[RyuTan]

It really depends on what you are going to do with your truck. Can you nuke the tranny and motor, sure. Others have, and I am sure others will. Is it always a Stillen SC doing it? I don't think so. In my time lurking here, it appears that most of the problems caused by the Stillen SC are installation related. Just because you paid to have it installed doesn't mean they are going to treat your truck like you would. If you can read a very detailed manual, and have at least some know how, it can be done by most enthusiasts. As for the fear of destroying the tranny, if you are gonna drag race it alot, sure, its probably the best idea to get your tranny some TLC before trying to murder it. The Stillen SC is a complete kit, nothing else is required to make your truck streetable in its out of the box format. I lusted after one for a long time, and was in your position. I finally bit the bullet and did it myself. It ran just fine after install. I will say you probably will want to put in a TruTrac at some point. For every tranny issue I have read about, I have seen ten times more differential problems, and these from trucks that aren't modified much if at all. So once again I ask, what are you planning to do with yoru truck? If you want the best quarter mile times, the SC is porbably not the choice for you. If you want tunability, go snag Uprev, and mod your heart out, the Stillen SC kit is not end user tuneable in its current form. But if you just want to have a nice power adder, and that beloved supercharger whine, then this may be the option for you, it was definately what I wanted, and its been well over a year and 15,000 miles without any real issues. Only negative I have is I get a tad of belt squeal, but have not heard of anyone else with that issue.