With future plans of forced induction and dreams of 600 rwhp, I have come to find out there are a couple hurtles to over come the main one being the auto trans. Has anyone out there found a beefed up tranny that wont take too much work to fit on out S197s? Becuase 450hp is great but 600 just sounds like a much rounder number. My warranty will probably come to an end around the end of the year so it's time to start planning.

 

Blow the old one up then find a good trans builder to do it right. Or adapt a 4r70w to fit they are heavy duty.

 

I've been doin some research online and ive found places that rebuild your trans and I guess beefe it up more. Is this a good route to go?

 

I am not sure if you wanted a manual valve body or not, but if you don't care either way the website belowhas one that they claim is rated to 900hp.

www.fbperformance.com

 

Lentech is working on something...

http://www.lentechautomatics.com/5r55home.html

 

Thats one hurtle .... but ive read many places that the 4.6 will only take about 500 and safely around 475 .... but im not an expert idk im sure you could get to 600 but it might be a short lived thrill

 

Oh yeah i know i need to beef up the internals and block and all, thats a given. Once im beyond that the weakest link moves on. The tranny, the drive shaft and so on will need to be addresed. Like i said ive probably got about a year of warranty left so im in the planning stages, and even when i get started it's going to take time.