Good morning all. I have been a member for awhile now but I have not been very active on the forum. I have acquired a new project. It's a 93 dakota 4x4 short bed reg cab 5.2 46rh. 115k miles I picked it up for a good price but the transmission has problems. I doesn't want to shift out of first gear. When it does shift, it slips through the rest of the gears. I plan to do a turbo in the future and want to make sure the trans will take the abuse.

1. Is this trans going be to strong enough to handle around 400whp once rebuilt?

2. Does anyone have any experiance good or bad with any particular performance rebuild kit, shift kit, and stall converter?

3. Should I be looking to upgrade to a different trans instead of rebuilding the one I have?

Thanks

 

Have you adjusted the TV cable yet?

The 46RH can probably handle 400hp fairly easily with a good rebuild, stronger internals, a good shift kit, and increased line diameter with a big external cooler.

 

I have not. I will check it out. Thanks

 

TV cable adjustment

 

Whoops Sorry, wrong one, that is the FAQ. This is the right one

 

Yes the transmission can handle the power if properly rebuilt. There are several transmission performance shops you can get Extreme HD transmissions. http://www.phoenixtrans.com/ is one as well as others.

 

I checked the TV cable at the throttle body and at the trans. The TV cable moves parallel with the throttle cable with no slack at all. I will check the FAQ for band adjustment instructions. Thanks for the advise. I didn't even know these had a TV cable. I wonder if there is a valve body available that eliminates the TV cable. Such as a manual valve body.