Nocooler's 00 Firebird

[Nocooler]

Joel - you figure I'm putting 600ish HP/TQ through it, it's got 100k on it.

It's on borrowed time.

It doesn't flair on the shifts - it's just cooking the fluid in 3rd gear.

[JoeliusZ28]

i gotcha, yeah thats a considerable amount of power for a 100k trans

[Boost Addict]

Would be nice to have, I've got some other stuff in the works right now for the car though

[Nocooler]

Car is going into storage later this week

I'll have to save some $$ this winter to either put a built 4l80 or a faceplated t56 in it.

[Nocooler]

I've spent some considerable time thing about this lately.

Car will be going back to a t56.

Plan is:
Faceplated - either Liberty or RPM depending on how backed up Liberty is when I have the $$$
Clutch - either mcleod RXT or a monster twin. I'd go with a monster 11" but I don't have the patience to mess with the over centering issues.
Flywheel - still debating if I'll go billet steel or one of the lightweight options.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

sucks to hear that the 80e venture didn't pan out for you, I know you just enjoy rowing the gears more anyways.

[Nocooler]

Jeff - it's not that it didn't work. It was a cheap experiment. I learned a lot from it.

I like autos for drag racing - but this car just works with a stick and makes it somewhat unique or different at the track.

[1BADAIR]

If you get the McLeod get a light unit. The mass of the twin makes launching a pain

[Nocooler]

Thanks for the insight Larry

[kammi10]

sorry to hear your being a quitter

[Nocooler]

Nah

The 80e is a good platform, and I chose it due to budget.

If the car gets another auto it'll be a th400 w/brake - either rvmb or fmvb.

There are things I don't want to have to hammer out on my laptop - like shift points. The whole mph - idea frustrates me and the mph lead time that needed to happen to make the shift happen in time.

It's just a personal preference, I guess. If I would have went th400 from the beginning I doubt I'd be going back to the stick.

[kammi10]

. If I would have went th400 from the beginning I doubt I'd be going back to the stick.

i would put money on it.

[Nocooler]

i would put money on it.

And a th400 isn't fully out of the picture yet.....Something I should think about.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

a glide sounds good to me.

[Nocooler]

a glide sounds good to me.

Fat heavy pig - glide isn't going to get me down the track without more cubes/spray/boost