Transmission tuner

zig80toy · Dec 2, 2008

Please school me on these tuners you guys have to get more out of your diesels. I hear a lot of talk about getting more horsepower/torque out of the engine. Different power levels and so on, but what about the transmission? I feel like my truck is not shifting when it should and shifting up/down too often. Can shift patterns easily be changed? Sure, more horsepower whould be great, but i want a tuner/programmer than can modify trans performance just as easily as engine performance.
help

05 dodge CTD 4x4 auto.

Jeepasaurusrex · Dec 2, 2008

I think that with programmers like a Hypertech, for example, you can change your shift points, etc. :corn:

Symon623 · Dec 2, 2008

Zig, my Edge J w/ A doesn't effect the trans..... not sure about others but prolly why tranny's don't last long behind them?

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War-Jeeper · Dec 2, 2008

Hypertechs higher end programmers you can change your shift points and rev limiter in each gear.

Sold two of them last week, they are awesome, also able to select tire size to correct your speedo!:awesomework:

zig80toy · Dec 4, 2008

OK, so, this one.
http://www.hypertech.com/Products/Max Energy
Here is the instructions for it.
(page 8 and 9)
http://www.hypertech.com/media/manuals/aa/maxenergy.pdf

Has anyone/anyone you know, done this? Work good, no good, stay away, i've had luck with tuning myself, keep everything stock, what the fawk are you thinking, etc...??
please, any input, let me know.

zig80toy · Dec 4, 2008

War-Jeeper said:
Sold two of them last week, they are awesome, also able to select tire size to correct your speedo!:awesomework:

How much?

Cascade_Crawler · Dec 4, 2008

your tranny is gonna die

zig80toy · Dec 4, 2008

Cascade_Crawler said:
your tranny is gonna die

OK, i don't disagree.
But this is what i want to know before i buy anything and start messing around with engine/trans programming.

EDit::corn:

Cascade_Crawler · Dec 4, 2008

zig80toy said:
OK, i don't disagree.
But this is what i want to know before i buy anything and start messing around with engine/trans programming.

EDit::corn:

what kind of truck do you have? There is tons of resources out there on diesel trucks, might want to start looking in depth further. But generally if you add some power to your truck and tow you need to upgrade atleast the valvebody and TC. Hell dodge autos die with a stock motor. Check out dieseltruckresource.com, nwbombers.com, etc

War-Jeeper · Dec 4, 2008

zig80toy said:
How much?

I could find out tomorrow, its a diffrent part number for everey vehicle and im not sure if the price chanes or not:awesomework:

Wildman1 · Dec 11, 2008

Cascade_Crawler said:
what kind of truck do you have? There is tons of resources out there on diesel trucks, might want to start looking in depth further. But generally if you add some power to your truck and tow you need to upgrade atleast the valvebody and TC. Hell dodge autos die with a stock motor. Check out dieseltruckresource.com, nwbombers.com, etc

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zig80toy · Dec 12, 2008

No worries. I did do some searching and found other people with similar complaints.
This thread on dieseltruckresource.com has a few people complaining of the same issue i'm experiencing. Under light throttle the trans feels like its hunting for gears.
http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/showthread.php?t=196423
However, I didn't find anyone using aftermarket programmers to remedy the situation, so I guess i'm barking up the wrong tree with that approach.
I dunno, sounds like the governor solenoid in these trans can go bad and give you this problem..?
The transmission feels tight and shifts great while towing or under half throttle to balls out acceleration. When I slow down and just putt through town the trans feels like it can't figure out what gear to be in...