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Christ · 03-02-2009, 12:54 PM

I'm not sure if anyone has ever discussed this here, but I wondered if anyone had experience with MVB's in street cars...

Personally, I can see both a performance and a MPG gain from it, b/c you can shift whenever you feel like it... (short shifting). Couple that with a low-stall convertor, and suddenly, you're slowly eeking away some of those efficiency losses that auto's suffer.

So if it turns out that this could be a beneficial mod, I'll get right on buying a core trans to work with, since there are several other things to do with the transmission that I'll be working with (Chrysler 31TE - 3-Speed, Lockup, no TCM) and I'll outline them all here with pictures and such so that anyone looking to do the same thing will have a simple resource to look back on for help.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Manual valve body automatic transmission I'm not sure if anyone has ever discussed this here, but I wondered if anyone had experience with MVB's in street cars... Personally, I can see both a performance and a MPG gain from it, b/c you can shift whenever you feel like it... (short shifting). Couple that with a low-stall convertor, and suddenly, you're slowly eeking away some of those efficiency losses that auto's suffer. So if it turns out that this could be a beneficial mod, I'll get right on buying a core trans to work with, since there are several other things to do with the transmission that I'll be working with (Chrysler 31TE - 3-Speed, Lockup, no TCM) and I'll outline them all here with pictures and such so that anyone looking to do the same thing will have a simple resource to look back on for help.