Help me im disgracing mustangs everywhere

[PlatinumDevil]

so i bought a gtech today and did a couple runs... i have to say im pretty impressed with the stang, if im lucky i think i can hang with civic dx's...

0-60 in 7.9 1/4 in 15.7 @91.9 mph

So here's my problems... it would appear as tho i can't launch worth ****.

I had been driving around at about 35mph-40mph for maybe 20 minutes.
The cars an auto(stock with a K&N drop in 40,000miles on the odometer), i just floored it to launch, the tires squawked (not squeeled) and bogged the engine... (TCS and overdrive were both off). The next run i warmed the tires up and launched the same way. Should i launch by doing a brake torque, as i have been told by a friend?

after 2 runs the tranny was hot (heat coming through console) and gear whine was apparent so i drove it home sadly... help me out before i lose to a tempo.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Well since it is an auto the best mods to improve launch would be gears, predator, and upgraded UCA/LCA. If you still have any money left then torque converter...

 

[PlatinumDevil]

assuming i have no money for mods. how do i launch an auto... i've never really raced one before.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Just floor it man!

 

[Skidzz]

It sounds to me like your tranni may have some problems.....that could be it.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

That could be, it probably has the original fluid and filter...

 

[PlatinumDevil]

ya i think it does, its a little brown in color... would a flush help or is the tranny going to be damaged.

 

[CaliLifeStyle]

After you get your transmission problems fixed I suggest maybe a good set of tires. Drag Radials would be ideal for your situation. All the power doesn't mean anything if you can't get it to the ground.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The flush does not change filter or get rid of the accumulated residue in the pan.

Do an actual fluid and filter change. Get a Haynes manual and you can easily do this yourself.

It is always best to start with the cheap/easy stuff first. If the fluid and filter change does not fix it then, unfortunately, it will be time to take it to a transmission shop. You should not be able to feel the heat, the fluid should not be brown...

 

[slow96mustang]

15.7? im sorry. i feel really bad for you. the stock 96 auto of mine ran a 15.5. that was 60 thousand mile EVERYTHING, plugs, wires, cats, nothing at all done to the car execpt for it being driven.

ive learned with a auto, that a "break tourque" actually kinda hurts it also. it dose cause exsivive heat, and will make the tranny sluggish. as for your fluid being brown, yeah id change it. i guess the ford dealors have a new thing called a tranny something, but they said it was better then a flush. the guy at my dealorship said that it "renews" the trans. he told me that if the trannie wasnt slipping, or shifting harder then usual, that they would give it a 3 year or 36 thousand mile warranty.

i got my trans really hot one night, and burnt brand new fluid. ever since ive been having a slight over heating problem, even after i flushed the trans. my shiftin wasnt hurt or nothing, and actually it shifts a little softer now. i put some synthetic crap in it. it'll still grab second tho.

 

[tomustang]

geez, the first run i ever did in my stock 98 gt (auto) with a g-tech was 7.2/15.4@90 something. something's wrong.

 

[slow96mustang]

also.... i would not trust the g tech. we've screwed around with one in a few different cars at the track. they always give way off readings.

and launching a auto is hard. obviously if its slow, just floor it. but when you get some gears, and just street tires and no nothing else, traction controll might help you out a little. but for not useing traction controll, you really gotta try to just roll into it as fast as possiable. ive found if i take off about 1/4 throttle, and after it "chirps", then i go 3/4, and it'll chirp again, then floor it. that works preety good. good enough to hang with lt1's off the line and down the road.
my car that i know of has a tune, x pipe, and 4.10's with uca/lca's.
still think theres more in her then just those mods tho. i bought it and was havin preety good luck with it.

 

[PlatinumDevil]

Ok how about this, when i drive it through the gears (first to second to drive)... why does it litterally take 3 seconds to shift once i put it in second and another 3 once i put it in drive... i did it assuming i could keep it floored and it would shift, i was inccorect and it bounced off redline so i quickly let off. then a second later it finally shifted.

 

[BrutalStang]

i would stick it in 3 and go, since 4 is an overdrive.

 

[tomustang]

Ok how about this, when i drive it through the gears (first to second to drive)... why does it litterally take 3 seconds to shift once i put it in second and another 3 once i put it in drive... i did it assuming i could keep it floored and it would shift, i was inccorect and it bounced off redline so i quickly let off. then a second later it finally shifted.

that's something you have to train yourself, when the tranny shifts. try shifting at 4500rpms and keep the gas in.

 

[dsg_gt2004]

0-60 in 7.9 1/4 in 15.7 @91.9 mph

i ran a 7.61 0-60 in my old 2000 V6 F150 that had a superchip(friend had a gtech and i was dying to try it)

 

[topless98gt]

Ok how about this, when i drive it through the gears (first to second to drive)... why does it litterally take 3 seconds to shift once i put it in second and another 3 once i put it in drive... i did it assuming i could keep it floored and it would shift, i was inccorect and it bounced off redline so i quickly let off. then a second later it finally shifted.

Whatever you do...just do NOT let off the gas while switching gears with an automatic. That will ***** your tranny up so fast it's not even funny.

 

[PlatinumDevil]

i dont know whats wrong but im really pissed off right now

 

[PlatinumDevil]

Damned i thought buying an auto would eleviate the problems of needing new clutches etc... godamned maybe i can sell it to someone, take a loss of a grand, and buy a T/A or camaro... (even tho this car has put me 16,000 in debt, and i can't afford a transmission or a flush for that matter)

 

[jeffstanggt04]

it appears u have a lame horse i would put it to send it to the glue factory and get a 5 speed car