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Just because your brother had problems with his doesnt make them crap. Sounds like he installed it incorrectly to have problems like that.

The shift kits arent rocket science. Just a few springs and spacers, along with some valve body plate modifications to make the shifts firmer. The B&M kit does exactly what its supossed to do.

Anybody who got "softer" shifts after the install, didnt do it right. Anybody who exploded thier tranny after the install didnt do it right.

I also burnt up an AOD after a B&M shift kit install, but it wasnt the shift kits fault. After re-inspection, I installed one of the valve incorrectly in the valvebody.

I suspect this to be the case with some of the other people having problems.