shifting out of 1st with gear selector on 1
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I know its an old thread but I'm just searching for answers!!
so what do you change in the tune to stop this??????
When I stomp mine, i want to float the throttle to keep it outta the rev limiter and it shift to 2nd gear on me.....I need a cure!
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Using the TransGo is the better way to have it, vs getting it tuned to hold 1st gear.
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I already have a built tranny, dont really want to change to another shift kit. I have not found anything from a search to tune it to stay in low gear when commanded in low gear
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A transgo WILL fix this. It basically turns it into a full manual setup whenever the shifter is not in (D). If its in 3, it will start in 3rd gear 1:1. 2nd gear 1.48, and so on (assuming its a 4l80 lol) And you can also back/down shift whenever you want too. I know before If I wanted to engine brake behind someone on the interstate doing like 85 and I pulled it into 2nd it would only backshift into 3rd until it slowed down to 80, then hang on tight because that band tightened around the drum and engaged second and about thew you thru the windshield. Thats an added benefit of the HD2 kit.
On the plus side...or maybe not plus, but kinda cool> The part about the PCM dicking out on you and upshifting for you even though you have it in first, If you take manual first all the way up to like 4 or 5,000rpm and back off the throttle a tiny bit for a second or so, to get the pcm to see the reduced throttle position/load, it will force-upshift into 2nd and chirp the tires. :-P
On the plus side...or maybe not plus, but kinda cool> The part about the PCM dicking out on you and upshifting for you even though you have it in first, If you take manual first all the way up to like 4 or 5,000rpm and back off the throttle a tiny bit for a second or so, to get the pcm to see the reduced throttle position/load, it will force-upshift into 2nd and chirp the tires. :-P