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just drive the dam thing if you beat on it it will eventually break... but just to add i beat the **** out of my car and i leave it in 4th even though i knoe the 4-2 shift is suppose to be the weaklink in a 4l60e i think so long as you keep things cool your tranny woll probally enjoy a long life....if your really worried id put th selector in 3rd before a race this way you dont have to come out of overdrive on the wot downshift
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Originally Posted by Jpr5690
just drive the dam thing if you beat on it it will eventually break... but just to add i beat the **** out of my car and i leave it in 4th even though i knoe the 4-2 shift is suppose to be the weaklink in a 4l60e i think so long as you keep things cool your tranny woll probally enjoy a long life....if your really worried id put th selector in 3rd before a race this way you dont have to come out of overdrive on the wot downshift
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Originally Posted by Jpr5690
just drive the dam thing if you beat on it it will eventually break... but just to add i beat the **** out of my car and i leave it in 4th even though i knoe the 4-2 shift is suppose to be the weaklink in a 4l60e i think so long as you keep things cool your tranny woll probally enjoy a long life....if your really worried id put th selector in 3rd before a race this way you dont have to come out of overdrive on the wot downshift
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I just replace mine every couple of months I drive a heavy *** truck though.
Ive heard before that the worst thing for the 4l60's is the WOT 4-2 downshift. I dont understand enough to know why, but I know that of the trannys Ive fried since September, most have lost the 3-4 clutch pak. I dont know where the 4-2 downshift comes into play here, or if it does, but if you are making a lot of power and drive the **** out of it it WILL break. Thats when you get a real one built.
Ive heard before that the worst thing for the 4l60's is the WOT 4-2 downshift. I dont understand enough to know why, but I know that of the trannys Ive fried since September, most have lost the 3-4 clutch pak. I dont know where the 4-2 downshift comes into play here, or if it does, but if you are making a lot of power and drive the **** out of it it WILL break. Thats when you get a real one built.
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Originally Posted by Madmax054
All this **** is confusing the hell out of me. For racing a 1/4 mile from a dead stop with no tranny work(no converter or cooler), whats better D or OD?
like stated earlier..from a stop leave it in OD..from a roll...drop it into D but as you do it press the gas to keep the rpm's up so it doesnt drop hard into the lower gear..
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this thread is retarded. we will never know the answer because people arent talking about the same thing in each reply. some are talking 4-2 shift others are talking 4-3 shift. i argued with a local tranny builder about tearing up the tranny from leaving it in OD and he said it doesnt hurt it going 4-3. i then tried to explain to him that it was going4-2 not 4-3 and he said that the tranny doesnt do that and if it did it still wouldnt tear it up. as rough as that shift(4-2) feels i guarantee its hurting something or at least wearing it out faster. heck, i killed my tranny in 10k miles racing about 3-4 cars a month every time from a roll. so in 3 months i killed my tranny but 4-2 has nothing to do with it???? btw, i race from a roll cuz i have no traction from a stop in my pickup. basically, if you think you are tearing something up you probably are so stop doing it or buy a better tranny.
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Originally Posted by pSSycotic
like stated earlier..from a stop leave it in OD..from a roll...drop it into D but as you do it press the gas to keep the rpm's up so it doesnt drop hard into the lower gear..
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Originally Posted by ohohsilverado
this thread is retarded. basically, if you think you are tearing something up you probably are so stop doing it or buy a better tranny.
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Originally Posted by pSSycotic
HA i wish....if im gion 60-70 and floor it...my downshifts dont catch and it will redline until i get off the gas and then it catches... i need to fix it....any other time it shifts very firm...any ideas of what to do to fix it...im plannin on a tranny cooler next week