So I finnaly after forever DROVE the fire yesterday with boost, I am pushing 6PSI and well its all awsome power wase HOWEVER It acts like its straining to shift from 1-2nd and from 2nd to 3rd(4th is fine)
When I get on it is when this happens, if I just lean into the petal(drive "normal") it shifts ok
You can hear the problem in the video, I have to let off the gas to get it to shift, you can even hear it hit the rev limiter 1 time
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vidy no worky....but my auto m45'd Cavalier would do the same thing sometimes. It was odd...just rarely did it though.
shift plus is a great friend to the auto
as well as having the trans tuned via HPT
Opps the VIDEO is here> SUNFIRE PULL
I may go ahead and order a shift plus next, as for the HPT its alot of $ but I guess Illt ry and get it after I have the paint and interiro back together.
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How many miles on the car? Id like to think its the TC which isnt fully engaging... I have this problem on my car n/a and everyone says its the tc (been to 2 shops for other work and i had an aamco check it out) -- it goes away when i turn on the ol' shift+ however (but its getting weaker)
thats my guess.
Fresh engine and tranny, just dropped it in last year so it has about 20k miles on it max
Thats hard to say then, but mine started acting up at like 40K miles
I got an auto trans interceptor Same as Shift Plus Email me if ur interested.
My bet is it is your TC. Sounds like my cav. The TC is slowly going away. I can not tell with my shift plus on, but with it off at high RPMs you can tell and hear it.
My car has torque converter shutter, as the old guys at the track call it.
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Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
Hows it pull on just 6psi?
Pulls awsome, I really didnt expect to get what I got out of it. Its a shot tire on the front right so it dosent get great traction, but by only stomping the gas(no ebrake) it spints through 1st, 2nd, and about half of 3rd
Your transmission is slipping. It is definately the torque converter circuit board. Go to autozone and get a diagnostic. That's what it should read. Eventually, it will get stuck every once and awhile then it will skip extremely hard and cough extremely bad. I drove my car like that for 4 months. It just gets worse and then it happens all the time. I can't tell you how much it is to fix it. Not cheap though. My car is in the shop. A guy is going to look at my tranny, but first he has to put the motor in. I'll let you know in a week. Go to autozone though and see if I am right.
