Transmission Troubles

[93RDOHC]

Hey guys,
The other day I installed the IPT valve body in my car. It seemed simple enough. I put in a new filter from Murrays and new fluid while I was at it.
I drove the car 10 miles afterwards and it drove amazingly, crisp firm shifting.
Right as I was pulling into my driveway it lost all power and when I reved the engine it wouldnt move until 3k rpm at which it barely moved.

I restarted it and when i put it into gear it engages and very very briefly moves forward and then reverts back to no power. Same thing in reverse.

Unfortunately I was reading some things on the other site that said for a filter/valve body change you lose 5 quarts and I only replaced 5.5 quarts into the transmission. I checked before I drove and it showed it had enough on the dipstick. Now I am reading that you lose more.

Hopefully I didnt fry this thing as I had a few other upgrades on the trans and know nothing about ATX's. Any thoughts on the symptoms?

93 gt by the way.

[93RDOHC]

Could this also happen if the filter wasnt installed properly? The filter I got was not as thick where the bolt holes were so I had to buy new bolts but it still went in very snug against the valve body.

[93RDOHC]

I just checked it again an it moves forward and backward in drive and reverse but has no power but if left at idle it creeps very very slowly.
Just need to know if by only replacing 5 to 6 quarts like i read = I need to buy a new transmission online. It reads full but who knows.

[IPD]

i'm not a transmission expert, but it's possible that it's not building enough pressure in the valve body for shifts.

did you do any other mods at the same time?

p.s.
IPT might also be able to assist you. the 3/s atx is mechanically identical to the dsm atx; so it's likely they've already encountered similar isues in the past.

[93RDOHC]

Fluid smells burnt, gonna take it all apart today and check it out. From what I read once you smell burning you are screwed. Maybe time for a MTX swap.

[93RDOHC]

Yup its fried, ugh no idea why though.
I am debating between buying the high performance rebuild kit from IPT and having a trans shop install it (3 year warranty!) total will be 1600, or buying IPTs build transmission for 2500.

What do you suggest? Would I be able to make alot more power with the built trans over the high performance rebuild kit?

[shmoo]

unless you've got outstanding reasons not to, i'd pick up a manual transmission and the fixin's and install it yourself.

_isiah