The Thunderbirds Maiden Voyage.....and its problems

Last week was Tealbird's maiden voyage. After not being able to drive it, i was finally able to get it insured and licensed. I noticed though, the transmission doesnt like to be in third gear between 1000-2000 RPM's.

Without overdrive, in third gear, under normal and heavy acceleration, the transmission will start to shutter, and vibrate, quite badly. When going up a hill, under full accleration, the transmission will not shift down to second or first, only after awhile it will shift down (Example: Going up a 1000 ft long hill, it will downshift at around 700-800 feet..almost all the way up the hill..)

In overdrive, when under regular and heavy accelaration, it will still shutter and vibrate, but not so severly.

I do eventually want to get a B&M Transmission cool (What GVW?), and possibly a Maurder TC. I still have to check to see if i still have the stock 2-piece driveshaft.

And help or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

BTW, yes i do like my Thunderbird now that i can actually drive it, minus the above issues. :)

Well did you do any burnouts?

Its hard to resist, but I figure since you had those issues you might have taken it easy!

Good luck and ENJOY!

Not really a burn out, just a WOT Peel out. Kinda weak infact. 4000lbs dont mix with peeling out. but, yea, its nice. Especially at WOT... with the straight pipes

I almost got into a race tonight with a brand new Mustang GT..but my concience got the better of me. :lol:

Hope you enjoy the car! just don't do anything you don't want to like racing someone! The Stang probably would have won, but it would have been fun!