zerodevil
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- March 24, 2008
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- City, State
- Anchorage, AK
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2008 White Limited V8
Well, as today the transmission is back into my truck and all of the bells and whistles are bolted back on. Tomorrow it is getting towed to the local exhaust shop to have a custom y-pipe fabricated. This all started about a month ago when my transmission finally went out on me, after 140,000 miles...servo bore ware. My philosophy from the begining has been to use somthing untill it breaks, then to repace it with somthing better. So in following of this tradition i made plans to upgade the 5r55w in my explorer.
So here is what i have had done,
A shift technologies valve body correction and shift kit package Item #Superior K5R55W/N/S
OEM - Master overhaul kit
New Misc internal hard parts (fried my OD drum for sure)
TCI hardened input shaft
TCI Overdrive jumbo servo
TCI Intermediate Jumbo servo
TCI Breakaway torque converter (2500 stall)
Performance Automatic high capacity fluid pan w/ fill tube
Hayes heavy duty flex plate
ARP flex-plate bolts
2005 mustange GT starter
As with everything that i end up doing to this truck, there were a few snags from the mentioned modifications. To start with the filler tube for the new pan runs right up where the EGR pipe is (on my 4x4 V8 at least), and some bending was required. I ended up having to bend it to lay between the EGR pipe and the engine block, I wraped both the EGR pipe and the filler tube in header wrap to minimize heat transfer, but in truth i am not worried, the tube is steel and shouldnt have any heat issues.
Also the new flex-plate required the purchase of a new starter motor, the teeth on the explorer fexplate are aprox 1/2 in more rearward than the heavy duty plate i perchased (designed for a 5r55s), and thus the explorer starter was too long, a simple swap to a (2005) mustang gt solved my issue.
The Performance automatic pan while awesome in the fact that it adds 4 qts of fluid, heat-sink fins, and a filler tube, requires that the exhaust be re-routed, Im not sure what i am going to have done to it tomorrow, but i will certainly post some pictures when all is said and done.
With all of this i am expecting to see some faster 0-60 times, smoother shifts and more secure lock up. When i get the truck from the exhaust shop tomorrow afternoon i will snap some pictures and get a new 0-60 video done. If you have questions or would like pictures of anything please let me know so i can try and accomodate.
So here is what i have had done,
A shift technologies valve body correction and shift kit package Item #Superior K5R55W/N/S
OEM - Master overhaul kit
New Misc internal hard parts (fried my OD drum for sure)
TCI hardened input shaft
TCI Overdrive jumbo servo
TCI Intermediate Jumbo servo
TCI Breakaway torque converter (2500 stall)
Performance Automatic high capacity fluid pan w/ fill tube
Hayes heavy duty flex plate
ARP flex-plate bolts
2005 mustange GT starter
As with everything that i end up doing to this truck, there were a few snags from the mentioned modifications. To start with the filler tube for the new pan runs right up where the EGR pipe is (on my 4x4 V8 at least), and some bending was required. I ended up having to bend it to lay between the EGR pipe and the engine block, I wraped both the EGR pipe and the filler tube in header wrap to minimize heat transfer, but in truth i am not worried, the tube is steel and shouldnt have any heat issues.
Also the new flex-plate required the purchase of a new starter motor, the teeth on the explorer fexplate are aprox 1/2 in more rearward than the heavy duty plate i perchased (designed for a 5r55s), and thus the explorer starter was too long, a simple swap to a (2005) mustang gt solved my issue.
The Performance automatic pan while awesome in the fact that it adds 4 qts of fluid, heat-sink fins, and a filler tube, requires that the exhaust be re-routed, Im not sure what i am going to have done to it tomorrow, but i will certainly post some pictures when all is said and done.
With all of this i am expecting to see some faster 0-60 times, smoother shifts and more secure lock up. When i get the truck from the exhaust shop tomorrow afternoon i will snap some pictures and get a new 0-60 video done. If you have questions or would like pictures of anything please let me know so i can try and accomodate.