I just bought a 1998 Trans am A4 83k miles and the guy told me there was a shift kit in it and the shift points need to be adjusted?... Well anyways, wenever I race first gear shifts perfectly but second gear it doesnt shift and bounces off the rev limiter and I would have to let go off the throttle and then it would shift. Other than that the tranny shifts smootha nd perfect when I am driving normal. This is my first automatic Muscle Car so if anyone knows anything about this please help me out.

 

Its the classic lazy 2>3 shift from the 4l60e. You need to command your shifts earlier through a program like HPTuners or EFI-Live.

 

Oh ok..so would it be better to do that right away or wait till I got full exhaust, intake, and gears?

 

I'd invest in EFILive or HPT before spending money on the other mods. It's the single best "mod" you'll ever do; you'll use it again and again to keep your car optimally tuned as you mod it.

 

my car did the same thing.$1600 later my new tranny is bad ***.

 

His tranny is the toaster and just isn't fried yet. Stock 4L60Es aren't very good on a stock Camaro. A shift kit shouldn't effect the shift times just the shift firmness. The CPU has total control of the shift points and no shift kit is gonna change that. I had my stock tranny built back to stock and it still wouldn't nail the 2nd to 3rd shift. I replaced it with a Performabuilt Stage 2 and no more troubles.

 

So if i get the hptuner it's not gunna fix the problem? Do I need a new tranny? It shifts perfectly when I drive normal tho...

 

tuning the PCM will get rid of it, although you may have a problem with the transmission.