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T-400 shifting too quick

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#1 ·
I have a big block and I just got a th400 built and have a 2600-2800 stall, gear 3:90 and a single plane intake. Its a street/strip car but the car see more of the street than the track:confused:
 
#11 ·
Really? There are NO provisions on that intake?
There is usually one on the rear face of the manifold, below the carb mounting flange. If not, that's where I would CAREFULLY drill and tap a 1/8" NPT hole for a small vacuum hose-barb.

You may be able to do this by simply removing the carb and taping off the intake runners to prevent any material getting away on you. Drill and tap the hole, and then vacuum up the debris.

Use extreme care when tightening any pipe thread fittings on an aluminum intake, as the the thread is tapered and can crack the intake if over-tightened.
 
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#18 ·
"Same thing" = shifting too quick?

What is the rear gear ratio? If you're talking about part throttle, low throttle shifts, they do tend to be very quick if there's no load on the engine. The best way around this is to shift it manually. It will always shift through the gears quick if left in Drive, under low load, light throttle settings.
 
#21 · (Edited)
You can drill and tap a port at rear for vacumn connection ,be shure you have Heavy grease on drill bit to catch alumimum shavings ,i would also remove carb and duct tape on inside where you will be drilling. or you can buy an aluminum spacer plate to go under carb with vucumn port already in it ,I have one but do not know how to put pictures on this sight ,if you cant find one i will posy picture in my picture albumn Also do you have the elactric kick down connected if not it will shift to early part throttle or WOT
 
#23 ·
I had the same problem multiple times. This is what i did.

I checked out the tag on the trans to see what it originally came from. IE bigger car usually ment lower rear gears, and earlier shifts for comfort.

Then made sure i had a new red line (adjustable) vacuum modulator. I drove my car and checked the vacuum while the car was at cruising speed. I set my modulator to start pulling in at this measurement. that way when the car is under light throttle it shifts smooth and a lil early but then under heavy throttle it's a lot more firm and a little later.

Normally running anything over 3.42 you have to do governor work. Buy a governor recalibration kit. and start playing with springs and weights. I use a scale and weigh all the weights and compare them to the ones that are original. I also make a graph to record my findings on each combination. also you can remove weight off the outer weight which will help raise your shift points under light loads. inner weight under heavy loads, and the springs separate the shifts.

I went from a 55g outer weight to a 44g. 14g inner weight to a 9g. and 2 step heavier spring. on a 67 firebird 400 th400 3.42 rears. heavy load 1-2 shift 5500, 2-3 shift 5200 rpm.

Also a thing to note is instead of picking 5500 rpm to shift at, you should choose a shift point that correlates with your engine peak torque and hp rpms.
 
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