Art,

Thanks a lot for the great 200R4 transmission that you guys built for me. (Ultimate 200R4 with 9 inch non-lockup converter)
I bought the transmission in Fall/Winter '04 and I'm still using it. I mostly used it for racing and already accumulated 180 passes, running in the low to mid 10's with my '68 Corvette (naturally asporated 406 solid roller engine - 650 HP).
My best ET so far is 10.35 @ 127.59 mph in 62 degree weather.
I should get into the 10.1's or 10.2's in colder weather on engine. Planning on adding a 100 shot of nitrous to hit 9's this winter. I will keep you updated on the results!
I'm pulling the wheels 1 - 2 feet off the ground on every launch and my 60' times are in the 1.39 - 1.41 range (footbraking).
Not only has the transmission held up, it was also dead consistent. I'm a bracket racer and most of my runs are only within a few hundreds of a second.

Attached are pictures of my '68 Vette and timeslips..

Regards,
Olivier Mader
omader@tampabay.rr.com

Dear, Art Carr of. C.P.T.

These are the pictures we discussed of my 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo. It is an original paint North Carolina car. It has a 436 c.i small block Chevy (based on a G.M rocket block) It has a 4.165 bore and a 4.0 stroke and 10.7.1 compression ratio. It has a hydraulic roller camshaft for street use and is very driveable with its 750 cfm, Deamon carb, and HEI. dritributor. The rear end is a 3.42 geared 8.5 inch 86 T type Buick rear, and is all stock.

The key to this cars great performance is your extreme duty 200 4r transmission with its great gear ratios 2.74 1st and 0.67 over drive. Lets put it this way a street car that cuts 1.67 60 foot times with 3.42 rear gears and also goes low 11:70s at over 115 mph and does all this and still gets well over 20 miles to the gallon on 93 octane pump gas. (Note when I can keep my foot out of it, Ha! Ha!) This car is just a blast to drive all day any day and goes to the track and wins when the driver does his job on the lights. The transmission has a lot of passes and road miles on it with no problems at all. Thanks for all your years of hard work and all you have done for performance transmissions. I will also send time slips and some track photos soon.
Thanks California Performance Transmissions and Mr. Art Carr.
Chuck Tanzer J.R.

Hey Art,
This is a picture of me at this year’s nationals. This pass netted me the #2 qualifying spot in the TSM class. The #1 spot was 9.72. I was and still am the only TSM car in the nines with a 2004r trans.
RJC Racing
Race Jace
Jason Cramer

Jason@RJCRacing.com
87 Buick Grand National, Stock Block 9.89 @ 136 @ West Coast Nats in Las Vegas
2400 ft. ele. 2002, 2003 & 2004 GSNats TSM Class Winner

Art:
 
I wanted to let you know how great your 200R4 trans and 9" convertor have been performing in my Nova. I've had the Trans for more than 3 years, driven it on the street and raced it at the dragstrip more times than I can count.

I recently added one of your 9" convertors and it made a big difference in the elapsed times. The car is running in the low 10's and 129 MPH on Hooser Quick Time Pros and the trans has never given me any problems.

It drives and shifts perfectly whether on the street or strip. I couldn't have asked for anything better or less troublesome. I'll include my email address, so if anyone wants to contact me I can let them know what a great addition to their car one of your 200R4's would be. Thanks for the tech. support and for making such a fine product.

Mike Lieber
YelloYenko@msn.com