Tranny repair shop recommendation needed - Phoenix area

I discourage any valve body work at all on a person's first build actually. It takes patience to check every wear surface; a lot of pics need to be posted. Just taking it apart and reassembling it is not the problem; we don't want to reinstall bad parts. A few problems and holdups is usually all it takes to discourage most. Biting off more than one can chew will result in running out of patience;..the beginning of the end of what could have been a notable build..

I agree. While the shift kit would make it better I am going to skip that. I bought a new Barracuda in 68 that had a 318 and torqueflight. It shifted really nice so I expect this one will be plenty good for me. Thanks for all the help.