sygirl#1763
Donating Member
Someone told me that my Ultimate chip should lock my TC up at around 67mph. The way it looks now mine doesn't. What do you all think ?
Angela
Angela
Should the Ultimate lock it ?
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SY2932
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I have never heard a speed quoted that the Ultimate chip will lock the torque converter: http://www.sytychips.com/Ultimatedescription.html Who did you obtain this information from?
nightdiver
Active member
It has to lock it at some point. It cant be a WOT non lock up thing. This would burn the tranny in a couple days.
Hey Angela , what was the transmissions temps on the dyno ?
Hey Angela , what was the transmissions temps on the dyno ?
sygirl#1763
Donating Member
I don't know because the guy wouldn't do any more runs after 4. He couldn't measure it. That's why he said that I had converter or transmission slippage. Soon I'll go to a guy who has done it before (when the sy was stock). Someone told me to lock the converter by putting a paperclip between the A and F terminal on the ALDL connector. That way it's impossible to get the slippage. Any one heard of that before ? It should give me .20 advantage on the track as well.nightdiver said:
Angela
sygirl#1763
Donating Member
Thanks for telling me because I was kinda worried that I had the wrong chip. And the website you gave me was very interesting.SY2932 said:
Thanks,
Angela
I've had many problems with lockup before. My friends truck was not locking up with the Ultimate chip and we had to do it manually. Then he got a newer version of the Ultimate, and it started locking up properly at about 60-70mph. Now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, and it doesn't seem to matter if you manually lock it up or not.
nightdiver
Active member
Wes said:
Take a look at the brake switch under the dash. Its 12 years old and it might do that. When i say the brake switch i dont mean the brake lamp switch , but the other one in front of it. I bet this is your problem
dgoodhue
BuSTeD 4.3
As far as I know, the stock ecm don't lock the tranny under WOT. That is why many do manual TC lockup switches. The TC arfter its stall rpm is supose to be pretty close to lock (slippying only a few hundered rpm)
The stock utlimate programing lock the TC under partial throttle around 45mph in OD and 35 mph in Drive (same as stock).
The stock utlimate programing lock the TC under partial throttle around 45mph in OD and 35 mph in Drive (same as stock).
Jer
Don't taze me bro!
So, if we have a switch to lock up the tranny, is it better on the tranny to lock it up before launch when driving spiritedly or to leave it unlocked. In other words, will it trim a couple tenths off of your quarter mile time at the cost of added tranny wear or is it better to do this?
Jer
Don't taze me bro!
Wes said:
When I'm ripping through the gears from a stop my indicator light comes on at some point (I have many other things to pay attention to so not sure at what exact mph this occurs) so it's doing it's job I'm pretty sure I guess I'm still not completely understanding why people put a manual switch in if it locks up for you automatically when it's supposed to.
nightdiver
Active member
Locked or unlocked its not a big deal with a stock TC. With a higher stall TC ....thats where all the problems begin.The temps are a LOT higher and there is more pressure loss from the higher stall. Then the clutches fail and we say "man ive got the power to do that" 
Id say a stall at max 2800 would keep things safe. Just my :2cents:
Id say a stall at max 2800 would keep things safe. Just my :2cents:
sygirl#1763
Donating Member
So I should be pretty safe with my 2800 stall ?nightdiver said:Locked or unlocked its not a big deal with a stock TC. With a higher stall TC ....thats where all the problems begin.The temps are a LOT higher and there is more pressure loss from the higher stall. Then the clutches fail and we say "man ive got the power to do that"
Id say a stall at max 2800 would keep things safe. Just my :2cents:
Angela
nightdiver
Active member
Yeap.