icanfixall
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Today Brian called me for information on what I'm running and what I do with my truck. These questions were so he could build my trans to what I need. I had plenty of questions for him too.First off I asked him if my tps setting of .77 volts at idle killed my trans. He thought no, but it did keep the torque converter from locking up. Thats why it looks all burned on the outside of it. Also this stock tc has 25 square inches of clutch material that is locked up by 125 lbs of line pressure. His supplied tc has 150 square inches of clutch material on the same line pressure. It doesn't have the 4 studs sticking out of it but has drilled and threaded holes for both 4 and 6 bolt setups so it installs much easier and its a triple clutch plate tc. Now I see why my trans failed. He thought my hp was around 225 till I told him what I have done to my motor so we upped that hp "some". Every gear gets 1 more clutch except first-reverse which gets 4 extra. I asked him to compare his trans with Suncoast because I had been looking at what they offer. The BTS trans in the E4OD type has only the shell thats the same. I need a differant flywheel torque plate setup because his supplied tc wont fit inside the 3 part flywheel setup I have now. His is just too large to fit inside the cast inron mass wheel I have. Seems Ford used this for some time because it offered more torque with the heavy spinning mass. Kinda like the old engines of yesteryear with the huge heavy flywheels. Another better idea brought to you by the engineers of FOMOCO... So now I wait for the delievery of my trans and then look out cause I'm back on the road..... Cost of all this..... Priceless...... Actually I don't have that yet but its really worth the piece of mind knowing this is the last E4OD I will be buying... Unless I buy another IDI for my fleet... Gees, don't some of you guys buy crewcab duallys for the wives...