E4OD w/ a 545 anyone?

I love it! I just wish someone made a manual valve body for one (I hate electronics) or at least paddle shifters.

Greg_P wrote:

Maddmattmustangs wrote:wonder how hard it would be to drop that trans into a 73 mustang.......

Here's the tip of the iceberg........ This is in my '71 Torino

that thingamajig in the upper right corner looks familiar................

What are you useing to control the trans?

dablack wrote:I love it! I just wish someone made a manual valve body for one (I hate electronics) or at least paddle shifters.

I am running a Baumann controller. It has a mode called "manutronic" which seems to be a type of paddle shift input using the cruise control buttons on the steering wheel of a later model vehicle. I have a call into them to see if I can run a switched 12 volt source to the manutronic wiring, and run that off of my shift light, making the trans shift whenever the shift light comes on.

Seems like you could use the same idea to run a paddle shift deal.

Also, the baumann deal allows full manual operation of the trans if desired.

It's a pretty cool setup, and I get the idea that it can do a lot more than the instructions say it can. Since Baumann can make special tunes and send them via email, it seems like the possibilities are endless.

Greg

richter69 wrote:
that thingamajig in the upper right corner looks familiar................

LOL.... yeah buddy, thanks a bunch for the controller...... If it turns out we don't need it after all this, I'll get it back to you.



Greg

Mark Miller wrote:Greg,

I hope the transmission works out good for you the re-finished transmission tunnel looks good,nice job!!

Later Mark.

Thanks, Mark! I'm just learning as I go, so I appreciate the nice words.



Greg

dablack wrote:I love it! I just wish someone made a manual valve body for one (I hate electronics) or at least paddle shifters.

i think TCI makes one actually

http://www.tciauto.com/Products/Shifters/paddle/
paddle shift system

The car runs and drives now..... Thanks to Fabio for helping me with the valve body issues I had at first.......

Just did me a little test drive. 2500 rpm at 90 mph. 150 degrees trans temp.

This is cool!

Long live the E4OD!!!!!


Greg

glad you did it first ive been wonting to do this for many yrs. but they wernt even doing the AODs then.
now go make some power runs and let us know how it works.

coool deal bro............I'm not such an asshole like everyone thinks lol.


Get me some shift feel parameters and I'll build a custom accumulator for the deal.

Greg,

Sounds good if you go to the BBF Bash you could just drive the Torino there and leave the Truck and Trailer at home.

Later Mark.

Greg_P wrote:The car runs and drives now..... Thanks to Fabio for helping me with the valve body issues I had at first.......

Just did me a little test drive. 2500 rpm at 90 mph. 150 degrees trans temp.

This is cool!

Long live the E4OD!!!!!


Greg

I would kill for that kind of speed.

congrats!!

I took my bro for a ride yesterday, and he says to me "You do know that now this car might go 200 mph, right?"

Looks like I got another test drive to do.

Greg

how strong on these OD gears? I know in the AOD it isn't recommended to put much power to it when in OD for fear of burning it up.