2G Shift Kit?

[Spaniel1287]

I would like to know some information about a shift kit and/or a torque converter. I have heard that both of these can increase the power of your car greatly. If anyone has purchased either or both of these please let me know I am real curious about buying both. Thanks.

 

[TotalEclipse112]

They will not increase your power only how you deliver it to the wheels and ultimatly the ground. A higher stall converter will allow for higher RPM launches while a shift kit will change the way the shift feels and engages. But neiter one will increase your power output.

 

[GalantGSR91]

a shift kit will change the way the shift feels and engages. But neiter one will increase your power output.

not to mention when it engages to on some applications. I've seen guys put shift kits on and end up with higher shifts.

 

[TotalEclipse112]

Shouldn't move it up that much by itself. All a shift kit is, is a smaller check ball/removing a check ball from the valve body to change the way hydraulic pressure is applyed to the clutches and bands. To change shift points on a DSM you would have to change the parameters in the ecu.

 

[GalantGSR91]

didn't think of it that way, I'm still an old carb-head, so I always forget about electronics. However the synergy of the 2 is greater than the whole of one.

 

[TotalEclipse112]

No prob, I learned all this new fangled eletronic stuff in school. The days of the TV cable and the trans govenor ar long since gone.

 

[GalantGSR91]

No prob, I learned all this new fangled eletronic stuff in school. The days of the TV cable and the trans govenor ar long since gone.

Sadly, they are. I find myself tryin to make prjects old school, like the bike I'm trying to build. Modern sport bike style frame with an old knucklehead V-twin with chain drive and an internal transmission. (none of that belt drive primary/secondary crap) I'd even like to find an old air-cooled/ carbureted porsche and run a hot pipe turbo setup.

 

[hellotbone]

I had a translab shift kit in my 95 auto tsi awd talon and also the alto end clutch mod. They made a conciderable difference in how the car shifted and I really liked the way it performed with them installed.