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Originally Posted by SharpByCoop
Your OEM torque converter will limit howhigh your engine will rev. Did you pull a brake fuse to allow it to rev? If not you won't see the gain. I'd try to leave as hard as possible until you GET wheelspin.
Put it in drive and let the computer shift. You might be surprised. I gave up trying to out-think mine, and went quickest.
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Thanks for the info. My 2012 base Z will allow me to rev until the tires break, then it cuts off after maybe 1 revolution. As long as the tires don't break, it lets me rev as high as I want it. I'm the 2nd owner, so maybe this means someone took a fuse out? I'm not sure. Anyways, I guess I'll have to pay attention to what RPM the tires break at on the strip when I'm cleaning the tires before the run, then try to get as close to that RPM as possible during my launch... does that make sense? I'm going back out there tomorrow night so I'll post slips afterwards, just not sure how great it'll look since it's already pushing 90 degrees here in central Florida. With that said, I'm a little curious if my K&N Typhoon is hurting me more than stock intakes would on the strip, considering how long I'm sitting still, waiting to be staged before the run. Florida heat + short ram intakes while waiting to be staged might be hurting a bit more than it does when I'm driving on the street.
I'll also let the auto go and see what it can do for me then, I was looking for someone who has tried it both ways to let me know what works best and you did just that, so thank you very much. I guess I just didn't trust the ECU to allow me to hit just prior to the rev limiter before shifting, but it might actually be better at it than I am - just wasn't sure how 'conservative' the ECU was on shifts even at WOT.
NST pulleys and ART pipes coming this summer, and maybe the motordyne manifold if I can bring myself to sacrifice my fantasy football dues, so looking forward to seeing some progress from this starting point.