Which valve body

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Tue Oct 12, 04 1:07 pm

My Barracuda is now off the road for the winter (I have to pay for the tax

) and one of the jobs that I wanted to do was to change the valve body in the gearbox and remove the stock automatic valve body and fit a manual reverse pattern valve body. My question is this which one should I go for and why?

Turbo Action----------------------------------$149.95

T C I--------------------------------------------$154.95

Griner --- with low band apply-------------$199.00

A & A--- with low band apply---------------$275.00

I must admit I do not fully understand the automatic gearbox but from what I have found out that this low band apply is a Torqueflite thing and does not relate to other manufactures such as GM and Ford.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue Oct 12, 04 4:16 pm

mines a tci but if I was getting one now I'd shell out the extra for low band apply

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Oct 12, 04 7:26 pm

Is there a technician in the house ?

Duncan ?
Dave?
Blue?

Anyone ?

NURSE! The Pills, please....

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Oct 12, 04 7:44 pm

Guy, as I recall there was an article on 'scottys' mopar page that dealt with this query. The essence of it was: go for low band apply to protect your box. Cant give more than that mate but, the article did leave a lasting impression.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Oct 12, 04 8:24 pm

Low band apply.

Get yourself a copy of this book before you do anything else.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Oct 12, 04 8:27 pm

The guy that wrote that book runs this place.

http://www.tsr-racing.com/

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Oct 13, 04 2:12 pm

I've alway's used the Turbo action and been happy with them, but now low band apply is out there I would use one of those for safetys sake, Turbo action now do one with low band apply, check the price of that. Griner has a very good reputation and is popular in the states, A&A again make good quality stuff, but it tends to be pricier than the competition. Some of the pricer units use billet instead of oem castings, which is overkill for the sort of application you have in mind, look very nice though....

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Wed Oct 13, 04 4:57 pm

Thanks Dave and John it looks like a Griner valve body then. I have ordered that book from Amazon

Thanks Again