Exploding Torqueflites

green67cuda said

sooooo....
i have a 400 with a .509 cam, edelbrock torker intake, will have 3.91s and a 3000-ish stall converter soon.....i don't know what EXACTLY the tranny is...whether old stocker, rebuilt, or what.....

guess that's bad?????

also, how good are the TCI or Mancini trannies???

i was kinda looking at the tci competition ($850) and puting a manual/auto valve body in it....

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Well, I don't know if it is bad, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to crack it open and see what's inside. :mrgreen:

I really couldn't comment on the quality of a TCI or Mancini transmission, as I have never used either of them. I am pretty sure that Mancini sells a lot of turbo action stuff, which could mean they are still selling reverse manual valve-bodies that are NOT applying the low/reverse band in 1st. I did hear that Ron Mancini started his "own line" of transmissions.

Are you looking to maintain the forward pattern valve body, or are you looking to use a reverse pattern?

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Chris