anyone running the ATS fully built 48RE tranny setup? is it good? pro's cons? or if anyone else wants to chime in on a good tranny setup feel free, thanks.

 

I can't comment on ATS but I love my DTT.

 

I love my ATS...full billet race. Firm and holds the power fine. If you are planning on running high hp...do it right the first time and get it built to the hilt.

 

I am a HUGE fan of Dave Goerend stuff, I personally have used a lot of it for myself and friends, that being said, I also have to give kudos to ATS. I personally tore down an ATS tranny for a friend-his truck makes 540 HP, the tranny had 80K miles on it and looked very very good.

 

DTT all the way.


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I'd be careful with what you say there, your boys have been less than helpful to a freind of mine. That's all I'm gonna say, if you care PM me.

 

I have been considering a trans for my truck...I talked to ats yesterday and they stated that for a trans that will hold the edge juice for 150,000 miles that I needed the stage 3. I is a fully rebuilt trans, 5 star tc, with a billet imput shaft it runs 5,133. Talked to a dtt installer and for the same truck setup they recommended a setup costing 3500. He wasn't bashing any of the brands but he did get into tq setups and what went into engaging 3 and 5 disc tc's sounded like alot more stuff to fail. But I am also not looking to tear the heck out of the truck either, he did say that if I was gonna be pounding on it all the time we might look into a multidisc. Don't know if this helps or not, but I would just call the different companies andtalk to them, and be honest about what you are going 2 do...

 

The funny thing here is...when have ANY of the major converters failed here? There are many many many things that fail before and much more fequently than the converters...LOL.

Regardless of which of the BIG THREE/FOUR you might choose...

Shafts, clutch packs, flexplates, and parts in the VB fail before the converters ever do...

The only way I have found to "fail" my ATS converter was to shove parts of my intermediate shaft through it! LOL.

 

I know alot of guys that have ats trannys in CR, everyone i know loves them, and very soon ill have one. Im fortuante enough to live 30 miles from ats so i know alot of people that have them...

 

Been running an ATS tranny for about 18 months now. I've had it out of the truck twice - once to replace a failed front band (most likely my fault during the install... adjuster loosened up, let the band slip a lot, and it delaminated), and once recently to replace leaking front and rear seals. The rear was original to the trans - the front was replaced by me during the front band replacement.

The rest of the time, the transmission is beat on hard, and has presented no problems whatsoever. Each time I had it out and apart, everything inside looked real good (might as well inspect things when it's on the bench - takes all of 5 minutes to disassemble/check - the pain is getting it out of the truck to begin with). Despite the issues I've had (both very minor - and most likely self-induced), I'm very satisfied with the performance and function of my Stage V.

I'm also a fan of the multi-disc converter approach, rather than the "crank up the line pressure to make a single-disc hold" approach. All the other clutch packs in the trans are multi-disc... what's so bad about the converter being built the same way?

At any rate - no matter what you decide to go with, do yourself a big favor and get a billet flexplate... lots of guys have regretted sticking with the stock flexplate. They're usually busted on the side of the road with pieces falling out of their bellhousing when they regret it, though. It's $500, but it's cheap insurance against a higher (potentially MUCH higher) repair bill to pull the trans and replace it when (not if - WHEN) the stocker lets go.

 

I have had two multi disc converters fail on me. They were from two different companies as well.

 

If you were running a single it probably would have been 4!!

 

Can you explain to all of us why the converter failed/what did you do to it?

What brand...this is not to bash...simply for info purposes...

 

In my most recent failure a had A LOT of shudder while pulling a trailer up a grade with converter locked. Fluid was brown...I had burned up the clutches in the converter. Clutches in the tranmission were perfect. The converter was refreshened with new clutches under warranty. (labor not included)

In the previous failure I lost the overdrive clutches and torriington bearing while pulling 12K...which led to converter failure. I was running low line pressure at the time. I have since cranked up my pressures.

 

Here's my take on ATS.

I went straight to Denver to have them do the install. Very competent staff, and very, very accomodating. Everything was done when promised and each of the two mornings that my truck was there I was able to get right underneath and talk with the tech that had my truck. I got a little tour of their 100,000+ square foot facility and even got to ride their Segway, pretty neat by the way and getting more affordable.

I have not had one issue with my trans in just over 30K miles. I was pleased with their pricing, pleased with their service, and am so far pleased with their product. I know they can be difficult to get on the phone sometimes, but that's only because so many fellas call them to ask questions, but are just not ready to spend that kind of money. They try the best that they can to spend as much time with each and every individual they talk to. Sometimes that means they will be hard to get ahold of. So, when I called them and made a firm appointment to have my trans installed and told them I was bringing cash they took the time to go over everything I needed/wanted. I was treated fairly and they met each and every commitment that they made to me.

And that's all I have to say about that.