Re: Automatics at Lemons, has one ever won?
We are bringing our first 5 speed to T-Hill.
The thing with LeMony automatics is the shift frequency. Every shift puts heat into the clutches/bands that takes time to remove, and these tracks are too tight for the most part to give enough time to recover. Lots of cooler helps, but there's usually no way to remove heat from the clutches fast enough.
So set your transmission up to shift just short of driveshaft breaking hardness and don't allow it to shift too many times per lap. If you have a way to lock the torque converter all the time, do it, since that keeps the converter from adding heat to the fluid and limiting the torque multiplication during shifts helps the clutches survive.
I think an American RWD 3-speed (904-727/TH350-400/C4-6) can be set up to live forever in racing conditions, but I don't hold much hope for any of the Borg-Warner or ZF Euro transmissions...
Good stuff... How do I set engagement on my lexus trans? I can get it to hold gear by manually shifting it, but it feels odd to do so. I also locked out the OD and put a second cooler on it but not sure what to do from there.
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