Re: Shift Kits

From: frank golembieski (editzero@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 07 2000 - 22:55:28 EDT


well if you want a trans go go and spend the $100-150
but i just wanted firmer shifts and i have a budget to
work on my truck and it is small so i got a Mopar
performance shift kit check the page
http://members.onecenter.com/autoworld/dakota/index.html
Frank 94 5.2 spoRT
--- Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com> wrote:
> At 03:23 PM 8/7/00 GMT, you wrote:
> >I'm looking for a shift kit for my 98 R/T. What
> shift kit is the best
> >street/strip performer? I'm looking for something
> that firms up the shifts
> >but isn't to snappy. Any recommendations? Places
> to order? Thanks, John
> Walker
>
> John, I've been using the Transgo kit with my 44RE
> for about a year.
> On the streets at part throttle, shifts are firmed
> up and not very
> harsh whether you manually shift or let the tranny
> shift. Manual
> downshifts are almost instantaneous and if you are
> at speed, it
> will jolt you. Best is that slippage on the 2-3
> shift has been
> cut down.
>
> For me, the con side is that, at the track, at WOT
> and manually
> shifting around the 5000 rpm, the shifts are erratic
> i.e. does not
> want to upshift. At WOT and letting the tranny
> shift, it seems
> to be alright since I put in a MP tranny cooler. It
> was pretty
> well consistent with the auto. shifts at C@C this
> past July.
>
> The tranny man (very good reputation locally) who
> did my install said
> that the kits were not made for the
> electronically-controlled trannies
> ... confuses the PCM under certain conditions. His
> advice was to
> adjust the TV cable. I had tested with 1/4-runs
> adjusting the cable
> in both directions and at various notches but am
> still having the
> problem.
>
> I wanted to see if the 'inexpensive' things would
> work first before
> going into the tranny. I thought the tranny cooler
> would help.
> It does lower the tranny temp. Before the water
> pit, temp. readout
> was 136F; after the run, it was 146F. I also
> thought that he may
> have put in Dextron III instead of ATF+3.
>
> It may be computer related. I normally run with the
> '96 MP PCM
> for the performance gain and have had the problem
> with it. This past
> Saturday I tested with the '97 MP PCM and got the
> shifts but they
> were not clisp ... almost like the PCM was doing
> something else
> during the shifts ... readouts show that PCM really
> retarded the
> timing at the shifts (don't know the reason but
> could be because
> it's CA emission compliant). I also shifted at 5600
> rpm with
> a custom computer that was calibrated for 5600 rpm
> shifts and the
> shifts were right on the mark and crisp.
>
> Some have experienced the same problems under the
> same conditions
> as I have; others have not (???).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bob. Ont, Canada.
> '97 Dakota CC, 5.2L, 4x2, 3.92 SG, auto., 4265 lb.
> PB: 14.737 @ 91.75 9.364 @ 72.95

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