Originally posted by ricebasher302
For performance, a top loader is indestructabe..period, and a gear vendors overdrive is guaranteed to twelve hundred horsepower. I don't want anything exotic, and I'm on a budget. The AOD works, but my motor is not stock, and I'm not convinced an AOD will take the abuse. I've heard too many bad stories.
And I've seen aod's take he!! on trails, behind 393W's. They can take abuse, and usually are less of a headache than the E4OD wich is what I bet most of the stories you heard were about.

Go with the top loader.