Hear of a lot of F-150's "chirping" the tires when passing gear hits.....Best way to do this would be? Or is this something that would best left alone for the sake of a transmission's life? Any input would be appreciated.

 

Go buy yourself a superchip. they modify the shift points and increase the firmness. I assume you have an auto. you will surely get a chirp on a 2-1 shift and most likely on the 3-2 shift if you have the 5.4.

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Mine chirps 2nd shifted manually, after the chip. I'm from the old school, so I'm gonna get a shift kit after the trans proves itself, and the warranty expires.

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Almost forgot, automatic 4.6L on my truck. Was looking for options other than a Superchip - premium gas prices are way too high to support that change. Kinda looking at options like tranny kits or similar.

 

Spanky114,

Good luck chirping 3rd with a 4.6L.
It is going to take more torque than you can produce stock unless you have skinny tires and one wheel peel.

Regards

Jean Marc Chartier

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Spanky114- "options other than a Superchip" = a good shift kit (transmission valve body reprogramming).

 

Hi Spanky114,

A shift kit may get you what you are looking for, if you don't want to use the Superchip.

We like the Transgo shift kits, they work well and have several levels of firmness you can set them up for. You'll have to set it to at least level 2 if you want to actually "chirp" the tires on the full-throttle 1-2 upshift.

Best of luck whatever you decide!

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Spanky114 say:
Hear of a lot of F-150's "chirping" the tires when passing gear hits.....Best way to do this would be? Or is this something that would best left alone for the sake of a transmission's life?
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My first thought is...WHY would you want to do this? Spend a lot of money on something so you can tear up your tranny and wear out your tires to make a little tiny bitty noise that will impress no one?

 

Laying a 2nd gear scratch A)does not cost alot of money B)does not tear up your transmission (firm shifts improve transmission life) C)does not cause noticeable tire wear. If you wonder why someone would like to do this, you probably wouldn't understand. Fast cars commonly do this, have for decades; I have also seen a few impressions made. I'm just playing around, but it has been fun over the years in many cool muscle & performance cars, etc...LOL. Even funner with a manual trans.

 

sorry Kenster, i gotta tell you that you sound like my mother. our boy here asked how to make noise, not ways to go slow...

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Yeah Max, "impressive" - thats what I was looking for. Looks like some different opinions are in place. Transgo sounds interesting, from what I have read - where to buy though? Thanks for your input

 

Spanky114- Several brands of shift kits (Transgo,B&M,Baumann,etc.) can be purchased at most any performance parts retailer (Jegs,Summit,PAW,etc.). Each of these mfgrs and retailers have very informative websites. Most transmissions shops install and stock/order shift kits also. Good Luck !!

 

I have chirped 3rd quite a few times in both a 4.2L and a 4.6L. Both with manual trannys, though.

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Superchip

 

I got my first passing gear scratch the other day. Caught me by total surprise. I went to pass at around 45 MPH, I laid into it ... it shifted down WOOHOO. Front drive kicked in pretty damn quick though. (AWD)
I would love to have a car that did a scratch on every shift. I guess I am an old timer muscle car guy.
I am more worried about my transfer case slapping in the front drive on every heavy footed take off.


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