Is the Trans Go Shift Kit worth it????
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Is the Trans Go Shift Kit worth it???? Just picked up a 98 Z28 A4, looking into doing some mods. I had a shift kit in my 88GTA that would chirp 2nd gear. Does this Shift kit do that??? if not what shift kit do you guys recommend to do this.
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Originally Posted by Krazy98TA
Just picked up a 98 Z28 A4, looking into doing some mods. I had a shift kit in my 88GTA that would chirp 2nd gear. Does this Shift kit do that??? if not what shift kit do you guys recommend to do this.
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it should make the stock trans live longer
because the shifts are faster
it doesnt ride the clutches nearly as much.
if i were you guys,
id do the converter first,
THEN put in the transgo with three washers.
put in three before the converter,
and you'll snap your diff
put in less than three with a converter,
your shifts will be mush.
the higher the stall,
the mushier the shifts.
but with three washers and 3.73's
i can still chirp into second even with this 4000 verter.
i really dont like to advertise specific brand names,
(look at my sig, haha)
but in this case i feel i must say,
transgo or NOTHING.
because the shifts are faster
it doesnt ride the clutches nearly as much.
if i were you guys,
id do the converter first,
THEN put in the transgo with three washers.
put in three before the converter,
and you'll snap your diff
put in less than three with a converter,
your shifts will be mush.
the higher the stall,
the mushier the shifts.
but with three washers and 3.73's
i can still chirp into second even with this 4000 verter.
i really dont like to advertise specific brand names,
(look at my sig, haha)
but in this case i feel i must say,
transgo or NOTHING.
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I just got mine done, and it went from feeling fine, to feeling sloppy, and now it wouldn't shift into 3rd on wide open throttle. I took it back and they told me to have the computer rechecked to make sure. They looked at the programming and nothing has changed. I got made and told the guy to look it over again. He had it for 7 days, and gave it back yesterday. Guess what the shifts even felt sloppier than before, and now all of a sudden on the freeway 3rd gear would not engage, and it made it hard to drive on the freeway. So I took it back to the shop and left it for the weekend, and he said he will drive it on monday. Before I got back to the shop 4th wouldn't engage. So I drove the Vette in second ten miles at 55 miles an hour back to the shop. I explained to the guy on the cell phone and he kept telling me that the shift kit had nothing to do with the 2 to 3 shift or the 3 to 4th shift. WTF does that have to do that it worked great before, and now it won't shift and I can't drive it. I am ready to bitch slap the guy. He is also the guy that invented a lot of the modern modifications for the 4l60e working with Art Carr. He even showed me magazine articles that featured him. Now I think the guy thinks that it is impossible that he could have made a mistake. I am very curios to hear from him on Monday to see what he has to say when he sees that it won't shift, but I am starting to have a feeling that somehow he is going to say that I burned out the clutches or something, and that this is my fault. I have not had my car for 2 weeks now, just to get a freaking Transgo shift kit put in.
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The way the Trans-Go Performance Shift kit is setup now, it will not give you the "full" potential that it once did in the past. Reason, the kit is now setup to work with "torque management". If you disable torque management (which you should do in any performance situation) then you can get the maximum out of the kit. I setup this kit to give the maximum under WOT situations, while retaining nice (not harsh) part throttle shifts. If you have any questions on this let me know?
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Originally Posted by Krazy98TA
Just picked up a 98 Z28 A4, looking into doing some mods. I had a shift kit in my 88GTA that would chirp 2nd gear. Does this Shift kit do that??? if not what shift kit do you guys recommend to do this.
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Yes a TransGo (when PROPERLY installed) is a great upgrade. I have it in my Z71 with both billet apply servos (intermediate and OD) and can catch 2nd (bark it) at WOT with 33" A/T tires. But down low my shifts are nice a crisp, not harsh. BUT I have NO washers. They add a lot of harshness to the 1-2 upshift as that's all they effect. I had only one in there with the billets and it pissed me off to no end.
Also be smart, get a fat tranny cooler on there too.
Also be smart, get a fat tranny cooler on there too.
