HP Tuners and TM fields

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Oct 21, 2007 | 05:55 PM

Dave O

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HP Tuners and TM fields

I posted this question in the Scan and Tune section but my question has not been answered yet, so I thought I would try here.

I recently had my tuner disable all of the TM fields (Upshift, CT Downshift, Power Downshift and Garage Shift) on my A6 using V2.2.0 of HP Tuners. As I have posted in other threads, this made a big difference (for the better) in the performance of my tranny.

I understand why I would want to disable upshift and power downshift, but I'm not too sure of the advantages or disadvantages of disabling CT downshift and garage shift. Is there any reason why I should re-enable TM on CT downshift or garage shift? I really can't tell any difference with TM off on these two types of shifts, but I'm not too sure if it is doing something anyway.

Oct 21, 2007 | 06:37 PM

knkali

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Dave,

what does CT and garage stand for?

Oct 21, 2007 | 11:15 PM

Dave O

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Dave,

what does CT and garage stand for?

CT is closed throttle downshift (slowing down/coming to a stop with your foot off the gas while the car shifts). Garage shift is when you shift at idle, from park to R or D.

Oct 22, 2007 | 12:38 AM

knkali

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what does Rick say?

Oct 22, 2007 | 01:01 AM

glennhl

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My tuner disabled on upshift and power downshift, but he left it enabled for CT downshift and garage shifts.

Oct 22, 2007 | 11:09 AM

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Oct 22, 2007 | 08:33 PM

Dave O

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what does Rick say?

Since this is so new, he wasn't convinced that these two fields wouldn't provide a performance benefit by disabling them even though it seems like they wouldn't (sometimes there is more than meets the eye). So we disabled all of them.

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