Maybe I should start a sub thread that states Im prepared transmission wise for this. Lol. In any case, I will state again as I have three times in this thread, I understand completely that my transmission will likely break at some point due to the power added by FI. The depth of my pockets is adequate for this venture. Fortunately, I'm not spending my last dime to install a SC in one of my daily drivers. I assumed that my intention to do such a ridiculous thing would most likely indicate that money wasn’t necessarily an issue. Though i think its extremely crass to state such, I feel the need to do so after hearing that ‘’my pockets should be deep’’ as many times as I have.
I will also state that any mechanically sound transmission should last as long as you want it to, depending on how you drive. If you're (i guess I will use quotations here..) "racing", or taking your truck to a track to run the eighth or quarter mile, then i would guess the transmission might not last quite as long as it would otherwise. If you are driving under part throttle and simply want more power so that you don't have to cram the gas to achieve your desired acceleration, then your transmission might last for as long as you own the vehicle. Part throttle in a vehicle with 500 hp is relative to WOT in a vehicle with substantially less HP. Here is an example... If I'm driving a new Vette, and my best friend is in his Prius, when he crams the gas, I can take it easy in the Vette and still outrun him. Does that mean that the Vette is working harder to beat the Prius? No it does not. And though the Prius loses the race, its still working harder and taxing its mechanicals. And with that explanation, I hope I have made my intentions a bit clearer. Those would be MY true intentions. I understand this may be difficult to understand for some people. But again, if I really wanted to just cram a gas pedal and go super fast, I wouldn't be getting in my RAM truck. I simply want to gain hp and tq so that I DONT HAVE to cram the pedal for any kind of decent acceleration. Again, I realize that this is a bit opposite of what most of you think the goal would be. But this is a big crazy world with many different folks in it. And some of those people may not think exactly as you do. I do my best to respect that because I never know who I am speaking to, or what that person has been through and experienced in their life. Especially when Im typing on a computer to someone that I don't know and have never met. Im a friendly person by nature and its so easy for things to be misinterpreted due to the fact that tone is difficult to establish when reading a text. So let me be clear that I am not attacking anyone, or angry in any way. Im sure most of the folks in this forum are nice people simply trying to help, and I appreciate that. Ive benefited many times from asking questions here. So thank you to anyone who is actually trying to help me and not parrot issues that have already been discussed and made clear. I understand this is an open forum, and its a crapshoot when asking advise from strangers, but I guess I was hoping to get a bit more from the effort. Not a thread on something else entirely (my transmission). My apologies for the long post.
Cheers