I used to hear people say that on a quicker car with a stock transmission pan you could fill the transmission a little higher than the "full" line up to the zig-zag in the stock transmission dipstick. I have had my transmission this way for a few years.
Recently after making some improvements and the car sitting a lot and/or not going WOT, I've noticed that after running the car hard up into third gear that if I slow down to a stop, the car feels like it is staying in third gear even slowing down to 5-10 mph and taking off. Then after accelerating for a few seconds at light throttle, it will kick down into second like it should. It doesn't have this issue if you are driving it around normally.
Any ideas? FWIW the car is, I'm guessing, about a 10.0 car in the quarter. I'm wondering if it could be an issue related to the fluid level in the transmission, but I don't know. It is a "Good Era" Brian Hoffer transmission I've had for several years.
Recently after making some improvements and the car sitting a lot and/or not going WOT, I've noticed that after running the car hard up into third gear that if I slow down to a stop, the car feels like it is staying in third gear even slowing down to 5-10 mph and taking off. Then after accelerating for a few seconds at light throttle, it will kick down into second like it should. It doesn't have this issue if you are driving it around normally.
Any ideas? FWIW the car is, I'm guessing, about a 10.0 car in the quarter. I'm wondering if it could be an issue related to the fluid level in the transmission, but I don't know. It is a "Good Era" Brian Hoffer transmission I've had for several years.