Will this destroy Tranny?
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I dunno. I do it every day. 3000 RPMS is pretty low. I slap it down to 1 and let the RPM's zip up to 4500RPM and slow me down. I also run 1 out to 5500 all the time.
50,000 miles later she still shifts like the day i got it.
BUT. I am about to do a 5-spd swap, so i don't care about my AOD. I am TRYING to blow it up
50,000 miles later she still shifts like the day i got it.
BUT. I am about to do a 5-spd swap, so i don't care about my AOD. I am TRYING to blow it up
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madonionrs said:
well, that's the whole purpose of that selector position.
Any tranny wear that might occur during these shifts can be minimized by holding the throttle open a bit just as you downshift, and closing the throttle before you upshift... just as you would if driving a nonsynchronized manual transmission.
aod's are certainly the furthest out from the strongest tranny made.
Aod's are weak, and I wouldn't trust one as far as I can throw it. The lower gears are not there to shift around like a manual. The 2 is there for people in snow, so they can start out in a gear and have less wheel spin, and the o/d function is there for the freeway.
If you want to shift it like a manual, put one in, or spend the money to upgrade the tranny with a manual valve body, which will allow you to shift it that way all day long without breaking it.
Aod's are weak, and I wouldn't trust one as far as I can throw it. The lower gears are not there to shift around like a manual. The 2 is there for people in snow, so they can start out in a gear and have less wheel spin, and the o/d function is there for the freeway.
If you want to shift it like a manual, put one in, or spend the money to upgrade the tranny with a manual valve body, which will allow you to shift it that way all day long without breaking it.
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madonionrs said:
when you downshift, the transmission has to force the engine to higher speed. It does this all the time, but if you are about to manually downshift, and step on the gas, the idea is that the engine will rev itself to the higher speed as the shift is taking place, rather than put the stress on the clutches.
AOD furthest out from strongest tranny made? Does this mean the dude should swap in an A4LD?
one thing for sure, you should have gotten a manual.
Ray III said:when you downshift, the transmission has to force the engine to higher speed. It does this all the time, but if you are about to manually downshift, and step on the gas, the idea is that the engine will rev itself to the higher speed as the shift is taking place, rather than put the stress on the clutches.
AOD furthest out from strongest tranny made? Does this mean the dude should swap in an A4LD?
one thing for sure, you should have gotten a manual.
I really wanted one... but I was impatient.. and fell in love with this one
Js5ohLX said:
aod's can be pretty bad ass when done up right. we almost did my bros 88 notch aod up, but ultimately he opted to row it himself, so we did a 5 speed conversion on his notch 2 weeks ago, boy was that a lot of work.
hey RAY 111, ya, forgot about the a4ld, lol, my first car was an 89 mustang 4 banger notch. Damn tranny went out at 45k. I got my first mustang-transmission experience at a very young age
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