Shift question
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From: West Chester PA
Shift question
I had to redo the heads on my 95 because of a burnt exhaust valve. I bought the car "as is" that way - real cheap.
Since I had the heads redone (new valves, springs etc) and added scorpion 1.6 rooler rockers the engine revs quickly to the shiftpoint at full throttle. Since I have no previous experience with this car when it was running correctly I don't know what the before and after difference is.
The engine is still pulling strong when the automatic trans shifts at full throttle and I was wondering if I should reprogram the shift point of the trans ?
I had read from this site that it is not good to shift manually.
Thanks,
Bob
Since I had the heads redone (new valves, springs etc) and added scorpion 1.6 rooler rockers the engine revs quickly to the shiftpoint at full throttle. Since I have no previous experience with this car when it was running correctly I don't know what the before and after difference is.
The engine is still pulling strong when the automatic trans shifts at full throttle and I was wondering if I should reprogram the shift point of the trans ?
I had read from this site that it is not good to shift manually.
Thanks,
Bob
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You can buy a B&M kit from Summit to conveniently change the springs & weights in your 700R/4 governor body so as to modify the WOT shift points.
In some cases manually shifting can cause more stress & wear but not in the case that interests you. After all it matters not if you manually hold the WOT shift point or reprogram the governor.
In some cases manually shifting can cause more stress & wear but not in the case that interests you. After all it matters not if you manually hold the WOT shift point or reprogram the governor.
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 41
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From: West Chester PA
You can buy a B&M kit from Summit to conveniently change the springs & weights in your 700R/4 governor body so as to modify the WOT shift points.
In some cases manually shifting can cause more stress & wear but not in the case that interests you. After all it matters not if you manually hold the WOT shift point or reprogram the governor.
In some cases manually shifting can cause more stress & wear but not in the case that interests you. After all it matters not if you manually hold the WOT shift point or reprogram the governor.
My trans is a 4L60E.
Are you saying that a manual 1 - 2 upshift is not necessarly bad for the trans ? Just upshift when I feel no more pull from the engine ? The tach seens very hard to read in the upper range and I question its accuracy.
