C6 To Aod Swap

[dfayette]

I would like to know what success others have had changing to an AOD from either a C6 or C4. Which provider you have used, PATC, Performance Automatic, Lentech, or B&M. And how satisfied were you?
I'm changing my C6, currently behind a 408 stroked Cleveland with 450 hp and 510 ft/lb, to an AOD, but have yet to decide which vendor to use. Not interested in finding a used AOD and getting it rebuilt because a stock AOD won't hold up and good builders are rare. Motor and tranny are currently in a 69 Convertible.
Thanks for the input.

 

[rustaddict]

Art Carr at California Performance Transmission builds them too. Please keep us updated on which one you pick and what kind of luck you have with it. I plan to put an AOD in my 68 coupe but I have no idea where I'm gonna buy one from either.

 

[MustangIIMatt]

The only performance AOD I've had was built by Greg Moore at Mace-O-Matic Transmissions in Belton, Texas.

Properly built, they're damned-near indestructible. If I was buying from a vendor, I'd buy Lentech based on the one I drove about 12 years ago in a friend's '86 Mustang LX. That transmission was a beast.

 

[rbohm]

i would buy from monster transmission, or lentech, or silver fox. one thing i would spec though is a constant pressure valve body to eliminate the TV cable adjustment. with a constant pressure valve body, the TV cable becomes a kick down cable, and the adjustment is much less critical.

i would also spec a reprogrammed valve body to change the shift pattern from p-r-n-od-3-1 to p-r-n-od/3-2-1. that way you eliminate the 1-3-1 dance to hold first gear, and you change the load path in the transmission to make it more durable as well.

 

[dfayette]

Thanks for the responses. None of the AOD vendors did much to convince me it was the way to go performance wise and still retain my stock look interior, so I ordered a Tremec TKO 5 speed wide ratio.