A8 Trans Tune Shift Points
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I imagine a stock transmission makes a solid shift at 6400 rpm when the throttle is wide open. I know when I rode around the Glen for 40 minutes in a GS A8 the driver had the trans in Auto Mode and when his foot was planted to the floor from what I could see of the tach from the passenger seat it was shifting at or very close to 6400 rpm. With a modded engine it would be where the tuner decided to make it shift.
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I imagine a stock transmission makes a solid shift at 6400 rpm when the throttle is wide open. I know when I rode around the Glen for 40 minutes in a GS A8 the driver had the trans in Auto Mode and when his foot was planted to the floor from what I could see of the tach from the passenger seat it was shifting at or very close to 6400 rpm. With a modded engine it would be where the tuner decided to make it shift.
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I don't think you should be going much above 6500 if you don't have an cam/valvetrain to better support it. With a custom specced cam and supporting parts my car shifts at 7100.
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Yeah going to get it dyno tuned next week. Should help us figure out. But I figured 64/65 would be best.
