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[J.Cutta]

Originally Posted by Twitch1

Just curious- what distance were you running? Was it a standing quarter or a duel at freeway speed for flat out top end? Did the thing have you the entire distance or catch up to you?

My tranny is a TH 400 and and will "thwunk" into gear from neutral as it mates up with the engine speed and brings it down. If there ain't much you can do $$wise flush trans, change filter if it's never been done- 50,000 miles or more- and use B & M Trick Shift. It WILL make it shift better if there's no real problem.

Thanks everyone one for the information. I will start off simple changing transmission oil, looking at the TV cable and invest in intake system. As for when I was racing I was ahead of him when I smashed out If I would have kept accelerating he would not have caught me but instead I fell flat on 90 and he slowly began to pass me. By the way it does seem to shift faster in drive then overdrive.

Oh yeah can mess up the transmission shifting from Overdrive to drive while driving? I have heard about racing starting out 1 then 2 and then switching to drive.

[DaMoNe6969]

Originally Posted by J.Cutta

By the way it does seem to shift faster in drive then overdrive.

Oh yeah can mess up the transmission shifting from Overdrive to drive while driving? I have heard about racing starting out 1 then 2 and then switching to drive.

on a stock engine, if your tv cable is properly adjusted and your tranny is in good health, shifting manually can actually hurt performance.. With that TV cable properly adjusted, at WOT your tranny should be shifting exactly when it should to stay in the power band... When shifting manually, you might hold it too long, or shift too soon..

and your tranny wont shift any differently in O/D or D

[89IROC&RS]

sounds like a TV cable adjustment is in order. I redid the adjustment on my IROC and it made a helluva difference. The car ran like shit before, i did the adjustment and left rubber in the driveway. but ive also got the 350. The 305's are boat anchors in my humble opinion. especially if youre lookin at top end. You can certainly mod it up for more power, but the money would be better spent on a 350. just my two cents.

[J.Cutta]

I think I adjusted the TV cable I removed the air cleaner and held the metal tad in and moved the cable housing up and it made about three click sounds then I pulled the throttle level all the away down a few times then adjusted it again then it made one more click.

[89IROC&RS]

somethin about that dosnt sound right. If you are under the hood, you should be able to push the tab in and let the donkey dick out a ways then get in the car, and floor the gas pedal, you should hear the sound similar to a zip tie as you press the gas down, and then you should be done.

[tc3]

thats the clicks he's talking about, sounds right...\

just dont attempt to adjust it too much, if you break it(15 years of crappy plastic makes it easy), its either replace the cable or get a fitzall cable end(hard to find)