Tranny Upgrades

[crazytrain65]

I'm getting ready to install headers, and i would like to do some tranny work after i intall them. (2001 automatic) What would be some good performance parts...shift kit...servos?

[ssms5411]

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Trans-GO shift kit($90) , Corvette Servo ($20) , Hptuners to reprogram shifts and disable TQ mangement and tune everything else on the car. Change the tranny fluid to RP or some other Synthetic fluid, I use Vavoline Dexron IV and it runs great. But next time I change fluid i will go with RP royal purple. I run it in my engine and rear end and I like it alot.

[michael454rs@hotmail.com]

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i did the transgo shift kit on mine and follow the instruction to the point double cheked everything and no change shifts like it used and i use two washers.

[ssms5411]

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I think mine is 1 washer on mine becuase I used Hptuners to adjust the shift points even more. But leave the tranny pressure the same since the kit ups the pressure.

[crazytrain65]

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don't you have to disable torq management to really feel a difference wit ha shift kit?

[dgreet77]

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don't you have to disable torq management to really feel a difference wit ha shift kit?

No way. The shift kit is a night and day difference. I put in the Transgo HD2 kit with 2 washers in the 1-2 accumulator and that 1-2 shift is amazing. 2-3 is nice and firm. Not too much change with 3-4 but maybe a little.

[LETZRIDE]

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Stall it

[michael454rs@hotmail.com]

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i dont know what could have gone wrong with mine that dint work i suggest you take it to a shop and get it done. i maned up and did it myself with no success lmfao.

[crazytrain65]

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No way. The shift kit is a night and day difference. I put in the Transgo HD2 kit with 2 washers in the 1-2 accumulator and that 1-2 shift is amazing. 2-3 is nice and firm. Not too much change with 3-4 but maybe a little.

do you have a vette servo? and does it control all the 1-4 shifts?

[bigbrian442]

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don't you have to disable torq management to really feel a difference wit ha shift kit?

Yes, you do and Trans go tells you This. On some older cars the shift kit will make a difference with out disabling torque management.

[crazytrain65]

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Yes, you do and Trans go tells you This. On some older cars the shift kit will make a difference with out disabling torque management.

gerrr! =/ i had a guy tune my car a little and he upped the line pressure but torq mgmt is still on. I tired contacting him not to long ago and he wont answer me!!! :mad:

[ssms5411]

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Just redoing my shift properties was a big difference with HPtuners.

[crazytrain65]

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yea the tune helped but the shift kit would help the speed of the shifts a lot i think

[ssms5411]

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yea the tune helped but the shift kit would help the speed of the shifts a lot i think

I know I have a Transgo and Vette Servo, but after doing the shift properties on HPtuners I could still feel the difference, I will chirp 2nd and 3 rd gear.

[dgreet77]

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I don't have the corvette servo so I can't chime in on that. But just the Transgo was a night and day difference without HPTuners for me. Its a 97...i dunno if that makes a difference.

After having the shift kit for ~2 years I got HPT, disabled TQ management, and changed the desired shift times to .2 across the board. The change in shift time is what I noticed the most, not sure if I noticed any change from disabling the TQ management.