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Posts: 413 Joined: 14th Nov 2004 Ride: 2000 AU II Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane Most of the time/Sydney Some of the time |
I am thinking of knocking up an adjustable shift kit for the au. Should it be on or off (hard shift or soft shift) whilst towing? A lot of the tow is in 100 kmh zones...
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Well the idea behind the shiftkit is that reducing time between gears means less heat which means less damage to the box. towing would only increase the load and heat that is produced as there is more torque being applied to the box, so in that regard, you're better off turning it on.
Others are of the opinion that a shiftkit is useless in a stock/mildly modded falcon, and will only hurt it (can't remember exactly why). Either way, if you have a transmission cooler (fitted to all vehicles that came from factory with a tow-pack i believe) then you should be fine.
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my s**t shifter hasn't s**t it self, well almost a year. so far I haven't had any problems with it. especially carrying a s**t load of equipment/material up hills, in traffic & a quick getta away from slow moving s**t drivers.
by the way, its on full time & it feels like s**t when switched off.
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have any of you actually noticed any gain in performance using a shift kit?? I just wanna know if its worth spending the cash
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fordzatmyplace wrote: have any of you actually noticed any gain in performance using a shift kit?? I just wanna know if its worth spending the cash Yes......& its only $30 dollars or less for parts from JayCar.
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Posts: 413 Joined: 14th Nov 2004 Ride: 2000 AU II Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane Most of the time/Sydney Some of the time |
anyone have a diagram for the au? ive hit a wall.. i cut wire 81, have the resistors, but am now confused :S
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janek wrote: anyone have a diagram for the au? ive hit a wall.. i cut wire 81, have the resistors, but am now confused :S
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Posts: 413 Joined: 14th Nov 2004 Ride: 2000 AU II Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane Most of the time/Sydney Some of the time |
hold up... where did pin 71 come from? is that just a +12v lead?
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$30? i payed $9.45....
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I paid like $5, and $3 of that would have been the switch.
Performance gain? Not entirey certain about an increase in straight line acceleration, i'd say a tiny increase yeah, you can really feel the car lurching forwards when changing gears when you're giving it some. Looky here for full thread and peoples opinions
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price goes up if you want a adjustable 10watt 0-5 ohms resistor potentiometer. you can dial in 0 for normal {off} or 1 to 5 for firmness {on}
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slick can you please tell me more about that? is there diffrent wiring?
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Posts: 413 Joined: 14th Nov 2004 Ride: 2000 AU II Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane Most of the time/Sydney Some of the time |
woooooooo!! ive done it.. its a little rough, but im planning on getting an adjustable potentiometer. thing is, where can i get one from!!! i went to jaycar, and they have one thats 40 ohm, and the smaller ones are all waaaay too high ohmage...
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janek wrote: ohmage
Great word there! Almost as great as foamage.... 
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i payed 90c and was enoyed cause it was ment to be 60c
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