Difference in chip and tranny kit?
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Difference in chip and tranny kit?
I noticed some folks using a shift kit. What does it do for the tranny that a chip doesn't? Is there and advantage in one over the other? I know that the chip does other things but I am just talking about the tranny.
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Hi Geeky,
Shift kits and Superchips do completely different things, though they do overlap a bit.
The Superchip removes upshift delays, downshift delays, transitional retards, firms the shifts & many other changes that no shift kit can do. However, if someone wants really *hard* shifting in their automatic transmission, that is best accomplished with the use of both the Superchip *and* a good shift kit, like the Transgo kit.
While we can make many automatic transmissions shift hard enough to chirp the tires on most vehicles in the Superchip with a custom program, it's not a good idea to crank up line pressure *that* high in the program, as that will cause the pump to work much harder trying to cram fluid at high line pressures thru orifices that are just too small. So for those who want a consistent "chirp" of the tires on the full-throttle 1-2 upshift, that's when you want to use a mechanical shift kit in addition to the Superchip, using both so that *all* those issues are properly taken care of. All the program issues taken care of by the Superchip, and then the issue of too-small fluid passages, lighter springs, etc. is taken care of by the shift kit. A shift kit by itself can make a lot of difference, and some people go that route, we prefer to take care of everything, program and mechanical, when looking for really stiff shifting.
This isn't a matter of one having an advantage over the other, it's really more a matter of just how hard you want the transmission to shift.
Please feel free to give us a call if you'd like to go over this in more detail, or if you're trying to decide what to do, etc.
Shift kits and Superchips do completely different things, though they do overlap a bit.
The Superchip removes upshift delays, downshift delays, transitional retards, firms the shifts & many other changes that no shift kit can do. However, if someone wants really *hard* shifting in their automatic transmission, that is best accomplished with the use of both the Superchip *and* a good shift kit, like the Transgo kit.
While we can make many automatic transmissions shift hard enough to chirp the tires on most vehicles in the Superchip with a custom program, it's not a good idea to crank up line pressure *that* high in the program, as that will cause the pump to work much harder trying to cram fluid at high line pressures thru orifices that are just too small. So for those who want a consistent "chirp" of the tires on the full-throttle 1-2 upshift, that's when you want to use a mechanical shift kit in addition to the Superchip, using both so that *all* those issues are properly taken care of. All the program issues taken care of by the Superchip, and then the issue of too-small fluid passages, lighter springs, etc. is taken care of by the shift kit. A shift kit by itself can make a lot of difference, and some people go that route, we prefer to take care of everything, program and mechanical, when looking for really stiff shifting.
This isn't a matter of one having an advantage over the other, it's really more a matter of just how hard you want the transmission to shift.
Please feel free to give us a call if you'd like to go over this in more detail, or if you're trying to decide what to do, etc.
Last edited by Superchips_Distributor; Apr 10, 2002 at 10:51 PM.