I just got back from California, where I spent a couple of days at NCPSTB, err, NCPTBT, err, Permissions Transformance...anyway, Bruce's shop.
I came away very impressed with the work he does on the 200-4Rs. There isn't a part that goes untouched; it seems like everything meets the lathe or the drill for some detail work and many modifications that all made sense and should help these transmissions live. I learned more about the 200-4R than I ever thought I would, even though I'm still a relative transmission idiot.
I've had a couple of local guys charge me $400 to rebuild a trans that they slapped together in 20 minutes with air ratchets; Bruce spent an amazing amount of time making every last part perfect, down to polishing the pump vanes by wet sanding them on a piece of glass. He's earning his money and then some.
I got to experience the Bat Brake for the first time; it worked beautifully but I wish the test car had slicks...all we accomplished was a 1/8 mile set of stripes with the street tires. Fun though.
I came away very impressed with the work he does on the 200-4Rs. There isn't a part that goes untouched; it seems like everything meets the lathe or the drill for some detail work and many modifications that all made sense and should help these transmissions live. I learned more about the 200-4R than I ever thought I would, even though I'm still a relative transmission idiot.
I've had a couple of local guys charge me $400 to rebuild a trans that they slapped together in 20 minutes with air ratchets; Bruce spent an amazing amount of time making every last part perfect, down to polishing the pump vanes by wet sanding them on a piece of glass. He's earning his money and then some.
I got to experience the Bat Brake for the first time; it worked beautifully but I wish the test car had slicks...all we accomplished was a 1/8 mile set of stripes with the street tires. Fun though.
