kc8oye Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 ok.. this is kind of compliated to explain, so I'll do my best. I got thinking about today, and I realized why my gutless fwd v6 feels like it can accellerate better at part throttle over my monte with a v8... I noticed that even at part, PART throttle, the olds will really delay the upshift. at say.. 30% throttle or so, it will hold onto 1st gear up to 4000 rpm, make a fairly soft shift, and do somthing similar in 2nd. now.. is there a way to generate this behavior in a TH350 w/o making ALL the shift points rediculously high, or it wanting to downshift the 1st time I breathe on the throttle? when I stand on it, I get a nice tire-screeching shift into 2nd @ 5000 rpm or so, which is awesome... but pretty much anything less then full throttle and it tends to shift way too early. Granted I make enough torque to get away with it, but it just makes it feel doggy around town... Is what I want even possible? or is this just one of those things we get spoiled with, with the modern electronicly-controlled trans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 you can mess with the shift govener settings to make it shift harder you can find a how to on www.montecarloss.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 I don't want to shift harder, I want it to shift later at mid-throttle light throttle shifts are great.. but mid and WOT I want later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Buy an adjustable vaccum modulator. They are a breeze to intstall and easier to adjust. Off of a weak memory, I think I paid about 15.00 for a B&M one. My understanding, which could be way off, is this directly effects line pressure. So if the trans is shifting too earlly, the line pressure could be low enough to cause slippage. I adjusted mine to shift at about 2,500 under light throttle. I would not adjust it under 2,000. Hope that helps, Big J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex's72fgmc Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 why not adjust the 350 trans cable a little bit?? i am not sure on the exact results but you can delay the shift a little bit or shift a little earlier to with that am i wrong guys?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted June 12, 2004 Author Share Posted June 12, 2004 you can adjust the cable, but only a little bit alex, before it starts interfering with being able to GET to WOT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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