Trans "clicking" after tune.

[Rockettman]

Let me start by saying that I didn't know which thread to put this in; but it happened after a tune, so I put it here.

After installing a Vers.2 tune of "he who shall not be named" weeks ago, I'm getting a "clicking" sound from the tranny when I have my foot off the gas, and in drive. As soon as I'm on the pedal it's fine.
It is not affecting any performance or funtion of the tranny, but is anyone else getting this? I don't know whether to worry about long term issues or not.
I mention the tune, not because I'm unhappy at all with it - absolutely not - but only so you'll all know what is in the car.
Thanks.

[FordNut]

Return it to stock. does the noise go away?

[Rockettman]

The sound is not there with a stock tune; nor with "his" 91 & 93 Vers.1 tunes either. Although I do remember that with the 93 Vers.1 tune, at times the transmission would "ram" the car to a stop when reversing out of the driveway (almost like slamming on the brakes - but harder). Otherwise the tranny is working fine.
I should add that it doesn't affect the cars drivability, just a weird sound that I didn't know if anyone had after the new tune.

[tbone]

Sounds to me like something is up with your tranny.

[Rockettman]

Sounds to me like something is up with your tranny.

For Christ sake...don't say that! :depress:

[Blackened300a]

You sure its not the front end links that are clicking? Put the stock tune in and see what it does after a drive.

[MrBluGruv]

I've had that tune for a few weeks now, I cant decide whether I like it or not. It's livelier for sure, but not all of the time it seems. I have to be fair though, I believe that has more to do with the unbearable heat of south Texas than the tune itself.

Few things I've noticed: it locks the TC much sooner than the other tunes I'm aware of, and it'll even allow it to stay locked at lower speeds (I've had it locked at 30 mph, which is both hilarious to me and awesome because the engine is turning like 1K rpm at that point). It is resistant to down-shifting into 2nd gear more than it should be in my opinion, 65-70 mph I don't believe is too high to down-shift to 2nd even with 4.10 gears. Also, it seems unless you are full WOT while doing serious acceleration (and sometimes even that's not the case) it switches back and forth between locking and unlocking the TC, as I've felt a sort of gentle variation in pull while accelerating hard in 2nd from about 45mph on. It's not enough to qualify it as shuddering because it's too smooth, but it comes close sometimes. I also don't think that it is my engine causing the TC to slip while locked either, I don't think I make nearly enough power to do that. Another thing I've noticed aside from the trans part of the tune is that this tune seems to run FAR richer than my old Lidio tune did, for better or worse.

[Rockettman]

You sure its not the front end links that are clicking?

Front end links of the tranny?
(I do know that there are front end links on the suspension). I'm just asking as there may be something I don't know about.

No the clicking does not happen with a stock tune.

[Krytin]

I don't think I would run this tune from the descriptions given above but that's just my opinion.

[Zack]

I don't think I would run this tune from the descriptions given above but that's just my opinion.

"2.0" as everyone calls it has no difference in timing...at all.
Just a few changes to the transmission parameters, none of which will hurt it, only make it last longer. How people are saying their car is 'alive' and faster is beyond me.

[Blackened300a]

Front end links of the tranny?
(I do know that there are front end links on the suspension). I'm just asking as there may be something I don't know about.

No the clicking does not happen with a stock tune.

No the front suspension. Mine click when I take my foot off the brake or come to a hard stop. I noticed it a lot more recently. I wasn't sure if you 100% isolated it to the tranny.

[J-MAN]

Maybe the clicking trans is just keeping beat with the radio? :o

[MrBluGruv]

"2.0" as everyone calls it has no difference in timing...at all.
Just a few changes to the transmission parameters, none of which will hurt it, only make it last longer. How people are saying their car is 'alive' and faster is beyond me.

I can't speak for the "1.0" to "2.0" users, but I went from an adjusted Lidio tune to the 2.0, I'm pretty positive the difference in pull was pretty strong, at least I could feel more pull in 2nd.

[Zack]

I can't speak for the "1.0" to "2.0" users, but I went from an adjusted Lidio tune to the 2.0, I'm pretty positive the difference in pull was pretty strong, at least I could feel more pull in 2nd.

Its an internet known fact that if you drive off lidio's dyno and go to another (in the same day) you will gain 30-100hp depending on the setup.

[MrBluGruv]

lmao, intense.

[Black_Out]

Sounds like 2.0 is having a "placebo effect" on you guys.

[Rockettman]

I don't care what Zack says about the simple changes he made...whatever he did...my car is more fun to drive now! Plain and simple!!








(...but I still have the "clicking").

[Black_Out]

Pretty sure if Zack told you to throw a clump of dirt on your engine to add 10 hp you would do it and come back raving about how fast your car feels. My car felt no different with Zacks tune, besides the shift points which did feel alot better. 0-60 and 1/4 mile times were unaffected, even on the 93 octane tune. Spent weeks trying to get the right tune from him for the new 410's, thought I had it, then when I went to sell the car I took a trip with a gps and realized my speedo was reading 8mph slow at 65. Waste of money.

[Rockettman]

Ok so back to the topic.
I appreciate the help from the intelligent members. This thread is now about bashing people (see #18).
I guess the thread is finished.

[musclemerc]

You always forget to add you car is a slow Vic and NOT a Marauder. How is that 12...no, 11....no, 10 sec Camaro?



Pretty sure if Zack told you to throw a clump of dirt on your engine to add 10 hp you would do it and come back raving about how fast your car feels. My car felt no different with Zacks tune, besides the shift points which did feel alot better. 0-60 and 1/4 mile times were unaffected, even on the 93 octane tune. Spent weeks trying to get the right tune from him for the new 410's, thought I had it, then when I went to sell the car I took a trip with a gps and realized my speedo was reading 8mph slow at 65. Waste of money.

[Black_Out]

You always forget to add you car is a slow Vic and NOT a Marauder. How is that 12...no, 11....no, 10 sec Camaro?

Eh alot faster than your marauder. And my vic was just as quick as any stock or light bolt on marauder. Don't get a stick up your ass :bigcry:


Just saying after my experience with Zack I don't think anyone should be throwing money at him.

[musclemerc]

Well, without owning a MM, or driving my MM yourself how would you come to that conclusion?

[Black_Out]

My best friend actually owned a marauder 3 years ago, which is what turned me on to them. I've driven it plenty of times. They are awesome cars. But not fast. My vic wasn't fast. No bolt on marauder is fast. Sorry.

[MrBluGruv]

Man, sounds like someone's bitter.

When I put a performance mod on the car, I go in thinking it WON'T make a difference. 9/10 times I notice the difference when I'm not thinking about it, say making a pass in traffic. This tune, WHATEVER is adjusted beyond stock or the other tune I had, made a noticable difference in feeling and responsiveness.

Sorry you couldn't enjoy a good car, it must be awful going through life stuck on GM cars.

[Black_Out]

Man, sounds like someone's bitter.

When I put a performance mod on the car, I go in thinking it WON'T make a difference. 9/10 times I notice the difference when I'm not thinking about it, say making a pass in traffic. This tune, WHATEVER is adjusted beyond stock or the other tune I had, made a noticable difference in feeling and responsiveness.

Sorry you couldn't enjoy a good car, it must be awful going through life stuck on GM cars.

The majority of cars I've owned have been fords, but I just got sick of dumping money into a car that will never realistically be that fast without heavy modification. I'm not stuck on GM, Marauders are awesome but very underpowered and unrealistic to make fast. I'm not trying to battle, it's just a fact.

And yeah I'm bitter, you would be too. Zack is a huge dick. I had his back through all the accusations and BS and I asked him to follow through on something he told me he would do when I originally bought the tuner and he backed out and started calling names. He's a dick.

[a_d_a_m]

OK, I read this thread earlier and I was gonna ask but didn't. Now I'm reading it again and I'm still wondering...

If your Crown Vic wasn't fast enough, you don't own a Marauder, you are happy with your 'new' 1993 Z28, and you have a problem with one of the members here...then why the hell are you still posting here?

[Black_Out]

OK, I read this thread earlier and I was gonna ask but didn't. Now I'm reading it again and I'm still wondering...

If your Crown Vic wasn't fast enough, you don't own a Marauder, you are happy with your 'new' 1993 Z28, and you have a problem with one of the members here...then why the hell are you still posting here?

I still frequent the forums, just because I don't have my vic anymore doesn't mean I don't like these cars. Hell I visited this site almost everyday when I had my vic. I like the community here.

[fastblackmerc]

I still frequent the forums, just because I don't have my vic anymore doesn't mean I don't like these cars. Hell I visited this site almost everyday when I had my vic. I like the community here.

You like the community here but your bashing the members???

Stay on the chebbie forums please!

[FordNut]

You like the community here but your bashing the members???

Stay on the chebbie forums please!
What he said...

[Black_Out]

Sure thing. Seems like everyone on this forum is having a midlife crisis or is elderly anyway. i.e. both of you.

[MrBluGruv]

lol, apparently must be old and having a midlife crisis as well, cause I seem to agree with their point of view. :P

[Zack]

FWIW Black Out cried like a girl when I would not unlock his tuner after he sold the car.

Shame on me for doing the right thing and NOT unlocking it.

[PonyUP]

Well it would seem to me like Black Out was hitting some PMS. Not too sure where he thinks a "Marauder with Bolt ons won't be fast and thats a fact", judging by everyone here, the car hauls plenty of ass. Sorry your Vic couldn't keep up and you ahd to get a chebby.

And by the way, Zack busts his butt for people on here, if you ahd a bad experience, keep it to yourself, you don't need to blast him out in a forum.

Zacks all good in my book

[Black_Out]

FWIW Black Out cried like a girl when I would not unlock his tuner after he sold the car.

Shame on me for doing the right thing and NOT unlocking it.


This is what Zack does right here... in private, whether through pm or email, he acts like a child, says whatever he wants, ignores emails ect ect. Then he comes on the forums and try's to act like a mature adult and says I cried like a girl.

I was just going to go back and delete the posts I made on here and forget about it. But you know what dude you are a giant *^%$#. You're an internet tough guy. Sorry to any other members on here I offended, but Zack is a con artist and I wish I wouldn't have stuck up for him in the past.

Sorry for totally ruining this thread. I won't be making anymore stupid posts like this.

[Zack]

Oh please tell the story, even im dying to know how i did you wrong.

[Rockettman]

I started this post about my "clicking" in the tranny; and was going to just leave it alone...but when I bought a tuner from another member on here, I had a problem with it. It had been previously tuned by Zack, and as a result Zack sat with me on the phone to work through it. Here's a guy that sits on the phone with me up here in Toronto, and helps me all the way from the southern States. Being that far away, he very easily could have just said: "too bad", and never gave it a second thought...but he didn't.
Zack is alright in my books too! Cheers Zack.
(Now I'm off this thread).

[MrBluGruv]

^ I hear a lot of people say bad things about Zack, but I don't think I've ever seen substantiated evidence. I do see a lot of stories like this though of him helping people.


The only thing I've actually seen this guy do that some might try to play gotcha on is it seems people excel at trying his patience, and between some of the things I've seen people constantly ask him about on here on top of the fact that a lot of people seem to believe he should be a given free service to all Marauder owners, and I'd probably get a little annoyed myself after a while if I had to deal with that.


I gotta say, I'm running your tune man, and while I'm still not 100% sure on whether or not the feel of it is for me, I really am grateful that you shared this for free after you put in the work to creating it. It is much appreciated.

[fastblackmerc]

This is what Zack does right here... in private, whether through pm or email, he acts like a child, says whatever he wants, ignores emails ect ect. Then he comes on the forums and try's to act like a mature adult and says I cried like a girl.

I was just going to go back and delete the posts I made on here and forget about it. But you know what dude you are a giant *****. You're an internet tough guy. Sorry to any other members on here I offended, but Zack is a con artist and I wish I wouldn't have stuck up for him in the past.

Sorry for totally ruining this thread. I won't be making anymore stupid posts like this.

Thought you were going back to the chebbie forums?????

[FordNut]

This is what Zack does right here... in private, whether through pm or email, he acts like a child, says whatever he wants, ignores emails ect ect. Then he comes on the forums and try's to act like a mature adult and says I cried like a girl.

I was just going to go back and delete the posts I made on here and forget about it. But you know what dude you are a giant *****. You're an internet tough guy. Sorry to any other members on here I offended, but Zack is a con artist and I wish I wouldn't have stuck up for him in the past.
Most of us wish you had never come here, you're a know-nothing thinks he knows-it-all poser. Never even HAD a Marauder.

Sorry for totally ruining this thread. I won't be making anymore stupid posts like this.
Liar, liar, pants on fire. ..


Thought you were going back to the chebbie forums?????
C'mon, we all knew better. :)

[justbob]

LOL Brian!!!

[PonyUP]

Ever figure out what the clicking was? I started getting a click today to, only when I accellerate, but it sounds like a baseball card in the spokes of a bike.

[Rockettman]

Ever figure out what the clicking was? I started getting a click today to, only when I accellerate, but it sounds like a baseball card in the spokes of a bike.
No I didn't figure out the click. The sound you describe is correct. Mine happens only when I am moving without my foot on the gas. If I am using the pedal, it's gone.
My guess is that it has to do with the pressure levels on soleniods in the tranny - clicking soleniods - but I'm guessing. :depress:

[Zack]

No I didn't figure out the click. The sound you describe is correct. Mine happens only when I am moving without my foot on the gas. If I am using the pedal, it's gone.
My guess is that it has to do with the pressure levels on soleniods in the tranny - clicking soleniods - but I'm guessing. :depress:

Sure it isnt the injectors because the idle is higher than stock?

[CBT]

Zack is a huge dick.

Dammit, I think this means I like dicks.....

[Blackened300a]

Dammit, I think this means I like dicks.....

You do realize this will be quoted and used against you. :D

[CBT]

You do realize this will be quoted and used against you. :D
That's what she said! :beer:

[Rockettman]

That's what she said! :beer:
I wasn't quick enough on that one!!
- I know...that's what she said -


Sure it isnt the injectors because the idle is higher than stock?
It is definately from under the car. Much louder than the injectors. Like I mentioned before, it doesn't seem to be doing any harm, just wierd that it's happening.

[MM03MOK]

This thread has run its course after falling off the cliff. Keep it up, Black Out, and you'll find the door locked one of these days.