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Old Mon, June 8th, 2009, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackSTX View Post
Glad to hear you liking it. I can't wait to get mine. I'm looking forward to getting some more bottom end out of it... heavy truck w/ only 3.55's and a 4.6L, not the best combination for getting off the line.
lol true. It will be a night and day difference.


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Originally Posted by JackandJanet View Post
Darren, unless you know something I don't know (which is VERY possible), the HP and torque are dropping on our engines above 5000 RPM. If you look at your WOT shift points in the custom options menu, I think you'll find that Bill has set the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts near that RPM range. If so, I would not raise them. The 3-4 shift is likely to be lower, possibly around 4500? Again, I would not raise it. I tried raising mine and discovered it seemed to have trouble completing a WOT 3-4 shift, even though my max RPM was 5400.

I also wouldn't raise the max RPM much above 5400 because of TC ballooning, and I like to keep the stress off the transmission as much as possible.

I have my speed limiter set at 110 mph. Net because I really expect to drive that fast, but I DO NOT want it to ever kick in when I'm expecting more speed, as in passing.
I have never heard of those factors before, but glad you mentioned it to me. Thank you Jack. Well so far it sounds like there aren't any reasons to change the settings in the 87 performance tune. Timing and everything should be alright? And spark? ( never messed with spark btw, running stock plugs I really dont want to either ). I haven't gotten the chance to play with it on a back road yet so I dont really know what I would change it to. I'm pretty sure Bluejay is running the rpm sets I was, but he suggested me those when I was on canned level 3 with 93.

I have noticed my idle rpm in gear is pretty low. I believe I noticed this after I first ran the canned Level 3, but it went away. I assume that the 480rpm idle is safe for now and will return to mid 500 or so after new strategies are learned?
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