Tranny experts, Help
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Tranny experts, Help
Just installed a b&m shift improvement kit and now When its in drive it will shift fine but if I try to manual shift it will engage in first but no second and then it will engage into third again .If I down shift it will skip second gear.I lost second gear when I manual shift.What can be causing this? Its a 700r4 auto
Last edited by 91superram; Aug 14, 2005 at 02:55 PM.
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Originally Posted by 91superram
would this also cause a sluggish shift,my tranny would shift harder when it was stock.
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Pete I took to a another tranny shop today,they told me that It feels like my clutches are gone I explained to them that On the first day the shifting was fine it wasent till the day after that it started to act up.With 375rwhp and 375rwtq should'nt it chirp the tires even with a stock tranny?
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I have never had that problem happen to me, but heard that it can. B&M claims that no harm will come to a sound trans, but it could push a weak one over the line. Hopefully your problem is not slipping clutches. That would = big bucks. Usually a 700 will spit out the 3-4 clutch pack first.
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Originally Posted by 91superram
Pete I took to a another tranny shop today,they told me that It feels like my clutches are gone I explained to them that On the first day the shifting was fine it wasent till the day after that it started to act up.With 375rwhp and 375rwtq should'nt it chirp the tires even with a stock tranny?
yes it should, in fact last time at cayuga a forum member chirped into 2nd on every pass and he was running 14.3's.
p.s. are you going to wasaga this coming weekend? if so give me a call.
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Originally Posted by 91superram
Pete I took to a another tranny shop today,they told me that It feels like my clutches are gone I explained to them that On the first day the shifting was fine it wasent till the day after that it started to act up.With 375rwhp and 375rwtq should'nt it chirp the tires even with a stock tranny?
Pushing that kind of power into a stock transmission is going to greatly reduce its life expectancy, especially if you only just put a shift kit in it. All this will do is improve shifts, making them quicker and firmer. It wont make it hold more horsepower. Drop the pan, cut the filter open and see whats in there, if its not clean inside, it wont last long with that kind of power. Does it actually have 2nd when the shifter is in the OD position? Does it have any kind of flare up during higher RPM shifting in any gears?