IdahoRanger
Well-Known Member
Good to hear Mark. I drive hard too but not like that.To try and put everyone to ease out there in 10R80 land....I'm working on 102K miles now on my 19' Ranger with no real tranny issues....let me give you a chronology of my life with the Ranger so far...lol.
BTW....I have had the "bump" in the tranny everyone talks about, more than a couple of times.....
So I made all of my modifications right around 25K to 30K miles a couple of years ago.....(you can look at my profile....nothing warranty killing).
I went the speed route with a level kit.....no off-road tires, just street performance. At 30K I started running my truck locally on Friday and Saturday nights...looking to burn some rubber with whoever was in for the taking. Believe me when I say I have pushed my 10R80 to the limit and past that more than a couple of times I am not kidding. With a high performance tune and street tires this thing will pop the rear-end sideways at 3rd gear with ease, come back in line a goooo! I can get a 4th gear chirp when conditions are right (mainly ambient air temp). You folks that do not have tuned Rangers have absolutely no idea how much more power you can harness with these engines....So anyway, I have toned it WAY down these days with my truck, but I guarantee you I spend the better part of 60K abusing the crap out of my setup and she still purrs down the road with no problems. I would think that if a 10R80 was going to come apart it would be mine for sure! I am running a softer shift tune now and I sure don't run her like I used too. I had the tranny service at 57K with fluid and filter change and will do it again in the very near future.
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