MAGNA's AOD Buildup

[1987cp]

How does the shift pattern work on a manual AOD valvebody? Since, you know, there are four forward speeds and only three shifter positions.

[DuceAnAHalf]

How does the shift pattern work on a manual AOD valvebody? Since, you know, there are four forward speeds and only three shifter positions.

you buy an aftermarket shifter and the 4-speed gate plate for it. Or some of the AOD manual valve bodies use an electric solonoid to activate od, so you would use a switch to turn it on

[P72Ford]

That's true too. My friend in the resto business can spend $3,000 on the materials for a customer's paint job. One that's gotten a Competition Orange base/clear with painted-on Boss stripes (car's an original '70 Boss 302) was supposed to be running the customer as much as $30,000 all said, and that's just for paint and body.

30 G's is a lot of money, but a well done body and paint job makes anything alot more appealing. Much work/ experience is needed to get a car really flat. Then you have all that time color sanding to make it like glass...

[1987cp]

you buy an aftermarket shifter and the 4-speed gate plate for it. Or some of the AOD manual valve bodies use an electric solonoid to activate od, so you would use a switch to turn it on

Solenoid-actuated OD would make sense to me, since it could be done with the stock shifter. Unless there's a way to adapt a General Motors column shifter or something ..... (me likey column shift)

[murphmobile2]

I take it that with a manual valve body... there's no point in having a shift kit?

And since Colin is getting a new valve body, is it really that important to get a shift kit too?

[1987cp]

A shift kit is just for modifying the stock valvebody. If you replace the valvebody with a performance version, it's as if it already has a shift kit installed.

[Mr. Land Yacht]

hmm...then if I get that $190 valve body from Summit

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=PMA%2DPA53301&N=700+4294880856+115&autoview=sku

would there be any point in having that Transgo Shift Kit installed???
if there would be no point and that valve body would firm up the shifts just as easy, I'll send it back, I never used it.

[DuceAnAHalf]

Solenoid-actuated OD would make sense to me, since it could be done with the stock shifter. Unless there's a way to adapt a General Motors column shifter or something ..... (me likey column shift)

unless they have indents it would not be a good set up. you have to have some type of positive stop between gears