how to shift a A4?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Oct 13, 2007 | 07:36 PM

motownZ

Thread Starter

Launching!

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 242

Likes: 0

how to shift a A4?

well i know when its in OD its just gunning it, but tried shifting it today and are you supposed to let off the gas when shifting, or just pedel to the floor then keep moving gears.

thanks

Oct 13, 2007 | 08:34 PM

performabuilt

LS1Tech Sponsor

iTrader: (25)

Joined: Aug 2006

Posts: 10,854

Likes: 80

From: BLOOMSBURG PA

Just keep it on the floor and shift.

__________________

Built..PerformaBuilt..Tough

Call 888-744-6542

Oct 13, 2007 | 09:37 PM

motownZ

Thread Starter

Launching!

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 242

Likes: 0

thanks, ill try that on suday test and tune, to see what works with me. is it hard on anything? or reliabol doing it that way.

but thanks for your hwlp, im new to all of this

Oct 13, 2007 | 10:11 PM

RevGTO

Pontiacerator

iTrader: (12)

Joined: Nov 2003

Posts: 6,216

Likes: 236

From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego

Get your tranny tuned so it shifts where you want it to, then put it in OD and forget about it.

Oct 13, 2007 | 10:15 PM

motownZ

Thread Starter

Launching!

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 242

Likes: 0

i know just wanted to try what "some people say works the best for them" , but from what i hear , leaving in OD is the best.

just wanted to know everything before i tried it out on sunday

Oct 13, 2007 | 10:26 PM

SSChevy99

On The Tree

Joined: Oct 2007

Posts: 160

Likes: 0

Yeah dude, in an auto, just bury you foot into the pedal and shift just before it bumps the rev limiter. Had a rachet shifter in my 71. LOADS of fun! Now i goe a t56 in my ss.

Oct 13, 2007 | 10:40 PM

Z28LS1camaroguy

TECH Addict

iTrader: (3)

Joined: Apr 2005

Posts: 2,905

Likes: 0

From: Northern Kentucky

Ummm press the pedal down lol.

6 Gifts Neither Your Dad Nor Grad Will Shove Into the 'Trinket Drawer'

Brett Foote

Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?

Pouria Savadkouei

Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine

Verdad Gallardo

7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built

Verdad Gallardo

Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin

Verdad Gallardo

6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them

Pouria Savadkouei

Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked

Pouria Savadkouei

Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!

Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP

Verdad Gallardo

Oct 15, 2007 | 11:04 PM

*98TransAm*

TECH Resident

Joined: Jul 2007

Posts: 818

Likes: 0

From: Iowa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strahley

Get the shift points tuned correctly, put the shifter in D, and push down the gas pedal. There's no reason to try and manually shift an electronic automatic

+1, let the PCM shift your car