1998 gtp

**iQuallzey** · 04-07-2010

So im only 17, im new to cars and everything
i recently bought my 1998 Grand Prix GTP

and my question is, iv heard Pontiac have weak transmissions.

usualy i drive like a old person trying to get the best MPG i can get, but every now and then i like to use my supercharger so ill get on my street which is very long and straight and just gun it. usually my tires squeal and i jerk a little, but its super fun. Does accelerating this fast hurt my transmission a lot?

lets say i wanted to time myself or race or something, what is the proper way to accelerate the fastest?

sorry im such a car noob lol

**CTKGP09** · 04-07-2010

its ok, thats while we are all here, to learn. the trannys in high mileage are know to have problems like loosing for 4th gear. but for starters it never good to go WOT in first gear. i usually wait till it shifts into 2nd and pull from that gear. but straight up, the less you beat your car, the longer it will last.

**iQuallzey** · 04-07-2010

thanks for the info

iv only done this maybe 4 times since buying it, im usually to cautious about gas lol, my car has like 125k miles on it so i should probably be gentle

**CTKGP09** · 04-07-2010

i have 127xxx on my GT. i get over 30MPG highway and i love it. but i know what you mean when you gotta get on it every once in a while and get like 5 gallons to the mile

**whiney** · 04-07-2010

Ya with a stock trans you need to be careful not to bag it too much, cause it will only take it for so long til it gives out. If you plan on going to a 3.4 setup even ragging on it will destroy it quickly.

**Nsane** · 04-10-2010

yep, lesson learned well, thats why my 2000 gtp with only 114xxx on the dash is sitting in the driveway right now with a blown tranny

**CTKGP09** · 04-11-2010

^^^sucks dude i just hope mine lasts till i have the money for another car by then! cause a rebuild might be in order for the GP when the tranny goes

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