Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: best transmission shop

I need a new 700r4 that can handle my crazy racecar style driving. Im pretty sure abc is screwing me over so i need a shop that is affordable honest and has good prices

turbo_jimi · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject:

Lakewood Transmission...they do it right the first time.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject:

With a comment like that, no shop that isn't race oriented will build it right. Get a hold of probuiltautomatics.

chevymad · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject:

Not sure I'd trust Dana any more either. He quit answering tech questions because he was getting too many complaints on his own forum. I needed the instruction sheet for the shift kit I bought from him because it wasn't working right. He recommended changing to a different valve body but I had lost the kit paperwork. He kept saying he'd send it and never did. Then I discovered I'd scanned the instructions into my computer.. and I found the files. Transmission still doesn't shift down like it should and my question sat unanswered on his forum forever.

aaron_sK · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject:

Or maybe time for a real transmission... Wink

BluFbdy · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:40 am Post subject:

Abc did some shotty work in my opinion, granted I stick to manuals because I hate autos with a passion. From the damage and their story of what caused said damage there's a lot of holes. I think you just need a legitimate transmission built by a legitimate shop lol you don't run a stall, you don't beat the tar out of it 24/7, you just need a transmission that isn't going to say.....shift itself into park while driving? Laughing

MrMike98 · Member Joined: 18 May 2010 Posts: 231 Location: Bremerton

Talk to Rick at "Transmissions Nortwest "in Bremerton.
They have been at the same local for along time-
i have no connection-except to have done bussiness with them...

OR
if you really want an expert contact "Art Carr" in sothern cali...

I have rebuilt transmissions using Dana's recommendations---i was not always happy with results...

M

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:52 pm Post subject:

Wow Dana was the shizzle ten years ago.

Oh well.

If you want a high quality above stock rebuild but not race version, talk to John with Clark County Transmission in Vancouver, Wa. I've had several built by them and sent many more happy customers to them. They can upgrade a bit. Great service.

If you want something beefier, he's the man id ask.

1987_sportcoupe · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject:

IROCDave · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject:

Ellis Groo at Speed Secrets. His shop is in downtown Snohomish, Bickford Ave, behind the AM/PM.

http://www.speedsecretsefi.com/contact.htm

His refresh on my brothers 4L65E is holding up well behind his 402 LS2 stroker. Ellis started out building 700R4's for Kirkland Transmission. He know specializes in tuning but knows how to build GM A4 tranmissions.

izcain · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:12 pm Post subject:

They are not to hard to build up correctly once you understand them. You could always get some books go at one. Once you understand the workings of them the rest is gravy.

I was lucky enough to work along side an older GM tech that for years just R and R'd transmissions and he knew them in and out. He also knew how to tweak them to perform. He saw me building my own transmissions and came over a lot to give his advise and lend a hand. He used to laugh at the carnage I would produce at the track.

They are not the mythical creature some make them out to be.

redlava · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:58 am Post subject:

I rebuilt my transmission getting parts from a local shop and ordered a torque converter online. An automatic is not nearly as complicated as people make them out to be. Just like a carburetor it seems complex and scary till you have it apart.

RSFreak · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:38 pm Post subject: