Unstand, I'll admit I'm no expert. Just thought I would ask you before what your plans were as I would hate to see you go through all that you have to get it to work and have an internal failure in it later, ESPESCIALLY since you already have it apart now.
No prob, I appreciate it :hug: The mod I was concerned about was the converter flow valve and boosting the pressure after reading Mike's comments about stator ring wear. It wasn't until after I talked to him that I understood the wear is only a problem if you are running a LOT of pressure. He's gonna hook me up with the stuff I need for a modest boost in pressure, so I should be in good shape.
And thye single disc converter I was talking about is the TRANSTAR A7XL. It's only a single clutch lock-up, but the 1.63:1 stall in it should match your engine ALOT better than the stock 2.01:1 that came in the DMAX. And I have seen it for $400 after core from a few places.
I will look into it. I am going to hold off on the converter for now and run this low mile stocker to get a feel for it's stall and get a better idea of what I want from it. I have an extra core I got with this parts trans, so I can get a built converter, send that one in for the core charge, and swap converters at my leisure.
Speaking of mods, I need a 32 spline output shaft for my Alli to mate with the 203-205 doubler. Since I have a batch of doubler shafts heading out to be splined I figured I would throw the Alli output in with the lot.
The fat part at the top will end up being 32 spline 24/48 diametrical pitch, which is the same as a TH400 and 4L80E. I had to do this since 29 spline inputs don't exist for 203 range boxes. I gotta say though, the metal the stock shafts are made of only measured 28 rockwell C; it's fairly soft, which also means it's not particularly strong (130ksi according to my Machinery's Handbook). I have a 2wd output that I am going to do a test hardening operation on to see if it is a hardenable alloy or not. If it isn't I will probably throw the 4WD shaft in with the doubler shafts to be carburized, so it will at least be resistant so spline wear. I blueprinted it already so I can make one out of better material later if it becomes necessary. :frank:
