n00b A4 shifting q's
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n00b A4 shifting q's
Anyone care to help an F-body n00b out? I just picked up a '98 Z28 A4 and have a question about the way it shifts. On the way home after puchasing the car I figured I would slightly violate the posted speed limit on the highway. With the transmission in D (with the circle around it) I had it floored. The engine bounced off of the rev limiter a couple of times in 3rd before shifting to 4th. I tried it a few more times and it would always bounce off of the rev limiter in 3rd before shifting to 4th. Other than that, the car drives great for having 97k miles on it and a leaky rear end. Any ideas?
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Did the previous owner adjust the shift points? Look on the door jamb and see if there is a hypertech sticker or something of that nature.
Btw the circle around the D means overdrive.
Btw the circle around the D means overdrive.
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ahh NO!! Hypertech3
Originally Posted by PSYKOZ28
Damn that sucks, either get an HPP3 or have someone with tuning capabilty fix it for you
Hypertech $350
Fried pcm
To get pcm fixed and tuned $50
Smashing now useless Hypertech ......PRICELESS
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Thanks for the tips guys! Why would WOT in OD be bad? Just curious, not questioning your knowledge or anything. Like I said before, I'm new this this whole automatic transmission thing. Any good primers out there on driving an automatic F-body? I've found a little through searching here. Thanks again.
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Check this thread out, it's for stalled cars but it also explains when to use Drive and Overdrive.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=overdrive
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=overdrive
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That was a problem they had with the 98 a4 cars, ALOT of them do it, i guess its just something they fugged up in their computer tuning, i ran into alot of that when i was shopping for my F-body.
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ive NEVER had that happen, before or after HP Tuners was used, and i didnt adjust my shift points. I hope you get it fixed. the only time i hit my rev limiter, it scared the **** out of me!
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Racing in OD is fine. What isn't good is your tranny shifting from 3rd to OD under WoT. That is very, very bad. But that won't happen till 135+ unless you have aftermarket gears like 3.73's or 4.10's.
The other big No-no with a 4L60E is manually downshifting yourself. In other words if your going 35 mph do NOT throw your shifter into 1 unless you like buying new transmissions.
My advice is get a bigger torque converter and tranny cooler. Keep it in 3rd around town, OD on the highway and never shift yourself.
The other big No-no with a 4L60E is manually downshifting yourself. In other words if your going 35 mph do NOT throw your shifter into 1 unless you like buying new transmissions.
My advice is get a bigger torque converter and tranny cooler. Keep it in 3rd around town, OD on the highway and never shift yourself.
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Originally Posted by spy2520
Is there any benefit to shifting an automatic? I figure you can tune the trans to where it would shift itself better than humanly possible.
Nathan