I just tried it and it works on my truck too(neighbors are gonna love me)
Joe W.
87 Shelby Charger 13.9
98 Dakota 13.1
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 8:25 PM
Subject: DML: Transgo kit on the track
> For those who have manual shifting problems (as I had) with
> the Transgo kit at WOT, I think that I may have solved the
> problem with manual shifting, at least on my Dak.
>
> I spoke with the owner of an Indy Ram who was also having erratic
> shifts ... he finally went to just letting the tranny do the shifts.
> He said that his problems occurred whenever he did a sustained,
> high rev warmup of his tires.
>
> I began experimenting with my tires' warmup procedures and found
> that, whenever I kept the revs to 3000 rpm in 2nd during the tire spin
> and drove out in drive to the tree, the manual shifting worked.
>
> With my mods, I have to shift at high revs to stay in the 'transplanted'
> power band. I lowered my 1-2 shift to 4800 and the 2-3 shift to 5000.
> I used to do the 1-2 shift at 5000 and the 2-3 shift at 5300 along with
> a high reved warmup and had problems with the tranny not shifting.
>
> With the revised tire warmup procedure and the lowering of my shift
> points, I set my best ets in both the 1/8 (9.766) and 1/4 (15.268)
> with no shift problems.
>
> Experiment with your tire warmup revs and shift points ... you may
> find that you no longer have WOT shift problems with the kit. Let me
> know how you make out.
>
> Now, for some 50F and low humidity days ...
>
> Bob, Burlington, Ontario
> '97 FR CC Sport, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto., 15.268 @ 88.86
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