Thread: Whats this about modified trans needing modified tunes?
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Old Wed, February 15th, 2012, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert6401 View Post
I'm quite positive that I asked prior to the install of my John Wood transmission whether or not my chip needed to be reburned, and I was told no. I would say that a JW trans is a modified trans, wouldn't you? And now the sales website and other threads here say that a modified trans requires modified tunes. So what gives?

In honesty, my truck runs fine with the combo, BUT I now feel like my tunes are the limiting factor as opposed to the transmission. I was planning to send the chip in for some changes to the tunes when I get home from this deployment, but now I'm wondering if I'll have to pay the $200 upcharge to get what I'm after due to this change in procedure.
When you ordered yours, we were still modifying the standard calibrations to work with transmission modifications (that's why your chip with "standard" calibrations was more expensive than what Corey charges now).

I don't understand what you mean about the sentence, "I now feel like my tunes are the limiting factor as opposed to the transmission."

In addition, I don't think that there's EVER been a time that Bill or I have told someone that a valve body change (or a complete aftermarket transmission like a John Wood or BTS) wouldn't need tuning changes. If nothing else, we will caution that the shifts will likely be way too firm afterward. Didn't you have your chip reburned at some point because of that already? I could be wrong.

EDIT:
I was wrong. You had a reburn for the TCC apply issue during the 2-3 upshift.