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Old 07-26-2009, 06:06 PM
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I am wondering if anyone know if it is a good idea to go through the gears in an auto when racing. Any suggestions on how to run it are welcome, o/d off or on? go through gears? hopefully someone has tested times with the differences.
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Um no... Just leave it in drive and floor it,unless you want to mess up your tranny. Or if you really wana shift it get a shift kit... stall that chit.
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Old 07-26-2009, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by fausty
Um no... Just leave it in drive and floor it,unless you want to mess up your tranny. Or if you really wana shift it... stall that chit.
Do you know where i can get a stall?
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Old 07-26-2009, 07:41 PM
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you'll be fine manually selecting gears, i would highly suggest turning off overdrive when doing this though, going WOT then shifting to O/D is not a good idea.

Shift kits are ok, they firm up the shifting, but you should do the j-mod, much better overall mod than just a shift kit.
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Old 07-26-2009, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by isjoining

Shift kits are ok, they firm up the shifting, but you should do the j-mod, much better overall mod than just a shift kit.
+1. Totally forgot about the j-mod.
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Old 07-26-2009, 08:16 PM
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Dont manually shift the gears, you have an auto.. let it work. Just turn OD off and step on it.
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Old 07-26-2009, 08:24 PM
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stall+tune = badass auto
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Old 07-26-2009, 08:30 PM
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Turn traction control off too correct?

Also, is the jmod a free mod that you can do yourself?
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he doesnt have to turn off o/d does he??

and yes, TC off
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Old 07-26-2009, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 99BlackPonyGT
he doesnt have to turn off o/d does he??

and yes, TC off
no i think its an old wise tale
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