How about a transmission tuning tutorial!

[joecar]

Thanks.
Good ideas.
We need to organize it and tidy it up and think up all angles.


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[Black02SS]

Thanks.
Good ideas.
We need to organize it and tidy it up and think up all angles.


Edit: I added 2 edits to the above description.

For a temporary solution, I have taken your post and made it a PDF and hosted it for others to download. Figure until it gets all tidy and stuff at least it can be saved easily. If you have a problem with this, I'll be happy to remove it or if you like it I can edit it as you wish.

A4 Tutorial by joecar
Must have adobe acrobat to view.

PS - I didn't see any mention of if a shift kit is installed. I have always read to put the shift times to 0 to disable adaptive shift learning

[Redline Motorsports]

This is all great stuff! Black, thanks for pdfin' that info. I also think that it is important that we also elaborate on what the parameters are actually controlling when providing "tricks" and "settings". Also knowing safe ranges of parameters so we can tell if we are getting off course with the adjustments. I thought I had read in the past where some settings could destroy the pump if moved to far. Warnings like this should also be addressed.

I have noticed that the "torque reduction" seems to be a big factor for firming up the shifts.............if I where to just adjust the TR %, will it firm up all the shifts without any other changes?

Howard

[joecar]

..if I where to just adjust the TR %, will it firm up all the shifts without any other changes?

Howard,

For safety, bump up shift pressure some (to reduce clutch/band slip), and reduce shift time to around 0.3s;
for street use, don't overdo shift pressure.
Then adjusting TR down will increase the firm feel.

[joecar]

For a temporary solution, I have taken your post and made it a PDF and hosted it for others to download. Figure until it gets all tidy and stuff at least it can be saved easily. If you have a problem with this, I'll be happy to remove it or if you like it I can edit it as you wish.

A4 Tutorial by joecar
Must have adobe acrobat to view.

PS - I didn't see any mention of if a shift kit is installed. I have always read to put the shift times to 0 to disable adaptive shift learning

Chad, thanks, I do appreciate your help .
I don't have PDF tools (but I do have various C/C++ cross-compilers/assemblers for x86, 68K and PPC... ).

My F-bird doesn't seem to do adaptive shift learning, so I can't say much about disabling this;
someone else knows this so I'll let them chime in.

Cheers
Joe