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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-29-2024, 12:11 AM
Replies: 63
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Posted By booster
The ability to have a place to put them usually...

The ability to have a place to put them usually determines the location and with the Chevies in front of the radiator is the only place they will fit unless you ditch the mechanical fan, shroud, etc...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-28-2024, 06:12 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
The would push from in front of the radiator and...

The would push from in front of the radiator and AC condenser.
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-28-2024, 01:38 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
Yep, as long as you are moving the hot air...

Yep, as long as you are moving the hot air usually makes it to the sides or rear to exit and not go out and back around. Sitting still with a light wind from behind can be really bad.


Have you...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-27-2024, 02:06 PM
Replies: 63
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Posted By booster
Yep, this is what tlillard was referring to...

Yep, this is what tlillard was referring to earlier.


I did this a long time ago and it is described in the thread.


I found it did not radically change looping out the sides of the area...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-26-2024, 01:28 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
We got pretty hot at Bear Country also as it was...

We got pretty hot at Bear Country also as it was before any changes were done.


IIRC, the ride through was very slow moving and probably was nearly all in low gear. Unfortunately, there is no...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-26-2024, 12:12 AM
Replies: 63
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Posted By booster
I think most of us were wrong in our tow/haul...

I think most of us were wrong in our tow/haul assumptions before seeing the actual programming of it has and can have.


Normal and tow haul use identically laid out charts like you saw earlier in...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 03-23-2024, 04:22 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
The best tune will be a lot of personal choice...

The best tune will be a lot of personal choice things, I think, and based on how much, if any, manual input you want to do to keep temps down in the difficult conditions. Normal conditions don't...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-11-2022, 01:52 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
Interesting information. I think there...

Interesting information.


I think there might be one thing to consider concerning backward load on the parts. I ran into this long ago when helping out with a guy having clutch issues on diesel...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 09-23-2022, 11:06 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
Glad it is working for you to this point. Just...

Glad it is working for you to this point. Just getting close so you do your own personalizing saves a whole bunch of work.:D


It will downshift if the speed gets low enough, like 50 mph in...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 09-23-2022, 01:08 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
I really don't see a way to do that without...

I really don't see a way to do that without losing the ability to go to full throttle at lower rpms with the converter locked since the lockup table is based on TPS.


You would be able to run it...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 09-22-2022, 05:58 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
I short shift at the lower speed ranges so I can...

I short shift at the lower speed ranges so I can get it to lock in second or third gear in traffic to keep the trans cooler. At higher throttle/higher MAP I move the shifts back up a bunch where...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 09-20-2022, 01:44 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
You are probably towing near GCWR with a race car...

You are probably towing near GCWR with a race car and trailer, so you will need to be more "racey" in shiftpoint selections or the unit won't make enough hp to move it. I found that locking up...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 09-19-2022, 02:17 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
I don't recall if I have done anything in the...

I don't recall if I have done anything in the trans since these tables were posted. but if I did it would not be large changes. It is a fine balance between driveability and generating heat and I...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 01-03-2021, 10:22 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
It appears that the downhill/descent features in...

It appears that the downhill/descent features in newer vehicles uses the antilock brakes to handle slippery downhills without needing to actually put on the brakes, so nothing to do with trans...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 01-03-2021, 04:31 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
It does look like there is a way to keep it from...

It does look like there is a way to keep it from unlocking at closed throttle by changing settings in what appear to be a safety type thing in the program that sets a fixed vehicle speed sensor...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 01-03-2021, 03:05 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
You certainly could so some things with that by...

You certainly could so some things with that by messing with the unlock speeds for torque converter in various gears, except for low gear which can never be locked. The problem would come, I think,...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 07-29-2018, 12:04 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
As I mentioned above, the different changes most...

As I mentioned above, the different changes most likely have an affect under different conditions.



The programming changes really did the trick on the long climbs in second and third gear...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 07-26-2018, 06:02 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
We just got back for 6K miles of testing on the...

We just got back for 6K miles of testing on the changes, including lots of mountains and also quite a bit of slow and go.


The testing is muddied a bit because I had done two other changes since...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 12-03-2017, 11:59 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
We got a stretch of nice weather for this time of...

We got a stretch of nice weather for this time of year, so I have been able to get some testing in that I didn't think I would get to. I am now on Rev 12 of the tuner programming and think it is...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-23-2017, 03:25 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
We have a Scangauge mounted, that you can get the...

We have a Scangauge mounted, that you can get the codes for from Scangauge, so it will display transmission temps from the factory, in transmission, sensor. I recently also added a plain old pan...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-23-2017, 01:48 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
The certainly was an initial concern for me. I...

The certainly was an initial concern for me. I am less concerned about it now, as when you look at the 6 speed trans lockup table, they have that locked up nearly all the time except for in the...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-22-2017, 11:01 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
I decided to run the same table for the 6 speed...

I decided to run the same table for the 6 speed used in the newer vans.

https://www.classbforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5175&stc=1&d=1511395066

In the speed ranges we run when we...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-22-2017, 07:18 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
I found an error in the rpm vs mph vs gear chart...

I found an error in the rpm vs mph vs gear chart in the first gear area, so disregard that in the previous version. Here is the latest
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-21-2017, 08:27 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
Yes, you can set rear axle ratio and the tire...

Yes, you can set rear axle ratio and the tire size is incorporated in a transmission output revolution per mile calculation that you can set.

HP Tuners.

If you go to their home page, there is a...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 11-21-2017, 03:50 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 11,382
Posted By booster
When I was trying to figure out where to put the...

When I was trying to figure out where to put the shiftpoints and lockups, I discovered I needed a good chart for what the rpm is at the various speeds and in different gears. I put together this...
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