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Thread: G8 6l80e converter and nitrous not shifting

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    G8 6l80e converter and nitrous not shifting

    Tuning my brothers 08 g8 gt car has converter and a 150rw shot for some reason before and after the converter the car has a problem shifting on the spray motor is fine but on the spray it hits of the rev limiter the 3-4 shift seems to be the worst. I have lowered shift mph and rpm increased line pressure etc not sure what is wrong I could post a copy of my tune file just need to get it off the laptop but maybe its better off if someone can just take a look at a stock tune and give me a an idea what else I could change... Thanks.
    2002 Pewter Trans Am WS6
    Performabuilt 4l80e and Yank PY3600 K&N FIPK Borla Exhaust No Cats Pacesetter LT's Pacesetter ORY Comp 232/236 595 600 110LSA PRC Dual Valve Springs NOS Nitrous 125 Wet Shot MSD 8.5 Plug Wires MSD Window Switch Competition Engineering Drag Shocks Custom Ghost Flames HSW Standalone Fuel System
    383RWHP 385RWTQ NA
    437RW on 125 shot unlocked 800 psi bottle pressure
    Motor 11.7 @ 115 1.6 60ft Spray 10.7 @ 125 1.46 60ft (times with 4l60e and yank ss4000)

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    With nitrous you may be causing the converter to slip more. Being the A6 shifts on MPH, you may just have to keeping lowering the MPH until it shifts at the right rpm. I would drop it 2 MPH for first, 3 for second, and 4-5 for third. Are you changing all normal and A patterns? What mode are you racing it in?

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    Racing in drive we lowered the shift mph and rpm maybe we need to adjust pattern a as well we only lowered the normal table....
    2002 Pewter Trans Am WS6
    Performabuilt 4l80e and Yank PY3600 K&N FIPK Borla Exhaust No Cats Pacesetter LT's Pacesetter ORY Comp 232/236 595 600 110LSA PRC Dual Valve Springs NOS Nitrous 125 Wet Shot MSD 8.5 Plug Wires MSD Window Switch Competition Engineering Drag Shocks Custom Ghost Flames HSW Standalone Fuel System
    383RWHP 385RWTQ NA
    437RW on 125 shot unlocked 800 psi bottle pressure
    Motor 11.7 @ 115 1.6 60ft Spray 10.7 @ 125 1.46 60ft (times with 4l60e and yank ss4000)

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    We started having similar issues once we crossed the 600 RWHP threshold. You may want to join in this thread:

    http://www.hptuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22991
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    I've been battling the same problem on my 07 Corvette. I'm going to try some new parameters this weekend and see if it helps. I'll report back my findings.

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    Have you zeroed out this value yet?

    In the factory tune it's set to 1000 (the highlighted cell) and unless you zero it out it'll act just like the normal rev-limiter.


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    Quote Originally Posted by thesubfloor View Post
    In the factory tune it's set to 1000 (the highlighted cell) and unless you zero it out it'll act just like the normal rev-limiter.

    Mine is zeroed out.