> My friend and I got the tranny swapped,installed the TV cable and adjusted it.I called a tranny shop,and he said to have someone hold the gas pedal all the way down,and adjust the TV cable "as tight as a banjo string",so,that's what I did.I took the car for a test drive and it seems strong,and everything worked as it should.The throttle response is a lot better for some reason.Perhaps it's the TV cable adjustment.I didn't get to drive but a couple of miles due to time and other things going on.Now you know......the rest...of the story.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #21 –
Okay Paul Harvey :hick:
Glad you got it going.
 

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Reply #22 –
, good work, Vinnie.  You got it fixed in just over 24 hours.

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Reply #23 –
Actually,we started at 11:30 this morning and finished around 4:00 this evening.We took about a half an hour break in there as well.So,about 4 hours out on the driveway.Everything went really good.I swapped my valvebody into the "new" tranny while we had the tranny out.No better time..I knew it was good.I'm glad it's over,though.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..