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LSX454 swapped 95 BASS burb.

Little lower, little cooler, bigger sounds.
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On a side note.... It's paid off already.
I stopped this morning on my way home, and tried a good burnout.
Usually I stick it in 1rst and leave it there till I want to shift out and let it grab n go.
I had cars coming at me in the distance, so I stopped fast, and had left it in 3rd.
It burned immediately past 1st, right into 2nd, blew all the way through that into 3rd, and started to get ahold of the pavement more before I let up and took off cause the cars were only a mile or so out.

Left a huge plume of smoke in the twilight dawn.
And took off.

Second car in the line coming at me was a sheriff truck :yikes: :whistle:

Never even tapped his brakes lol.

Probably would have been too hard to prove who it was anyway.

Marks looked great.
But I stopped in the wrong place and load me right over one of my last sets :doah:

Pics in the AM
 
I’ve always just left my cars in drive and let em eat. Get em spinning until it quits upshifting and then let off the brake and let em run.
 
Before with the 285's, and all the weight... It just wouldn't do it.
When it hit second it didn't have enough engine to keep em spinning. Usually when it hit 2nd actually, is about when it would grab enough to push the fronts so I'd HAVE to let it go.
 
Not a full manual, so it still technically starts in first.
:dunno: and when it hits second with the big tires, she ain't got enough Uumphff to spin much anymore lol.
 
shady said:
Not a full manual, so it still technically starts in first.
:dunno: and when it hits second with the big tires, she ain't got enough Uumphff to spin much anymore lol.
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I thought that automatic transmissions when put in second will not downshift to first.
Mine are like that.
Works great for snow and ice on take off
 
Every time mine is in 2 it still shifts. I can feel it
All 3 versions of transmission I've had in it. And every other one I've had too :dunno:
In fact, when I'm in town, I just drive it in 2.
 
I usually start in second and click it into 3rd and let off the brake once I've got them going.
 
imiceman44 said:
I thought that automatic transmissions when put in second will not downshift to first.
Mine are like that.
Works great for snow and ice on take off
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Most auto trans unless modified will automatically shift up or down up until the gear you have selected. So if you put it in 3rd(D) instead of 4th (OD) then you just made it a 3 speed. Usually it adds engine braking too whereas its more of a free overrun in high gear.

Now a full manual valve body that is not the case, it's in whatever gear you put it in immediately, but those are usually aftermarket only.



@shady

Not a full manual, so it still technically starts in first.
:dunno: and when it hits second with the big tires, she ain't got enough Uumphff to spin much anymore lol.
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What I usually do if it's not a full manual valve body where you start in 2nd, is start in 1st at low throttle and bump 2nd immediately and then rip the throttle up to get the wheelspeed up.

Also, I got news on your trans. I was starting to think, we have been using these guys for decades, why are they ghosting me now.

Well it turns out they weren't. They had written me back twice after I called and it didn't go through for some reason and they didn't know it, so when I wrote one more time they called me back immediately.

They said that there is likely a thrust washer coming apart and they need to get it back to fix it. They said its most likely covered in warranty since the internal nut coming loose is not your fault. The good news is they can fix it, said it's some weird fluke about the loose nut and also the washer, they are probably not related but they need to open it up to check it out and make sure. The bad news is they need the trans back to fix it but there isn't a reasonable way around that since it was picked up from there.
 
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Most factory automatic transmissions, if they have a selector, will start in 2nd if you put it in second for "snow/ice" mode. His is being run by a Terminator so it doesn't have that functionality anymore. Most factory electronically controlled transmissions will still shift even if you leave it in 1st to protect the engine, they just shift close to redline.
 
folkenheath said:
Most auto trans unless modified will automatically shift up or down up until the gear you have selected. So if you put it in 3rd(D) instead of 4th (OD) then you just made it a 3 speed. Usually it adds engine braking too whereas its more of a free overrun in high gear.

Now a full manual valve body that is not the case, it's in whatever gear you put it in immediately, but those are usually aftermarket only.






What I usually do if it's not a full manual valve body where you start in 2nd, is start in 1st at low throttle and bump 2nd immediately and then rip the throttle up to get the wheelspeed up.

Also, I got news on your trans. I was starting to think, we have been using these guys for decades, why are they ghosting me now.

Well it turns out they weren't. They had written me back twice after I called and it didn't go through for some reason and they didn't know it, so when I wrote one more time they called me back immediately.

They said that there is likely a thrust washer coming apart and they need to get it back to fix it. They said its most likely covered in warranty since the internal nut coming loose is not your fault. The good news is they can fix it, said it's some weird fluke about the loose nut and also the washer, they are probably not related but they need to open it up to check it out and make sure. The bad news is they need the trans back to fix it but there isn't a reasonable way around that since it was picked up from there.
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It'd have to wait a few weeks or month at least.
I'm working a chit load the rest of this month. And guessing it'll be salted roads before too long.
I'm off the first 2 weeks of December. So could maybe pull it and head that way. :dunno:
 
folkenheath said:
Most auto trans unless modified will automatically shift up or down up until the gear you have selected. So if you put it in 3rd(D) instead of 4th (OD) then you just made it a 3 speed. Usually it adds engine braking too whereas its more of a free overrun in high gear.

Now a full manual valve body that is not the case, it's in whatever gear you put it in immediately, but those are usually aftermarket only.






What I usually do if it's not a full manual valve body where you start in 2nd, is start in 1st at low throttle and bump 2nd immediately and then rip the throttle up to get the wheelspeed up.

Also, I got news on your trans. I was starting to think, we have been using these guys for decades, why are they ghosting me now.

Well it turns out they weren't. They had written me back twice after I called and it didn't go through for some reason and they didn't know it, so when I wrote one more time they called me back immediately.

They said that there is likely a thrust washer coming apart and they need to get it back to fix it. They said its most likely covered in warranty since the internal nut coming loose is not your fault. The good news is they can fix it, said it's some weird fluke about the loose nut and also the washer, they are probably not related but they need to open it up to check it out and make sure. The bad news is they need the trans back to fix it but there isn't a reasonable way around that since it was picked up from there.
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Only in 2nd mine does that.
It might be an option with a certain package.
Mine both had a g80 so maybe it was that option.
 
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