Going The Distance - TCI Max-Shift ATF

Max Shift™ Gives Maximum Performance & Protection

Racers are always looking for ways to make sure engines are running right and will take the beating that any high-performance application delivers. And for most, the idea of using the best possible lubricant to keep an engine performing right is a no-brainer. But for some reason when it comes to transmissions, many often have brain fade. That’s because transmissions are often overlooked as source of lubricant breakdown leading to reduced performance or even total transmission failure.

Transmissions easily endure as much punishment as engines and therefore require the same attention to lubrication to avoid any related performance problems. When you consider gear multiplication and the amount of torque transmissions produce, it’s easy to understand that transmissions actually generate as much or more heat as engines do. That’s where Max Shift™ from TCI® comes in.

The key ingredients are proprietary oil-soluble additives designed to reduce internal friction and base oils with an extremely high viscosity index. This advanced formula is designed to diminish friction because reducing friction not only cuts horsepower loss, it also reduces damaging heat. The advanced Max Shift™ formula provides maximum protection and performance properties for any high-impact application in automatic or manual transmissions.

Laboratory and field studies show that Max Shift™ greatly reduces the temperature in racing transmissions. And as a result of the additives, performance is improved because it actually sticks to metal components. That’s important because as it adheres to components, it not only increases lubrication, it also reduces shock load between gears. Both the increase in lubrication and reduction of gear shock load provide an enormous advantage for transmission life, longevity and performance.

Testing also shows that the additives in Max Shift™ lower transmission “foaming action.” Lubricant foaming is a performance robbing trait caused by internal components spinning at high rpm and heat causing the fluid to foam. This results in performance loss and the danger of metal-to-metal contact which can ultimately kill a transmission. This potentially disastrous effect is addressed by Max Shift™ because it provides anti-foaming properties that significantly reduce foaming action well beyond 10,000 rpm.

Max Shift™ is available in synthetic and non-synthetic formulas. Both versions provide the industries maximum protection to keep automatic transmissions performing at peak conditions, running cooler and lasting longer so your transmission will go the distance.

For more information on this and all other TCI® products, go to www.tciauto.com or call 662-224-8972

TCI® Automotive
151 Industrial Drive
Ashland, MS 38603
662-224-8972
Fax 662-224-8255
www.tciauto.com

PUT TO THE TEST

Thompson Racing CRA series car

In Indiana there’s a father and son race team based in Shirley, Indiana, that put the new Max Shift CT to the test. Father Phil and son Jason race in the CRA Street Stock pavement oval series and they made the change to MaxShift™ CT and this is what Phil Thompson had to say.

“We race with a 2-speed TCI Circlematic™ Powerglide and we’ve had some trouble with our transmission fluids; after awhile the fluid would run hot and caused some second gear slipping. By the end of a race we could tell the fluid had broken down and wasn’t working the way it should. When we looked at it, fluid was discolored and had a burned smell.”

“We needed a solution and Scott Miller at TCI® told us about the new formula of their Max Shift and gave us some to use. We decided to run it at a 300 lap event at the Anderson Speedway. All I can tell you is that it worked. The transmission was hooked up the whole time with none of the slip we had before. After the race we took a look at the fluid and it looked like new. There wasn’t any breakdown. The color was exactly the same as when we put it in and there was none of the heat generated burned smell.”

“We always changed the fluid after every race but now I really don’t need to change it as often because Max Shift™ CT does a great job of lubrication and holds up a long time. It runs a lot cooler and gives us the best protection and performance I’ve ever seen. Everybody should be using it.”

Source:

Thompson Racing
11735 E 650 N
Shirley, IN 47384
philthom@sonicwave.net