The automatic blues
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RE: The automatic blues
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
Ugh. I needs me a shift kit. Very embarassing day. As many New Edge auto stang owners know, these automatics are noisy, inconsistent piles of malarchy that royally blow 95% of the time. Im going to Taco Bell, and am following this riced out red Honda. Hes revving, tried doing a burnout but just threw the car around 'cuz of them fancy cut springs, and just looked like a dumbass. we both turn onto a four lane road, and i take the opportunity to pass him. I was doing 35mph, and literally COASTED by him and his friend. The friend yells "FLY-BY!" out the window. Thats aboot the time i go WTF? and lay on the brakes, slowing back down to drive next to him. And we just kinda cruise next to each other. I have O/D and trac off, hes cruising. I decide to floor it, and guess what? Milliseconds before i drop the hammer, he downshifts and goes ***** out, gets the jump on me and ran for maybe 30 feet(heavy traffic). What did my POS mustang do? It downshifts and justs starts throwing revs out its ***, the damn thing didnt even lurch. So I guess i lost my first race to a Honda. And I know my car is a hell of a lot faster than that pile. I hope i see him on the freeway, i really do. F*ckin Ford.
Ugh. I needs me a shift kit. Very embarassing day. As many New Edge auto stang owners know, these automatics are noisy, inconsistent piles of malarchy that royally blow 95% of the time. Im going to Taco Bell, and am following this riced out red Honda. Hes revving, tried doing a burnout but just threw the car around 'cuz of them fancy cut springs, and just looked like a dumbass. we both turn onto a four lane road, and i take the opportunity to pass him. I was doing 35mph, and literally COASTED by him and his friend. The friend yells "FLY-BY!" out the window. Thats aboot the time i go WTF? and lay on the brakes, slowing back down to drive next to him. And we just kinda cruise next to each other. I have O/D and trac off, hes cruising. I decide to floor it, and guess what? Milliseconds before i drop the hammer, he downshifts and goes ***** out, gets the jump on me and ran for maybe 30 feet(heavy traffic). What did my POS mustang do? It downshifts and justs starts throwing revs out its ***, the damn thing didnt even lurch. So I guess i lost my first race to a Honda. And I know my car is a hell of a lot faster than that pile. I hope i see him on the freeway, i really do. F*ckin Ford.
But ya transgo makes a shift kit for 4rw70...Gt's and V6 have the same tranny right?
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RE: The automatic blues
you might have a bad band in your tranny that is about to go seeming that you said it was reving all over the place. i had a 94 mustang gt auto. i bought a shift kit for it when i broke the over drive band in it. I think it was just a sports kit came with a valve body. bought it from truckperformance (they suck by the way) for 200 bucks a year ago. but it was well worth it, it would shift pretty fn hard and i could lite the tires up in 2nd gear. it was awesome. something to definetly look into when the tranny goes.
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RE: The automatic blues
ORIGINAL: mustang_pa
you might have a bad band in your tranny that is about to go seeming that you said it was reving all over the place. i had a 94 mustang gt auto. i bought a shift kit for it when i broke the over drive band in it. I think it was just a sports kit came with a valve body. bought it from truckperformance (they suck by the way) for 200 bucks a year ago. but it was well worth it, it would shift pretty fn hard and i could lite the tires up in 2nd gear. it was awesome. something to definetly look into when the tranny goes.
you might have a bad band in your tranny that is about to go seeming that you said it was reving all over the place. i had a 94 mustang gt auto. i bought a shift kit for it when i broke the over drive band in it. I think it was just a sports kit came with a valve body. bought it from truckperformance (they suck by the way) for 200 bucks a year ago. but it was well worth it, it would shift pretty fn hard and i could lite the tires up in 2nd gear. it was awesome. something to definetly look into when the tranny goes.
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RE: The automatic blues
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
The only thing wrong with the transmission is the severe lack of engineering that went into it[>:] Other than that, it just did a VERY bad job of downshifting and accelerating when i needed it to. Now there is some dumbass out there in a red honda that thinks he can run mustang GTs. Yes, I know mine isnt a GT, but the dual exhaust and 40th Anni. badges give off a V8 vibe to the local idiots. Strange, I know.
ORIGINAL: mustang_pa
you might have a bad band in your tranny that is about to go seeming that you said it was reving all over the place. i had a 94 mustang gt auto. i bought a shift kit for it when i broke the over drive band in it. I think it was just a sports kit came with a valve body. bought it from truckperformance (they suck by the way) for 200 bucks a year ago. but it was well worth it, it would shift pretty fn hard and i could lite the tires up in 2nd gear. it was awesome. something to definetly look into when the tranny goes.
you might have a bad band in your tranny that is about to go seeming that you said it was reving all over the place. i had a 94 mustang gt auto. i bought a shift kit for it when i broke the over drive band in it. I think it was just a sports kit came with a valve body. bought it from truckperformance (they suck by the way) for 200 bucks a year ago. but it was well worth it, it would shift pretty fn hard and i could lite the tires up in 2nd gear. it was awesome. something to definetly look into when the tranny goes.
