I tried e-mailing Lonnie but haven't heard back yet, so figured I would post here.
I would like to know the best way to go about changing shift points during light/mid throttle. At light throttle, car upshifts early and I'm in 3rd gear by 20mph. At slightly higher, say mid throttle, the 2nd-3rd upshift is sometimes nice and solid and other times it kinda bogs the car for a second before it fully engages. At heavy/WOT, shifts are great. However, if I'm in 3rd and roll into WOT, I have to really mash the pedal down hard in order for it to downshift from 3rd to 2nd. It also has the 2-3 "stutter" thing pretty bad where at light throttle it seems confused as to which gear it wants to be in. Also, while cruising in 4th and need to drop into 3rd (like accelerating to pass) throttle must be opened to at LEAST 3/4 in order for it to downshift. It takes too much effort to get it to downshift. It's like driving a five speed and trying to accelerate briskly in 5th gear without downshifting. I've played around with the governor and put in my stocker but shift points were a little too late and at WOT, car was revving 6000+ rpm. According to Lonnie, they calibrate the governor weight to match the build and the set up of the valve body, which makes sense. I understand there is more to adjusting shift points than shaving weight off of the governor so, I want to see what my options are for adjustment. TV cable is set properly to factory spec.
Very light throttle (like driving in a school zone):
1-2: 1900 RPM @ 13 MPH
2-3: 1700 RPM @ 19 MPH (trans shutters every time and when 3rd does engage, it bogs the car down)
Light throttle (like taking off from a stop light):
1-2: 2500-2700 RPM @ 15 MPH
2-3: 2000 RPM @ 23 MPH (car always bogs down and it takes takes a second for 3rd to fully engage)
I would like to know the best way to go about changing shift points during light/mid throttle. At light throttle, car upshifts early and I'm in 3rd gear by 20mph. At slightly higher, say mid throttle, the 2nd-3rd upshift is sometimes nice and solid and other times it kinda bogs the car for a second before it fully engages. At heavy/WOT, shifts are great. However, if I'm in 3rd and roll into WOT, I have to really mash the pedal down hard in order for it to downshift from 3rd to 2nd. It also has the 2-3 "stutter" thing pretty bad where at light throttle it seems confused as to which gear it wants to be in. Also, while cruising in 4th and need to drop into 3rd (like accelerating to pass) throttle must be opened to at LEAST 3/4 in order for it to downshift. It takes too much effort to get it to downshift. It's like driving a five speed and trying to accelerate briskly in 5th gear without downshifting. I've played around with the governor and put in my stocker but shift points were a little too late and at WOT, car was revving 6000+ rpm. According to Lonnie, they calibrate the governor weight to match the build and the set up of the valve body, which makes sense. I understand there is more to adjusting shift points than shaving weight off of the governor so, I want to see what my options are for adjustment. TV cable is set properly to factory spec.
Very light throttle (like driving in a school zone):
1-2: 1900 RPM @ 13 MPH
2-3: 1700 RPM @ 19 MPH (trans shutters every time and when 3rd does engage, it bogs the car down)
Light throttle (like taking off from a stop light):
1-2: 2500-2700 RPM @ 15 MPH
2-3: 2000 RPM @ 23 MPH (car always bogs down and it takes takes a second for 3rd to fully engage)