I have a 04' v6; my sister has a 00' Grand Am Gt. Both weight about the same and the stang makes about 15 more hp. However, with her "GT" tuned transmission, it will outrun the stang all day. At WOT it only takes half for her grand am to shift down and pull at full force. The stang waits 3 seconds before it starts pulling.What can be done to get rid of all the hesitation without a shift kit or j-mod. I am under warranty until the end of next year. I have a SCT Strategy tuner on the way.

 

The SCT will help reduce auto lag by about...............ehh............let's say 40-60%, but you have to know what you're doing with custom tuning to get those kinds of results. If you had a Diablo, I could help you, but I don't know the parameters of the SCT. To fully reduce auto lag you will need a shift kit, and a higher stall torque converter.

I'd also get a set of 3.73 or 4.10 gears. 3.73 will suit a dialy driver better. You'll also need to look into a rear limited slip differential such as a Ford T-Lok, Eaton, Auburn, or Detroit to help off the line boost furthur as your stock differential is open, and only supplies power to the ground via the right tire.

 

Do the d 2 d shift. When you're stopped, put it in d and leave it, then when its about to shift into 2nd pull it back into 2 yourself. Then shift it back into D when it's time for 3rd.

I don't know if it'll help you, but it does make shifting faster.

 

Keep it in Drive!!! D2D will just mess you up. It takes about a second and a half for it to change gears. Pretty sure in 00 The grand am has the 3.0L?? DOHC, there all the same transmission if im not mistaken. I agree with JThorn, get a new stall and install a shiftkit.

 

OK, thats what I thought would be needed. Thanks guys

 

If you're going from a roll hitting the OD button will drop it immediatly.

 

your whole 190hp v6 3.8 vs the Grandam's....175hp V6 3.4 lol thats sad.....I think it's time to put the stang out to pasture. lol. Hate to see how you do against F-body's[8D]

 

A Grand Am GT is a drivers race for a new edge V6. It has less hp but it makes 205 ft/lbs of torque and has a slight weight advantage.

 

ummmmm, don't be mad cause the mullet mobiles are taking a dirtnap. so i take it you have a v6 Camaro. if you are in the north ATL area i would be happy to own you

 

wow thats weird. My rents have a 2002 V6 and I can smoke Grand Am gt's. Are you making sure traction control is off? Cause that is like night and day for me.