FlipTrac_511
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As some of you already know I had my transmission replaced by my home dealership. My Trac was having discrete signs of slipping again at almost 28K miles (first time was at 18K(?) and solenoid was replaced and flushed). So I took it in ASAP and I was told that it was more practical to replace it with a remanufactured one than try and fix it. I was completely bummed this was happening to me but happy the dealership was replacing it under warranty relatively hassle-free. Since then I've put in over 1500 miles on this 'new' tranny and it has felt very, very good. It shifts firmly unlike before...and mind you, I was using an XCal performance tune.
Speaking of which, when I flashed my old tranny with the Xcal, the shifting did not firm up as others have claimed. I thought nothing of it as I was happy with the performance gains alone! But when I flashed my new tranny, the firmness of it went away. The shift points changed but they were really softened up just like with my old tranny. At this point I decided to flash back to stock and contact Wayne about my experience since I was under the impression that maybe, just maybe, the dealership flashed my Trac with a new calibration contrary to what my Xcal was tuned for.
Anyway, Wayne got me up to speed and gave me instructions on how to pull a code out of the Trac to see if my assumption had any merit. Unfortunately I require a laptop to hook up my Xcal to and I don't have one that works. I'm eager to get this code out to Wayne so I hope I can borrow a laptop soon. Dare I drag my desktop system to the garage???
Speaking of which, when I flashed my old tranny with the Xcal, the shifting did not firm up as others have claimed. I thought nothing of it as I was happy with the performance gains alone! But when I flashed my new tranny, the firmness of it went away. The shift points changed but they were really softened up just like with my old tranny. At this point I decided to flash back to stock and contact Wayne about my experience since I was under the impression that maybe, just maybe, the dealership flashed my Trac with a new calibration contrary to what my Xcal was tuned for.
Anyway, Wayne got me up to speed and gave me instructions on how to pull a code out of the Trac to see if my assumption had any merit. Unfortunately I require a laptop to hook up my Xcal to and I don't have one that works. I'm eager to get this code out to Wayne so I hope I can borrow a laptop soon. Dare I drag my desktop system to the garage???