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tricking up cruiser auto

Tech Talk for Cruiser owners.

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tricking up cruiser auto

Post by slosh »

Anyone here had experience with the "Extreme Valve bodies" that Wholesale Automatics sell? I'm putting a chev petrol motor in front of a A440 (or whatever they are called) auto from early 1990's cruiser. The advice I have been given is that the gears are very sluggish (or won't change at all) without getting the valvebody modded, but I'm wondering whether it is really necessary?
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Post by tiler0172 »

hey dude I have put one in a 4.5 turbo petrol 75 series cruiser and in stadard form the a440 is a sludgamatic and blew up in about 2 weeks of caining . So i sent it to the guys at automatics unlimited and they built a very strong box as it handles around 270hp at least and changes very hard and fast.
if it aint forced it wont go
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Post by Pauwolf »

Yeah, tiler, canes this thing constantly, if he can get one to last anyone can. I am going to get a similar auto for my 5 litre V8 which is backed by a A440. Stock is poo. get mods. I think wholesale automatics guarantee that it will be better. You will blkow up a stock auto with a v8, they shift too slow, which causes slippage, wich causes heat, which causes blowup, only way to go is mods.

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Post by slosh »

Thanks fellas. I'll keep saving my pennies to get this done.
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