is a shift kit really needed?
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From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Originally Posted by OskeesLightning
i have an 04L. ive been running it with a 6lb lower pulley and chip. should i get a shift kit?
We have them in stock and ship everyday. Click on the Red Lightning.
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I have a Line Mod Valve in my Lightning, and i've been seeing how every body is saying that if you have a Lightning you have to get a FTVB. So I called a known tuner and asked about me having the line mod valve, and should I take it out and go with a FTVB. His answer was that they have had 7 or 8 transmissions go bad with them, and I should stick with what I have. But it's getting harder to think that's right, because it seems everyone has, or is getting a FTVB. And if there was somthing wrong with them, there would be a line a mile long of guys with blown transmissions in Lightnings. And I was also thinking the same guy who designed our transmissions, designed the FTVB. So who better to design a mod for our transmission, than the man who designed it in the first place.
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From: On the side of the Road attempting to explain 135 miles per hour
Originally Posted by HI 'O' SILVER
I have a Line Mod Valve in my Lightning, and i've been seeing how every body is saying that if you have a Lightning you have to get a FTVB. So I called a known tuner and asked about me having the line mod valve, and should I take it out and go with a FTVB. His answer was that they have had 7 or 8 transmissions go bad with them, and I should stick with what I have. But it's getting harder to think that's right, because it seems everyone has, or is getting a FTVB. And if there was somthing wrong with them, there would be a line a mile long of guys with blown transmissions in Lightnings. And I was also thinking the same guy who designed our transmissions, designed the FTVB. So who better to design a mod for our transmission, than the man who designed it in the first place.
I have over 75K combined miles on a FTVB and not one transmission problem, EVER. Who else amongst the Lightning aftermarket vendors warranties their parts? No one.
If a tuner can't (or won't) tune around it, that's their problem.
Bob
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the FTVB quickens the time between the shifts. Thus resulting in Less Friction and heat.
It is a simple mod, yet the results are incredible.
(Especially with a 4.10 gear in the rear and JLP lift bars WOOHOO)
It is a simple mod, yet the results are incredible.
(Especially with a 4.10 gear in the rear and JLP lift bars WOOHOO)
