Rubber in 3RD Gear ?

[Smokie]

I went to a couple of L/M dealers yesterday hoping to drive an 04', found none. As I was leaving the lot a salesman waved for me to stop and we struck a conversation, to make a long short, he asked if I have done any mods yet and I said "programming" he asked if it was worth it and I asked him if he would like a ride. He said yes and we pulled out of lot and I introduce him to a head jerk and a rock solid 1-2 shift. A lot of traffic so I went to interstate road. Complete stop at the on ramp, dropped into 1st to do manual shift. On very coarse asphalt I stabbed pedal car lost traction for about 2-3 seconds, 1-2 shift just pass 4500 rpm's lost traction again for about 1 second, we are on the intestate by now and I do manual 2-3 shift and I lost traction for just a split second I felt it but said nothing because I figured the guy with me did not noticed it...I looked at him and he has this huge grin on his face and he says to me " Man , you got rubber in 3rd " I was surprised; thought I imagined it, but he confirmed it. I know for sure my car will lay down rubber from dead stop and also the 1-2....but 3rd gear was a total surprise.

PS: I know, I know this is no big deal for the guys that are heavy into mods.... but this is stock + programming. I was thrilled !!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[fblumberg]

totally kewl!!!
fred

[SergntMac]

Bravo! Nice work!

[Fourth Horseman]

Amazing, in fact. I'm very impressed. Do you get the same type of thing without the manual shifting? Just put it in drive or overdrive and stomp the pedal from a standing start?

[Smokie]

Actually the take off from a dead start is the same; it lays down rubber according to pavement, loud screech on new black asphalt, low tone on coarse old pavement. The big difference is the 1-2, in drive it shifts at a much higher RPM and all I get is a minor chirp and I don't really feel a lost of traction, the manual shift I read somewhere here should be done at 4500 rpm's and thats what I tried ( I miss it a bit, about 4800rpm's ) and I actually broke tires loose (did not hear any squeal), the 2-3 shift in drive had never produced a lost of traction. When I did it manually, it was at about 4800 rpm's and I heard nothing but I felt tires slip for a fraction of a second, My passenger felt it also and commented on it.

[Petrograde]

Ya know, I thought I chirped in 3rd the other day, I had music playing at the time, so I wasn't sure. But, my MM has never done that before (if it did) I wasn't manual shifting. I never do that. I'd drop my tranny with my luck.:rolleyes:

[RCSignals]

So, did the salesman decide to buy one :)

[Smokie]

I don't know.... what if he does I should get the commision. :D

[Ross]

Manual shifting of an automatic is something i definitely have to practice in order to get some better performance over auto shifting. I know there must be some do's and dont's, and anyone wanting to lend some advice on this would be most appreciated.

[Smokie]

Ross, there are guys here that have taken their cars to the track and had them timed several times using different shifting techniques hopefully they will offer some advice, what I did was mostly for fun and would not produce the best times 'cause I lost traction....but that's what made it fun !!!!

[Ross]

Yep, sometimes that sweet sound of tires spinning is worth a little loss of time! I remember when I was much, much younger we would say that a STOP sign meant Spin Tires On Pavement. Now THAT goes back a few years!

[sandman]

I thought it was Stop Teasing Old Pollacks!

Wow 3rd gear rubber! Cool!!

I must of gotten the Sable engine in mine.