I just got my 95' Max and I had to get an auto due to the fact that I couldnt find a manual. I already know that the luxury shift on our cars slows the autos down but what I am wanting to know is if anyone has the Valve Body Modification done to their car, and how it is working. Have you had any problems with it, is it messing up your tranny, and does it really make the car shift faster. If anyone could comment it would help and be appreciated. Thanks.

 

VB mod from what Ive heard need to co-incide with the Tranny Cooler Mod, Then you get superlong AT Tranny life, so its good, Also if your getting a vb mod, mite as well get a Torque converter in the process

 

i wish that i got a t/c wheni had my vb and tranny cooler done by jeff. ive had no problems and would recommend this mod to anyone (its my favorite) well, i guess now that im goin s/c it was good that i went ahead and did that first.

steve

 

where di you get the VB and tranny cooler??? any site or something....after my tranny rebuilt i want to avoid problems again

 

Definitely get the VB and tranny cooler. Autos suck but if you gotta drive one, you might as well enjoy it.
I'll be selling mine this January when I convert to 5-speed, I have a Maximum Tuning stage 2.

Tony

 

http://maximumtuning.net/

i have stage 2 as well

 

how hard is the shifting in traffic though??? does it feel like someone tapped you in the back??? i spend a lot of time in traffic and i'm afraid that this mod will annoy the heck out of me. . .

 

In traffic the 1-2 shift can be felt but is not annoying by any means. At higher rpm's the shift is extremely noticable and profound. At redline, the shift is violent and jerks the wheel/chirps the tires
2-3 and 3-O/D shift are pretty much the same as stock with 2-3 being a tiny bit quicker.

Gotta love it!


Tony

 

You said at redline the shifts are violent is it me or does that sound bad for the tranny. I'm also really looking into a vb mod and tranny cooler. How long is downtime?

 

Believe it or not the VB is better for the tranny, prevents it from slipping. It runs hotter but the tranny cooler takes care of that.
I only had 3 hours of downtime because I bought my VB used and installed it myself


Tony

 

Does it make down shifts faster?

 

ok....im interested...do you have a few shops to ge it??? and whats the price avrg. for this mod.

 

mine was 325vb(gd) 150?new soleniods and 60 cooler plus the price to ship back your stock vb

 

I like my VB mod it's cool since I don't have to wait so long for the tranny to shift to the next gear. I wish I would have gotten the 5spd....in fact I was thinking of having Turbo95Max do a swap for me. You could have my tranny w/VB mod from my 99 for a small fee of course