calling 99camaro99 and loochy88-semi-manual

[unvc92camarors]

http://www.hughesperformance.com/valve.html
anyone have this setup? i think it would be pretty cool. what all would i need to run one of these? i assume a torque converter, transgo shift kit...anythin else?
also, i have no idea what kit i would use, if someone could help me wit that, id appreciate it.

one more question, what is like the stall you would get on a converter? ive heard talk about it but i never knew what it did or how it worked

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[BillyCobin]

Various shift kits will allow for you to manually shift your automatic, and they are almost certainly cheaper than one of thoes valve bodies. (I didn't see prices on the site, and usually if you have to ask, you can't afford it.)

A shift kit probably wouldn't be compatable with an after market valve body. Most shift kits have a replacement spacer plate (goes between the valve body and tranny), which would not work with an after market valve body. And any modifications that a shift kit makes to the factory valve body would be lost in the swap. If you did get an after market valve body, about the only other thing that would help the shifting would be a corvette servo.

You would not need an after market torque converter to use a valve body, or shift kit.

This site will tell you all about how the torque converter works. This thread explains stall.

I just don't see the benefit of a valve body over, say this shift kit.

Edit: changed last shift kit link, didn't notice you had a '92 at first

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[unvc92camarors]

thanks man, that helped a lot [img]smile.gif[/img]

with that shift kit, does it allow 1,2,d to be shifted manually, then (d) would be automatic?

or in other words, are there any other semi-manuals that are cheap. i jus think that would be great to have and have the feel of a manual when you want to

[unvc92camarors]

alright, mayb this will help

http://www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ulti...&f=23&t=000224
http://www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ulti...&f=23&t=000235
http://www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ulti...&f=23&t=001781

now, is that transgo kit that you showed me like what these guys are talkin about? id like one like they say the 3rd gen guy has.

thakns for all your help btw

[BillyCobin]

Right off the link for the shift kit:

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> # Includes optional stick shift for FULL manual shifting.
# Hold 1st, 2nd, 3rd to any RPM.
# Backshifts at your command. <hr></blockquote>

So, yeah, that shift kit will allow you to operate your automatic like a manual.

[unvc92camarors]

thanks, i wasnt really sure
and yea, thas probably just what im lookin for

[unvc92camarors]

ok, so that wasnt what i was lookin for. either way thanks for the help. that kit was either full auto or full manual. not both :(

well i guess ill keep lookin, if anybody has any info, dont be afraid to share it

[Tyler F]

I might be totally of my rocker here, but isn't manually shifting your auto hard on the tranny, I know its been debated before, but will this kit make it less harmful to the trans?

[unvc92camarors]

well, what this would do was replace the original valve body with a new one. and i havent heard of anything hurtin the tranny when you do that. i did a search on it, and ive heard no negative outcomes from puttin in a new valve body

[unvc92camarors]

alright, 99camaro99, i did a search, and found that you had a friend that did a semi-manual to his 3rd gen. do you know where he got this from or where i could get it? also, how much did it cost. and loochy88, i remember you sayin that you were wonderin about it, did you ever get it? and could you help me find one?
thanks ffor the help

[99Camaro99]

contact chevyboy07 on AIM, he's the one who did it. He knows more about cars than anybody I know. If he asks who you are, just say you saw him on the sffba forum.