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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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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.

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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Just keep it on the floor and shift.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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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
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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Get your tranny tuned so it shifts where you want it to, then put it in OD and forget about it.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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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
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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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.
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Ummm press the pedal down lol.
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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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
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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
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