Does not make any sense. Sounds like a sales pitch to me.
I had a Technician at the dealership do this for me on the side he said it has to do with changing a lot of the internals, springs, bands, clutches, steels, seals, gaskets etc. corvette parts are made with better performance material then camaros. I haven't had a problem since the "corvette spec" rebuild, been 4yrs. I recommend it.
Stock motor is 170 hp. Good shorty headers and exhaust and cold air intake would bump that up to around 200hp. If you only have cold air intake, it's probably 175-180 hp. A high flow muffler alone is good for about 10 hp. Corvette specifications for the transmission probably means that a corvette 2nd servo piston was added to the transmission. It makes the 1-2 shift a little firmer.
Have it rebuilt.
It is a transmission that was broken,but is now fixed with new parts.
price
The transmission could have been rebuilt improperly, or the linkage could have been reinstalled incorrectly.
it is cheaper to buy a rebuilt transmission than to have one rebuilt
Bad transmission rebuilder
I had one. I had to have the transmission rebuilt. Nightmare!!
about $3000.00
Look in the phone book under Transmission and call around. Usually if they take out a tranny that can be rebuilt, they will do so and sell it Phil
The 1985 Econoline Van has an automatic transmission. The transmission can be rebuilt by any licensed transmission shop or purchased new.
Your transmission is slipping and needs to be rebuilt.