Quote Originally Posted by indygrandprix View Post
More of the problem with transmissions going out in cars has to do with the way people drive them and take care of them than the transmission itself having issues. If you are always hard into the gas especially from a stop and then never do any maintenance of course the tranny will go. But if you drive nice and take care of the tranny it should last you a while. Except the 4th gear clutch hub splines. Those are junk.
If you were in my possession would you feel safe with a top swap? 194k on trans but I'm only second owner and the first owner was a older woman like I said who babied it. (The owners never used the floor mats, that's how picky they were about the car) and I drive it conservative to. Never try to go above 3000k Ron when driving.