Trans brake Ford C6?

[Alex Denysenko]

Call Brian at BPT formerly JPT.

519-663-0578

You won't be dissapointed.

[Rory McNeil]

I used to run the Ford Motorsport C6 transbrake valve body, which was actually made by Art Carr, and had his name on the casting. It held fine, but was slow releasing, especially on a 4 tenth Pro tree, and at times would roll ahead a bit when the button was pushed. On that valve body, the transbrake solenoid was actually a GM Turbo 400 kickdown solenoid bolted to the valve body, inside the pan.

[mopar jeff]

Dave at Protrans in Lancaster, CA might have something.

[k.pascoe]

Don't do it. Your waisting your money and the nightmares will began. I've ran all of them. The C-6 is not made for a brake. Put a brake on a C-4 or a GM tranny!!

[greg fulk]

What will happen to a C6 with a brake? My buddy @ work just had one put in his C6 it's for his 428 FE in his 69 Fairlane.

[Phillip marvetz]

Originally Posted by greg fulk

What will happen to a C6 with a brake? My buddy @ work just had one put in his C6 it's for his 428 FE in his 69 Fairlane.

See post #3

[Rory McNeil]

It should be fine, Greg. I ran my Art Carr transbraked C6 for many years, running 10.5ET`s s at 3200 lbs. The brake itself worked fine, and the trans was very reliable. The only knocks I had were that on a 4/10`s Pro Tree, it didn`t release as quickly as most other transmissions, and at times when you pushed the button, the car would roll foreward a couple of inches. I always found that if I quickly tapped the button a few times between the burnout box and the staging area, the "roll in" was eliminated. The relatively slow transbrake release was never an issue on a full tree. Of course, the C6 does eat up a fair bit of power, as do all automatics to some degree.

[k.pascoe]

I ran a c6 brake in the early 90's. Used TCI, Art Carr, Hipster, and one other, but I can't think of it now, my brain wants to block that period in my drag racing career. I had multiple c6's built. Many well versed in the C6, but the nightmare was weekly. 2-3 flares, foreward clutches burnt in one pass, huge amounts of et lost from weekend to weekend.
Put it this way; 1973 Gran Torino Sport 4000lbs. super stock car with bracket set-up. Almost stone stock 460 c6 with brake struggled to run 11.98 et. After a change to a T400 w/ brake 11.48 et. No more dropping of pans, Type F all over me while trying to race, no more have to pull the r/side header every week to remove the trans. (Pieces of the cylinder head started to crack and break off!!)
Don't get me wrong, the c6 is a fine transmission in a truck, even a turbo boosted 7.3L diesel. And I had pretty good luck with just a manual valve body, it's just when I tried a brake is when the nightmares began. Just my .02