A4 Tranny questions?
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by C5 4 ME
Around town, I leave the tranny in 3rd for better response. On the highway, I'm generally in third gear on the onramp and shift into 4th after merging with traffic and leave it there. Hope this helps. Don't know about the other questions. I'm sure others will respond. 
Third around town and on twisties. 4th on freeway runs. I do not see any noticeable temperature differences, I run pretty constantly between 190 and 215.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '06
Thanks for all the input gang. I was wanting to make sure that I wasnt to harsh on trans. Temps can run around 200 and wanted to make sure that it wasnt hurting anything.
Thanks again
Thanks again
Melting Slicks
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From: Wichita KS
Originally Posted by BigJoe
I let the transmission do its job and leave it in fourth all the time...
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Tranny temperature varies on a lot of things. In my mostly stock A4 with 2.73, it is somewhere around 180-190 casually driving down the highway. I've seen it as high as 218 as I was driving up and down the mountains around Hoover Dam when it was 108 degrees outside, and I was taking it very easy.
My modded vette with a FLP-4 tranny, 3.73 diff and a Yank SY-3500 torque converter runs notably hotter. Casually down the highway is 210-220, and quickly heats up with some aggressive driving.
It also tracks with the outside temperature. On very cold winter days, a stock setup may not break the 150-160 range with casual highway driving.
I typically keep it in D4. Sometimes when I'm at a long stoplight or stuck in traffic, I'll put it in N. From highway speeds to nearly stopped due to congestion around an accident, I've seen my modded vette's tranny temp go over 235; keeping it in N when possible will help keep the temp down.
My modded vette with a FLP-4 tranny, 3.73 diff and a Yank SY-3500 torque converter runs notably hotter. Casually down the highway is 210-220, and quickly heats up with some aggressive driving.
It also tracks with the outside temperature. On very cold winter days, a stock setup may not break the 150-160 range with casual highway driving.
I typically keep it in D4. Sometimes when I'm at a long stoplight or stuck in traffic, I'll put it in N. From highway speeds to nearly stopped due to congestion around an accident, I've seen my modded vette's tranny temp go over 235; keeping it in N when possible will help keep the temp down.
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Originally Posted by C5 4 ME
Around town, I leave the tranny in 3rd for better response. On the highway, I'm generally in third gear on the onramp and shift into 4th after merging with traffic and leave it there. Hope this helps. Don't know about the other questions. I'm sure others will respond.
Same Here! I just had an FLP Level IV/SY3500/3.42 put in with a B&M 24k cooler, and my temps haven't gone over 190º, even when it was 85º out. A cooler Definitely helps!
Last edited by FreddyG; Jul 17, 2004 at 11:54 AM.
