Powershift in AOD

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Originally posted by silver_pilate
That's the eternal debate. From what I can gather, it can be harmful on the tranny. Some people blow their tranny the first time they try it. Others do it for years and never have a problem. Anyway, you decide if it's worth the risk. I've used it in the past for racing, but it was still inconsistant, even with the shift kit. The full custom vb is the best way to go.

--nathan

Exactly what he said! On a stock AOD that has never seen a rebuild with it's fair share of abuse, then manually shifting might not be a good idea. Now I manually shift my AOD daily, and have been for the 2 1/2 years I have had it in my car, with no problems what so ever. I got the tranny used with 20k miles already on it, but it had an excellent rebuild by the previous owner. No shift kit, and shifts very firm, much firmer then stock, but it is still lazy. And like stated above, the only way to cure the lazy shifts is to go with a manual VB like a Lentech. Oh and the AOD-E in 94 is when the tranny's became electronically shifted.