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Old 08-03-2009, 05:26 PM
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my silverado has a shift kit and it shift very hard into second gear, my friend has a lightning and after he installed a diablo sport chip it shifts very hard too, so my question is what the difference, is it the same or what better?

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he installed a Diablo Programmer... not a "chip"


Basically his increased line pressure with the PCM..

Yours has a shift kit with im sure a boost valve in the pump, larger holes in the valve body for flow and different accumulators and springs..

one is mechanical and the other is electrical.
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what he said ^^
Increasing line pressure can be done mechanically (not sure why but I like it better) or electronicallly. Do you have a custom tune? if so the line pressures should be near stock.
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YEAH ITS A PROGRAMMER IM SORRY :S

well i had known that b4 i would have done it with a tune cuz that i wana do anyways and i could use the money of the shift kit for something else... but anyways too late for that...

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