[500hpgtx]

A couple of years ago my wife was P*****d off and driving our van hard. SHe was doing around 30mph and got ticked and floored the throttle. At the same moment she was getting aggressive driving, I implored: "Don't beat on the van!" Well the aggressive downshift into 1st and the subsequent upshift into 2nd gear was definitely all the trans needed.
The next morning i had to out to the driveway because she said that the van would not go forward. I nursed the van in 2nd gear? to my Pontiac trans friend.
He later showed me the broken forward band. He said that could happen any time when trans is old. However, when my friend with his supercharged 3800 locked his rear brakes and hit the throttle to "smoke" the tires, he had the same problem and was told the same thing.
LMP knows that I should never point a finger. I am sure he remembers the time my trans chain exploded after I hit nitrous under full throttle going about 40mph. The extra 150hp nitrous shot was a little too much on the ole' duel chain setup! Cheers Kev