Manual shifting??

12-11-2001, 02:32 AM

Hey guy's,
I was wondering do you manually shift your lightning's or do you let the tranny do all the work. I have a 94 with the stock tranny. I know I use to alway's manualy shift my older mustang and it alway's ran quicker times. I'm sure it would do the same in the truck, but I was told since the tranny shifts electronically it is bad to do it manually. Any help would be great. Thanks Jeff.

12-11-2001, 01:45 PM

Hi Jeff. Ive checked it out both ways at the track, and my truck ALWAYS runs quicker letting it shift itself. StruckBy shifts his manually and his goes quicker that way. Each truck is different so you'll just have to see which one is better for your truck.

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Rod K.

'93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675
13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural
12.67 @ 102.52 Kinda juiced..
'98 SVT Contour E1 #5782
'00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

12-11-2001, 05:35 PM

Hey thanks for the reply Rod. I understand that it is trial and error. But is it bad for our tranny's? It's not like i would do it all the time. Just at the track. Thanks Jeff.

12-11-2001, 05:54 PM

No, it wont hurt your tranny, but what I ran into, when your watching the tach to shift and try to hit a certain RPM, I usually hit the rev limiter before the shift was complete. Test and tune...

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Rod K.

'93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675
13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural
12.67 @ 102.52 Kinda juiced..
'98 SVT Contour E1 #5782
'00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

12-11-2001, 02:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
svtlightning Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	Manual shifting?? Hey guy's, I was wondering do you manually shift your lightning's or do you let the tranny do all the work. I have a 94 with the stock tranny. I know I use to alway's manualy shift my older mustang and it alway's ran quicker times. I'm sure it would do the same in the truck, but I was told since the tranny shifts electronically it is bad to do it manually. Any help would be great. Thanks Jeff.

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12-11-2001, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
HotRod Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	Hi Jeff. Ive checked it out both ways at the track, and my truck ALWAYS runs quicker letting it shift itself. StruckBy shifts his manually and his goes quicker that way. Each truck is different so you'll just have to see which one is better for your truck. ------------------ Rod K. '93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675 13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural 12.67 @ 102.52 Kinda juiced.. '98 SVT Contour E1 #5782 '00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

12-11-2001, 05:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
svtlightning Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	Hey thanks for the reply Rod. I understand that it is trial and error. But is it bad for our tranny's? It's not like i would do it all the time. Just at the track. Thanks Jeff.

12-11-2001, 05:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
HotRod Guest Posts: n/a View this user's gallery iTrader: / %	No, it wont hurt your tranny, but what I ran into, when your watching the tach to shift and try to hit a certain RPM, I usually hit the rev limiter before the shift was complete. Test and tune... ------------------ Rod K. '93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675 13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural 12.67 @ 102.52 Kinda juiced.. '98 SVT Contour E1 #5782 '00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??