A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in?
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A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? Not sure if this is being asking in the right forum, but here goes....
all you A4/converter guys....when you race, what do you use? OD, D, 2nd?
for example: if I am going to do a "25 punch", should I manually bring the car into 1st, and shift to D after I go...??
for referance: my first gear is good till 43mph..
the only reason I ask, is that I was told if you drop the car into gear, there is no delay of downshifting, which is where I lose the most ground during a race....
Hope this makes sense, thanks for any advice
Alex
all you A4/converter guys....when you race, what do you use? OD, D, 2nd?
for example: if I am going to do a "25 punch", should I manually bring the car into 1st, and shift to D after I go...??
for referance: my first gear is good till 43mph..
the only reason I ask, is that I was told if you drop the car into gear, there is no delay of downshifting, which is where I lose the most ground during a race....
Hope this makes sense, thanks for any advice
Alex
Re: A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? Some of the people w/stall converters and '01-'02 cars are saying OD is best, for the best 2-3 shift....Anyone comment on this? WJ. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? OD seems to shift faster, IMO
the only problem I have, is when racing an M6 from a roll, I lose too much ground waiting for my car to downshift and go....
I can hold my own once I'm at WOT, but getting to that point is what kills me... <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
the only problem I have, is when racing an M6 from a roll, I lose too much ground waiting for my car to downshift and go....
I can hold my own once I'm at WOT, but getting to that point is what kills me... <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
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Re: A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? just in case anybody doesn't know, OD on the Z28 is D on the Trans-Am, then D on the Z28 is 3 on the Trans-Am then the rest is the same. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
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Re: A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? If your going from a stop you could do it manually but there will be a delay. With my TransGo shift kit, there is no delay on the 1-2 shift so I can do it manually which is really cool but the 2-3 and 3-4 has a delay still but not as big. Also, with the TransGo, my tranny downshifts immeaditaley now when I floor it which is a really good thing.
Manually dropping down to 1 should really only be done if your right above 30mph and probably below 35-40mph. Make sure you floor it first though and you will need to the throw the shifter into 2 or 3 right away if you do this. The car will automatically drop to first if you are doing 30mph or below on a 3.23 rear gear so there's no point of doing it manually then.
If your in Texas around Houston and want to find an awesome tranny guy who knows everything <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> check out Mike Kurtz and Century Automotive. He does some special stuff when he installs the TransGo to get it to shift harder than the 3 washer setting would which is really sweet
Chris
Manually dropping down to 1 should really only be done if your right above 30mph and probably below 35-40mph. Make sure you floor it first though and you will need to the throw the shifter into 2 or 3 right away if you do this. The car will automatically drop to first if you are doing 30mph or below on a 3.23 rear gear so there's no point of doing it manually then.
If your in Texas around Houston and want to find an awesome tranny guy who knows everything <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> check out Mike Kurtz and Century Automotive. He does some special stuff when he installs the TransGo to get it to shift harder than the 3 washer setting would which is really sweet
Chris
Re: A4/Converter guys.....what do u race in? ive always left mine in 3rd in my TA at the track...
but someone said above about putting their's in 3rd on the street to help in a roll race. I think thats true, cause the delay in getting the car to kick down and go kills us from a roll against a M6.. all the do is downshift, it it, and they are already gone before our cars get in gear <img border="0" alt="[shoot]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" />
but someone said above about putting their's in 3rd on the street to help in a roll race. I think thats true, cause the delay in getting the car to kick down and go kills us from a roll against a M6.. all the do is downshift, it it, and they are already gone before our cars get in gear <img border="0" alt="[shoot]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" />