? about fluid level
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? about fluid level When i manually shift my trany for roll races (i know i know, i should never manually shift but its a turd if i dont) im having trouble with the 2-3 shift, ill shift early around 5k and it will still bounce off the limiter and ill have to let out a little and get back in it for it to shift. It never has a problem under normal driving or WOT if i leave it in D... So i check my fluid level today and its a little low, and my buddy told me to add some fluid and it will probly help it...
So i go to autozone to get some trany fluid and see another one of my friends (who just graduated from wyotech) and tell him the problem and he then tells me not to add any, he said if i fill it up all the way it will slosh around and cause foam and my tranny will go out... So what should i do? which freind is full of ****? Also im not sure as to what fluid is in it now, i assume the factory fluid seeing as how i bought the car with 35k on the clock and it had no mods whatsoever so is there fluid that mixes better than others?
So i go to autozone to get some trany fluid and see another one of my friends (who just graduated from wyotech) and tell him the problem and he then tells me not to add any, he said if i fill it up all the way it will slosh around and cause foam and my tranny will go out... So what should i do? which freind is full of ****? Also im not sure as to what fluid is in it now, i assume the factory fluid seeing as how i bought the car with 35k on the clock and it had no mods whatsoever so is there fluid that mixes better than others?
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mine did the same thing. you arent commanding the tranny to do anything by moving that lever. its all in the computers hands. this is what i do....if i roll race from second i bring it down manually so my rpms are up before the race. i take off in second and shift early and let the computer take me to red line and shift. the computers in these cars dont shift when you move the lever, not at WOT like what you are talking about.
mine did the same thing. you arent commanding the tranny to do anything by moving that lever. its all in the computers hands. this is what i do....if i roll race from second i bring it down manually so my rpms are up before the race. i take off in second and shift early and let the computer take me to red line and shift. the computers in these cars dont shift when you move the lever, not at WOT like what you are talking about.
When i manually shift my trany for roll races (i know i know, i should never manually shift but its a turd if i dont) im having trouble with the 2-3 shift, ill shift early around 5k and it will still bounce off the limiter and ill have to let out a little and get back in it for it to shift. It never has a problem under normal driving or WOT if i leave it in D... So i check my fluid level today and its a little low, and my buddy told me to add some fluid and it will probly help it...
So i go to autozone to get some trany fluid and see another one of my friends (who just graduated from wyotech) and tell him the problem and he then tells me not to add any, he said if i fill it up all the way it will slosh around and cause foam and my tranny will go out... So what should i do? which freind is full of ****? Also im not sure as to what fluid is in it now, i assume the factory fluid seeing as how i bought the car with 35k on the clock and it had no mods whatsoever so is there fluid that mixes better than others?
So i go to autozone to get some trany fluid and see another one of my friends (who just graduated from wyotech) and tell him the problem and he then tells me not to add any, he said if i fill it up all the way it will slosh around and cause foam and my tranny will go out... So what should i do? which freind is full of ****? Also im not sure as to what fluid is in it now, i assume the factory fluid seeing as how i bought the car with 35k on the clock and it had no mods whatsoever so is there fluid that mixes better than others?
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^^^right but what i was saying is i dont wait till i NEED to shift to click it up to D. i do it early bc the computer wont command it at WOT anyway and i have bumped the limiter before trying to wait till the last sec.
fill the tranny, make sure the car is on in park etc etc.
but as the manually shifting thing, i do it as well from a roll race. the minute i hit it, i throw the shifter up into D. so i do not hit the limiter.
in first gear i used to have issues when i was a novice at how the auto worked in the fbody. First gear ends fast, and even if i knock it up into second before it shifts it still hits the limiter. so now if i roll from first or second, i pop it into drive immediatly after i go WOT. havent had an issue yet doing it that way.
the worst thing to do unless you have a manual valvebody is wait to shift at redline, the car will not do it. and you will hit the limiter
but as the manually shifting thing, i do it as well from a roll race. the minute i hit it, i throw the shifter up into D. so i do not hit the limiter.
in first gear i used to have issues when i was a novice at how the auto worked in the fbody. First gear ends fast, and even if i knock it up into second before it shifts it still hits the limiter. so now if i roll from first or second, i pop it into drive immediatly after i go WOT. havent had an issue yet doing it that way.
the worst thing to do unless you have a manual valvebody is wait to shift at redline, the car will not do it. and you will hit the limiter
