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    ok guys so found a tim king tranny, all the goodies. Trans was built in 2012, never installed. Guy has a good price on it and all that. I am making close to 300 to the wheels with my set up. Guy selling the tranny said it will handel 450whp. Has the 7/8 chaing, 3.29 gears, 300 input shaft, ect ect. I talked to one person with a overall no said these things are junk. He said go with TEP and Dave, and I have heard nothing but great things! I do trust his judgement, and know Dave builds great trannys. I guess my question, for the price it is very hard to pass up, and from what I read I have to hope its actually built correctly with parts that says he has in it. I just dont want to buy a giant paper weight with the hopes im getting a steal on the price lol! So does anyone have any experince with a TK tranny? if so would love to hear about it! Good or bad! thanks
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    He used to make em good. Probably has those parts in there. Probably also rebuilt with with various trans cores with high mileage
    too many probablys. I got burned and I drove to see him build em etc.
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    Without any miles on it, I wouldn't buy it. Tim fell off the wagon someplace and started selling crap.


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    We finally agree on something
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    I wouldn't pay more than junkyard price for a Tim King tranny. It probable will work, but may or may not have the actual high performance parts in it.
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