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Megahurtz · 10-14-2017, 01:46 PM

Took the car to Mexico today and did some pulls with Traction Control disabled. Car is still falling flat on its face after the 4-5 shift. I then put the car in manual mode and kept it in 5th gear and would punch the gas and let off. The car would still do the same think where TMA kicked in and pulled the power back. It would actually keep the car from going any faster for a few seconds until it could get past about 5500 RPM. Then it would continue to pull but I could feel the TMA kicking in and out.

So I'm not sure if it is related to the transmission itself having issues in 5th. Or if on the 17's the normal tuning methods are not adequate. I also wonder if the TCM is causing some limitations here too. I can't get anything back from my tuner so I'm not very happy about that. He took my $500, dropped a tune, and has been a ghost since. I won't slander any names for now.

My next step may be that I pull off the mods, put the tune back to stock, test, and if it is still a problem I will take it to the dealer.

10-14-2017, 01:46 PM	#30
Megahurtz Snackbar Tuning Drives: 2023 SGM ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Florida Posts: 1,518	Took the car to Mexico today and did some pulls with Traction Control disabled. Car is still falling flat on its face after the 4-5 shift. I then put the car in manual mode and kept it in 5th gear and would punch the gas and let off. The car would still do the same think where TMA kicked in and pulled the power back. It would actually keep the car from going any faster for a few seconds until it could get past about 5500 RPM. Then it would continue to pull but I could feel the TMA kicking in and out. So I'm not sure if it is related to the transmission itself having issues in 5th. Or if on the 17's the normal tuning methods are not adequate. I also wonder if the TCM is causing some limitations here too. I can't get anything back from my tuner so I'm not very happy about that. He took my $500, dropped a tune, and has been a ghost since. I won't slander any names for now. My next step may be that I pull off the mods, put the tune back to stock, test, and if it is still a problem I will take it to the dealer.