Aftermarket Tranny 2001

[kartanimal29]

Hey guy's I do a shit load of towing with my truck, the trailer never comes off the truck. I also do some plowing during the winter. I'm looking for a tough aftermarket Tranny. Any suggestion ? Ya before you reply with get a bigger truck , I'm not.

 

[Explorin94]

Ok....first off what transmission do you have now? What motor also? That would be the places to start.

 

[kartanimal29]

5r55e , 4.0

 

[DFracing]

in all honesty? C4, its an almost direct swap, and built right would be awesome. But anything over stock is goint to cost you.

 

[kartanimal29]

I'm not afraid of spending some money. U say its an almost direct swap, what would one have to mod to make it fit?

 

[Explorin94]

You probably won't find alot, but you could always contact a transmission shop and see what they have to offer. If you are towing all the time I would add another aux cooler inline with the other transmission cooler and maybe a pyrometer to keep an eye on the transmission temp.

 

[kartanimal29]

I already have an extra tranny cooler on it now. I'll ad a temp gauge too. Thanks Guys

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I saved this site as I thought I might use it one day. It seems to be legit and has lots of info;
http://www.transmissioncenter.net/highperflist.htm
Hope that helps,

Richard

 

[kartanimal29]

Thanks Richard. I've seen this site in the past but I never bookmarked it.

 

[stegomon]

there is a guy that sells an adapter plate to bolt a ford small block trans to a 2.8,2.9, both 4.0s. well i remember seeing this a few years ago. if you decided to go with a "c4". I would go with the c5. it was mated behind the 83-84 rangers with the 2.8 which is the same as the 4.0 bell housing. and you will be able to bolt your stock ranger t-case in. and you can rebuild the trans with c4 guts.

sorry for the miss spelling or any thing. i have been up for 18 hours and pulled a 14 hour day on the road. so good night

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I thought the 2.9 and 4.0 were the same, not the 2.8? But with an adapter plate this is just nit-picking.

Richard

 

[stegomon]

I thought the 2.9 and 4.0 were the same, not the 2.8? But with an adapter plate this is just nit-picking.

Richard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cologne_V6_engine