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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 07:18 AM
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Default Another thanks to Don @ Slowhawk performance!

I just put a ss3600 stall in and needed a tune for a while even before the stall. Just minor mods nothing big. Iv had the car tuned by another shop 1 1/2 years ago and Don found the trans pressures through the roof after checking the other shops tune. Everything was adjusted and the car drives great! I finally feel that I can take my car to one tuner and it will be right. I will not waste my time with other shops anymore. Now I cant wait to take it to the track
Thanks Don!

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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Yea, if a shop does a tune, a common practice is to raise the pressure but I have found most times this leads to premature failure. PCM4Less had done a tune for my LT1 car and when the trans was rebuilt for the first time we had a Trans Go Shift kit installed and same issue. They also needed to tune to allow WOT for the 3-4 shift and to allow it not to drop back to 3rd.

Glad it worked out, GL on your track runs.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Yea, if a shop does a tune, a common practice is to raise the pressure but I have found most times this leads to premature failure. PCM4Less had done a tune for my LT1 car and when the trans was rebuilt for the first time we had a Trans Go Shift kit installed and same issue. They also needed to tune to allow WOT for the 3-4 shift and to allow it not to drop back to 3rd.

Glad it worked out, GL on your track runs.
Not 300% of raising pressure.Thats when you can shear the pump off.

Senical did some great work to his car. The tune wasn't bad except the tranny shift pressure's cranked to the moon. They didn't touch timing at all and commanded A/F was set to 10.6-1. We cleaned it up and spent some time on the street/ dyno. Car came out very good.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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Nice Job, and that would suck if that damage were to occur.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 01:27 PM
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congrats man
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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Yea but Don, the barking shifts were cool though....bwahhhhhhhhhhhh...ert...bwahhHHHHHHHHHH. ..ERT...BWAHHMMBABBBAAAAA.

I imagine there must have been some damage done beating on it some in 1 1/2 years with that tune, 50-75 passes, street driving, and having almost 94k on it. Drives great now though.
Thanks guys.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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It is cool except when you spin around in an intersection..LOL The tires breaking loose probly saved the tranny. It was still shifting tight for the mileage.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
It is cool except when you spin around in an intersection..LOL
oh **** moment?
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i have seen it before a buddy of mine in his 4 runner lol.

Congrats on the new tune and stall. I got mine retuned (originally tuned in 2002 by another shop) by don and discovered A/F was way off and 6* too much timing.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
It is cool except when you spin around in an intersection..LOL
That happened to me a few years ago! Pulled out hit 2nd , the rear came around(didn't hit anybody!) and gently tapped the curb. Hammered the throttle and took off in the other direction I was headed! lol
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A real badass woulda done a full 360.
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That happened to me a few years ago! Pulled out hit 2nd , the rear came around(didn't hit anybody!) and gently tapped the curb. Hammered the throttle and took off in the other direction I was headed! lol
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JJsnowking
A real badass woulda done a full 360.
Yea, and bitch slaped all the other cars in the intersection with its bumper
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