I have 6 month old stage-3 (650HP) professionally build 700R4 transmission sitting behind 454 in 68 Camaro RS. There appears to be a "wobble" noise when the car is in 2nd gear. Nothing like a grinding or knocking type of noise but rather a “waba-waba-waba…” type of noise. Almost like an exhaust/engine-load kind of noise even though my collectors/exhaust couplings are good and tight. I am 99% sure the noise is coming from the transmission. Specifically the front of the transmission. The noise starts after shifting into 2nd and stops after the car gets into 3rd. Same thing when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd, the noise starts and stops when downshifting from 2nd to 1st. As far as I can tell the transmission is shifting just fine or as advertised. Hard shift from 1st to 2nd (due to the shift kit) and a solid shift from 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th, no slippage or any other visible issues. The only other thing I can mention is that when shifting the transmission into 1st or drive, the car will jump/lunge forward and you have to hit the break to keep it from going forward. I've contacted the transmission manufacturer about the jump/lunge issue and was told that is normal and expected as these are the hard 1st gear clutches engaging that they put in. Personally I thought it may be a bad torque converter which they supplied as part of the package. I was told not to worry about the transmission not being able to handle this jump/lunge but rather make sure my driveshaft is beefy enough to handle this (and it is). I am still hoping that my 2nd gear noise is somehow related to the torque converter but I am not sure how to diagnose this or perhaps a whole different problem. I have not mentioned the 2nd gear noise to the manufacturer yet as I am trying to diagnose it myself first. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Matt.

Not much feedback on this...sort of expected as I know noises are really hard to pin down especially remotely over the net. Wanted to add one more observation. I am pretty sure the noise is more noticeable when the tranny is still cold. The noise almost goes away (still there but you have to really listen to hear it) when the car/tranny warm up.
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Contact jakeshoe or hereitis67 they are tranny guys here in the forums. I thought the same about the convertor as you with having to hit the brakes to keep it from launching forward. What stall speed is it?

The stall is 1650. Seemed low to me when I ordered the tranny/stall package but based on the fact that my engine/cam is stock, they recommended going with stock stall. With your stall converter, did you ever resolve the jumping forward issue?

I will try to contact the tranny guys you suggested.
Thanks.

hey im new here to the forum and i was just searching for 700r troubleshooting. im having the same problem with the noise and also late and hard 1-2 shift and late 2-3 and 3-4. i've checked the tv cable and its fine, i havent checked the governor on it tho because i dont want to if i dont have to. is there anything yall can throw at me or the guys you were talking about how to get in touch with them?

any info is appreciated

Tv cable controls the shift points. When you say yours is fine, what exactly do you mean? Is your geometry on the carb/tv cable set to spec ? Also, did it just start doing it or is this a fresh install ?

Tv cable controls the shift points. Not totally correct. The TV cable has to be adjusted correctly to get the line pressure to preserve the transmission. You need to make your adjustments to the shift points with the governor.
We need Jakeshoe to chime in.

Not totally correct. The TV cable has to be adjusted correctly to get the line pressure to preserve the transmission. You need to make your adjustments to the shift points with the governor.
We need Jakeshoe to chime in.

I don't know if THIS is correct. I have a constant pressure valve body in my 700r4, and the TV cable was still needed for the shift points as per instructions.

I don't know if THIS is correct. I have a constant pressure valve body in my 700r4, and the TV cable was still needed for the shift points as per instructions.Yes, the TV cable adjustment does play a part in the shift points, but you still have to adjust the cable to get the correct pressure, then go to the govenor to fine tune the shift points. Been there, done that.
BTW, I took the constant pressure valve body out of my TCI 700r4 and threw it away.