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    Im no fan of blocking the accumulators either nor do I prefer having to tune a car much to raise line pressure but every car is different and I like being able to tweak the shifts in the pcm. Transgo made the original Thrasher shift kit which was identical to what they offer now but had selective firmness levels, more spacers, and shims that go under the smaller springs on the acc pistons. That kit would make the tires bark on high settings. One nice thing about the pcm controlling shift firmness is that it will relearn part throttle to tame down the shifts more you drive it. After I build my transmissions sometimes the light and part throttle shifts are very harsh because of its mods but will learn quickly to this and make normally driving nice and have great WOT shifts. I never tried playin with adjusting the EPC on these transmissions and the solenoids that I have been using the last year arent adjustable like the OE delco ones because the adjustment screw is peened in so tight.
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    I'm learning more and more everyday, and today I was having problems with a problem customer complaining that he wanted his shifts to snap his neck no matter how fast or how much throttle he was giving it. Basically all I did was say well every customer is different and i'll adjust your shift kit to the firmest settings, after doing so it wasn't as drastic of a difference as I was hoping for so I called transgo and talked to Glen in the tech department. Basically heres what he told me in a nut shell... If you are getting the tires to break traction upon the 1-2 shift , or chirp you are already pushing the limits and are getting into breaking parts stages, so if you are there and it doesn't please someone, then just block the accumulators completly and say good riddance I hope you blow your trans to shreds. I guess shift quality is measureable on so many differenty levels if you really want to get technical. As for me I'm now happy with the transgo shift kits, the way they are meant to be
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