Transmission Valve Bodies And Methods And Kits For Modifying Transmission Valve Bodies

A kit for modifying a transmission valve body, the valve body including a valve body casting having an external surface, a pressure regulator valve (PRV) bore, a plurality of cutback ports extending from the PRV bore, a boost valve bore, and an exhaust passage configured to provide fluid communication between at least one of the cutback ports and the boost valve bore, the boost valve bore for housing a boost valve configured to selectively place the exhaust passage in fluid communication with a transmission fluid exhaust reservoir, the kit comprising:

• a fluid conduit having first and second ends, the fluid conduit being sized and configured for the first end of the fluid conduit to be coupled to the valve body casting so as to be in fluid communication with a second one of the cutback ports, the fluid conduit being sized and configured for the second end of the fluid conduit to be coupled to the valve body casting to be in fluid communication with the boost valve bore so that, during use, the second cutback port is placed in fluid communication with the exhaust reservoir when the boost valve places the exhaust passage in fluid communication with the exhaust reservoir.