hellotbone

I think it mostly depends on the beating you plan on giving it, in my case a heck of a beating that is what depends on the parts you need to swap. If you drive it like you stole it you probably are gonna need to drop the big money and get the whole deal. If you granny it around your probably fine with just minor changes.

I looked at it that I put 2 trannies in locally TQ's and shift kits both times and rebuilds both died less then 10,000 KM later and were 2500 bucks a piece canadian. So I said well if these boys can't do it then I guess I had better go to someone that does CTD's for a living. Picked my vendor went all out and beat the crap out of my truck. No probs now and Im happy as can be.

You said though you plan to dump the truck right, well not much sense dumping money into something you plan to get rid of anyways right? If I was running a leased truck or something then I would't do anything other then a chip of some sort but if you own it and plan on keeing it then it maybe a good idea to spend the exta loot and keep yourself off the side of the highway.

royta

Very interesting perception. I never thought of that.

Unfortunately, that's exactly how I drive my stock tranny. I take it easy until I'm in OD lockup, or just plan Drive lockup. Then I'll give it more fuel. I'll certainly jump on full boar when getting the freeway sometimes, but for the most part, I take it easy. Of course, I also have a stock fuel pump, so I doubt I'm hurting anything.

AlpineRAM

If you are stock the "programming" of the TC lockup control and your torque output will match- the PCM will save your TC clutch from too much torque.
Add a different plate or the like- voila- the tranny starts to slip.

AlpineRAM