Tremec 600 upgrades

[lovehamr]

If I were local to Liberty mine would already be done.

[patrickt]

My TKO600 is pretty darn smooth. I can't remember the last time I missed a gear, and it shifts fine at 6000. I attribute all of this to the fact that I read the "IMPORTANT! READ THIS!" sheet that comes from Tremec that says to baby it for the first 500 miles, which I did. I have my rev limiter set at 6400, and I bounce off it maybe once a year, and it shifts just fine just below that limit, which is usually right around 6000 to 6200. I wonder how many "poorly shifting" TKOs were hammered right out of the box before they were adequately broken in.

[patrickt]

Here's the sheet: http://www.tremec.com/anexos/TKO_Ins...ps_117_117.pdf and running GM Synchromesh makes a difference, too.

[Dwight]

I baby mine for the first 1000 miles. About 5000 miles it shifter a little better but got worst.

It's the design of the Tremec NOT the drivers!

Dwight

[patrickt]

Maybe Tremec has a QA issue; I don't know. Bellhousing runout, the QA of the trans itself, who knows. The TKO is only a hundred pounds -- so if you do get one that isn't quite right, shipping it off for a three hundred dollar tune up is not a terribly big deal. DetroitBill, the importance of aligning the bellhousing in these cars can not be over-emphasized.