Transmission Shift Points
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Transmission Shift Points
I have a 2002 2WD super crew with the small V-8. I’ve owned it for about 3 years and have 51,000 miles on it. I am wondering if there is any way to change the transmission shift points? As long as have had the truck, I have felt that it downshifted too soon at highway speeds. The shifts are smooth and predictable, but I would prefer that it not shift out of OD every time I go up a slight incline on the interstate. If I am not using cruse control, I can keep it from downshifting, but with CC engaged it does not take much of a hill for it to shift down. Likewise, when accelerating, I would prefer that it shift into high gear a bit sooner.
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Originally Posted by thiggy
I have a 2002 2WD super crew with the small V-8. I’ve owned it for about 3 years and have 51,000 miles on it. I am wondering if there is any way to change the transmission shift points? As long as have had the truck, I have felt that it downshifted too soon at highway speeds. The shifts are smooth and predictable, but I would prefer that it not shift out of OD every time I go up a slight incline on the interstate. If I am not using cruse control, I can keep it from downshifting, but with CC engaged it does not take much of a hill for it to shift down. Likewise, when accelerating, I would prefer that it shift into high gear a bit sooner.
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Originally Posted by zman764
Is this something I can get my local ford dealership to do for minimal $? Or will they not touch the pcm? A tuner is not practical w/ 211k miles on my odo.
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i use a diablo predator sport tuner, very easy to use and you can change pressures, modulation and line perssure as well as shift points. plus its a scanner and you can change alot more things. i got mine off ebay. this is not an add. bdperformance. i am just very happy with this product. you can make it shift under wot like it has a shift kit in it.
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