trans- go installed
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trans- go installed just got my 02 t.a. back sat. from the speed shop where I had a ton of mods done and one of them was a transgo shift kit . I now have also 373 gears and my question is It goes thru the gears so fast I really dont feel any real head jurking, and just manuel shifting 1-3 Im not getting a real BANG when i shift .? Is this normal or did they not set somthing up right .? I havent yet stood on it and let it go thru all the gears at wot.I also own a 1969 firebird 400 with a auto trans. and I had that rebuilt with a shift kit and that thing will cherp the tires going into 2nd gear all by its self.Im a little 
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here.? so be happy its done ight the ones who try and take it beyond that point on stock internals are the ones that end up complaining of burnt bands and clutches.... if ya has a big converter and had deleted tq management then you would be alot more likely to chirp em thru the gears but like i said wheel chirping shifts on stock internals is generally a bad idea
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You do not mention if you had a TC change, however I read that you have a 2002 model vehicle.
I believe that a Transgo shift kit, firms up the shifts by increasing the line pressure in the transmission. I am surprised it shifts correctly if you have not adjusted or deleted your aggressive torque management.
I have a 2001 Z28, and after a mild TC swap (Y3000, 2.0 STR) coupled with a transgo shift kit #3 washer, and a Super 2-4 billet servo, the vehicle ran horribley. It was not until I had it proffessionally dyno tuned, that they corrected all the problems. They had to completley delete the torque management, and adjust my shift points (both MPH & RPM), before it would dyno correctley.
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I believe that a Transgo shift kit, firms up the shifts by increasing the line pressure in the transmission. I am surprised it shifts correctly if you have not adjusted or deleted your aggressive torque management.
I have a 2001 Z28, and after a mild TC swap (Y3000, 2.0 STR) coupled with a transgo shift kit #3 washer, and a Super 2-4 billet servo, the vehicle ran horribley. It was not until I had it proffessionally dyno tuned, that they corrected all the problems. They had to completley delete the torque management, and adjust my shift points (both MPH & RPM), before it would dyno correctley.
SteveC
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Im sorry , yes I do have an after market tc, 2800-3200 they told me at the shop where i had it done that it would be alot firmer, and that aTRANSGO takes alot of time to install because of theres alot more stuff to do then If i went with just a B&M, but after I got It the shifts still drag like the stock trans. under normal exceleration.Is this normal, because I wouldnt have spent the xtra bucks to get the same perf. as I had with the stock one.I think somthings f##ked up.
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I have driven a '98 Camaro with a vig-3200 and a Trans-go and the shifts were just kinda had quick firm feeling, nothing that is going to really snap your neck. I bet an a4 with no stall and a 3 washer setup will give you the hard snap neck style shift you may have expected
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Originally Posted by yellowbird
Im sorry , yes I do have an after market tc, 2800-3200 they told me at the shop where i had it done that it would be alot firmer, and that aTRANSGO takes alot of time to install because of theres alot more stuff to do then If i went with just a B&M, but after I got It the shifts still drag like the stock trans. under normal exceleration.Is this normal, because I wouldnt have spent the xtra bucks to get the same perf. as I had with the stock one.I think somthings f##ked up.
After the dyno tune, my shifts were crisper, and even. At a guess, you would also need your shift points changed, I know my vehicle did not run shift properly with the stock shift points.
SteveC