My transmission has developed a leak and now I have to drop it and rebuild it so while I've got it open I want to do a couple of things:
Upgrade key components such as clutches and bands (as high friction and few in number as possible to increase efficiency)
Reduce tranny losses by some means
For the second goal, I don't know enough about transmissions to know what changes would reduce losses, except maybe the fluid because of viscous drag effects but basically I want to know if anybody is aware of parts that are known to reduce losses in the transmission. Also, I want to re-use as many parts as possible that are not that important (like the reverse band for example or some of the solenoids that work fine). Any suggestions as to what parts I absolutely should change and which ones I can leave in, to reduce cost? I have a tuner so I can max out line pressure and reduce shift time. Maybe I just need springs or something to help that and better friction?
My goals in descending order according to importance are:
Increase tranny efficiency
Decrease shift time and make shifts more aggressive under load
Decrease cost of job by re-using stuff that does not help with WOT performance in gears 1 and 2.
