How's it going? I am thinking of getting your shift kit and am wondering a few things. First, do i need a chip reburn or will it work with my superchip now? (I don't know what program, it's not JDM).....also, how hard is the installation? would a novice mechanic like myself be able to do it or would i need to have it installed elsewhere? Voids powertrain warranty? ?

Thanks

Bill

 

i just installed my shift kit a while back...

you don't have to have a reburn, but you might want to get the line pressure reduced on the chip since you have a shift kit.

the install isn't hard at all.. it looks hard, but isn't..

all you need are a few hand tools and 2 torque wrenches.

jack the truck up and put on jack stands.
punch hole in old tranny pan. (i didn't want to at first, but its a lot easier this way)
drain all fluid out into a catch pan
pull the old tranny pan off (save the reusable gasket)
pull the old pickup tube off (watch out for falling tranny fluid!!! it almost got me!) lol
unbolt valve body.

thats it!

now put new valve body on & torque to specs.
put in new pickup tube.
reuse gasket and bolt new tranny pan on (reuse the magnet if the new pan doesnt have one. just wipe it off)
torque pan to correct specs..

lower truck & put in 5-6 qts of tranny fluid (ford dextron/merconIII)
start truck and manually shift into each gear several times
check fluid. (add if needed)
drive truck around in each gear (even reverse) and check fluid again. (add if needed)

you're finished!

i'm a slowpoke & it took me under 2 hours to finish!

torque the valve body to 80-100 in/lbs.
torque the pan to 10-12 ft/lbs.

 

The valve body is a great mod. You dont need a reburn unless you want to soften your shifts some. You may have a chip with a very hard shift and this will only add to it. You can have it softened some in the chip but it will still hit hard....

 

As far as the warranty goes, seems like everyone has horror stories about their warranty being voided because they had aftermarket floor mats at some dealers, some dealers are pretty cool about the dual turbo add on, it depends. I will say that it doesn't do anything to hurt the tranny, and if the dealer was looking for it they prolly wouldn't know it was there. Hell, some dealers couldn't find it on a dare. It's internal, and the parts I change you really have to know what to look for to tell.
No one with one that I know of has had a warranty voided because of it.

G