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Alan;
Yep the trans. in these things do have a lot of overlap in the shifts, but that
can be fixed. I have a TRANSGO TFOD-HD2 in my 98 5.2 sport and after playing
with it a few times ( pulling the valve body off two or three times ) to get the
kind of shift that I wanted I am very happy with it. Boy does it make a big
difference in performance. You can make it shift very very hard in 1-2 by adding
the supplied spacer and replacing the spring in the rear servo and by doing this
it allows you to remove a check ball in the valve body. I have done everything
but that final mod. but I will be taking it back down and doing that to it soon.
The 2-3 and 3-4 shifts are great either way you go. I drilled the spacer plate
holes to the max. size ( I started small, drove it a few days then went all the
way, no regrets )
Good luck
Colin H.
Mok, Alan (SPB Brentwood) wrote:
> FWIW, I am not that thrilled with the performance of my R/T CC. It handles
> awesome for a truck but horsepower/acceleration seems lacking. It certain
> out performs any "stock" truck out there but I wouldn't go up against
> anything that's been "built"
>
> ET is 16.1 @ 91 mph according to my G-tech. Maybe it's because I'm used to
> 5.0 Mustangs (is that word forbidden on this list) with 5-speeds but it's
> nothing to brag about.
>
> My major complaint is the auto trans which is a slush box in my opinion.
> It's does not match gear selection with road speed very well. Even my wife's
> Honda auto trans would down shift when slowing. I often find the engine
> laboring to get back up to speed ( at ~1500rpm) after slowing. I would have
> to really punch the gas for it to down shift and that would take a couple
> seconds.
>
> Would a shift kit cure this? who makes and where do I get one? I don't want
> to chirp the tires at every shift though. Any ideas?
>
> Alan Mok ®
> Systems Engineer
> X3396
>
> '88 x-CHP Mustang LX
> '89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs, S-trim and the list goes on...)
> '98 Dakota R/T CC (I'll pretend it's a 5.0 Ranger)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Bridges [mailto:bbridges@alarismed.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 1998 7:36 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Finally raced an R/T
>
> Eric,
> Hopefully that R/T owner will digest the humble pie and
> reconsider
> "snubbing" a fellow Dak/Mopar owner. More than likely hes
> out for some more
> dessert though...
> BKB
>
> At 01:32 AM 7/10/98 EDT, you wrote:
> >behold,,, an R/T, Amethyst ( thats the purple right?).
> > I wanted to run him of course, but I also wanted to
> talk to him. The guy
> >was a wee bit cocky!!! He would only look at me out of the
> corner of his eye,
> >and as I was cruising beside him in third he had it in 2
> and kept punching it
> >on-and-off-on-and-off. All the while laughing with a buddy
> and side glancing
> >me!! Soooo, I stepped into it a little in third just to
> raise the R's up and
> >let him maybe reconsider while he still had a chance!!
> But, to my enjoyment
> >that just made him more sure of himself. He slowed it down
> and kept it in
> >first so I dumped into second and we rolled along until he
> jumped into it and
> >I got a slow start but immediately pulled up on him and
> held and crept past a
> >three quarter truck lead on him.
> > After all that I wanted to see if he had anything done to
> it. You know,
> >maybe show him a few tricks he may not have known. And all
> that really just
> >of the common thread calle Dak! BUT NOOOOOO, He still had
> the attitude!! Oh,
> >well!!!
> >Eric
> >
> >
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Alan;
Yep the trans. in these things do have a lot of overlap in the shifts,
but that can be fixed. I have a <B><I><U>TRANSGO TFOD-HD2 </U></I></B>in
my 98 5.2 sport and after playing with it a few times ( pulling the valve
body off two or three times ) to get the kind of shift that I wanted I
am very happy with it. Boy does it make a big difference in performance.
You can make it shift very very hard in 1-2 by adding the supplied spacer
and replacing the spring in the rear servo and by doing this it allows
you to remove a check ball in the valve body. I have done everything but
that final mod. but I will be taking it back down and doing that to it
soon. The 2-3 and 3-4 shifts are great either way you go. I drilled the
spacer plate holes to the max. size ( I started small, drove it a few days
then went all the way, <B><I><U>no regrets </U></I></B>)
Good luck
Colin H.
<B><I><U></U></I></B>
Mok, Alan (SPB Brentwood) wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>FWIW, I am not that thrilled with the performance
of my R/T CC. It handles
awesome for a truck but horsepower/acceleration seems lacking. It certain
out performs any "stock" truck out there but I wouldn't go up against
anything that's been "built"
ET is 16.1 @ 91 mph according to my G-tech. Maybe it's because I'm used
to
5.0 Mustangs (is that word forbidden on this list) with 5-speeds but
it's
nothing to brag about.
My major complaint is the auto trans which is a slush box in my opinion.
It's does not match gear selection with road speed very well. Even
my wife's
Honda auto trans would down shift when slowing. I often find the engine
laboring to get back up to speed ( at ~1500rpm) after slowing. I would
have
to really punch the gas for it to down shift and that would take a
couple
econds.
Would a shift kit cure this? who makes and where do I get one? I don't
want
to chirp the tires at every shift though. Any ideas?
Alan Mok ®
Systems Engineer
X3396
'88 x-CHP Mustang LX
'89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs, S-trim and the list goes on...)
'98 Dakota R/T CC (I'll pretend it's a 5.0 Ranger)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Bridges [mailto:bbridges@alarismed.com]
Sent: Friday, July 10, 1998 7:36 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Finally raced
an R/T
Eric,
Hopefully that R/T owner will digest the humble pie and
reconsider
"snubbing" a fellow Dak/Mopar owner. More than likely hes
out for some more
dessert though...
BKB
At 01:32 AM 7/10/98 EDT, you wrote:
>behold,,, an R/T, Amethyst ( thats the purple right?).
> I wanted to run him of course, but I also wanted to
talk to him. The guy
>was a wee bit cocky!!! He would only look at me out of the
corner of his eye,
>and as I was cruising beside him in third he had it in 2
and kept punching it
>on-and-off-on-and-off. All the while laughing with a buddy
and side glancing
>me!! Soooo, I stepped into it a little in third just to
raise the R's up and
>let him maybe reconsider while he still had a chance!!
But, to my enjoyment
>that just made him more sure of himself. He slowed it down
and kept it in
>first so I dumped into second and we rolled along until he
jumped into it and
>I got a slow start but immediately pulled up on him and
held and crept past a
>three quarter truck lead on him.
> After all that I wanted to see if he had anything done to
it. You know,
>maybe show him a few tricks he may not have known. And all
that really just
>of the common thread calle Dak! BUT NOOOOOO, He still had
the attitude!! Oh,
>well!!!
>Eric
>
></BLOCKQUOTE>
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