4L60E Manual Shifting...
08-26-2007, 11:30 AM
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4L60E Manual Shifting... Is it bad? I usually just shift it manualy here in town, but just while cruising. The transmission is in a '96 Trans Am with 96K on it and I was wondering if it would mess anything up. I wouldn't want to have to buy another transmission now.
08-27-2007, 11:40 PM
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yea i usually do that too but when i got my transmission rebuilt for my 73 camaro the guy said its fine up shifting manually but its not a good idea to downshift manually like you would do in a manual, let the car stop then shift back to one and then keep going
08-28-2007, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by enos44
yea i usually do that too but when i got my transmission rebuilt for my 73 camaro the guy said its fine up shifting manually but its not a good idea to downshift manually like you would do in a manual, let the car stop then shift back to one and then keep going
08-31-2007, 11:23 AM
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Why bother doing that? You're not going to make the car any faster by manually shifting an electric automatic. If you want to manually shift an automatic, put a manual valve body in it
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08-31-2007, 12:43 PM
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its pointless....theres no way you can shift faster than the computer. there is no point to manual shifting unless you have a turbo 300 or 400 tranny....
09-01-2007, 12:44 PM
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my car shifts into second whenever i put it in second from first. i can be rolling 5mph in first, put it in second and if shifts into it right when i do it, not when it feels like it. it will also take off in second too if i leave it in second from a stop. but ive heard manually shifting them is bad so i dont really do it anymore.
