I can remember reading somewhere on AMC that there was a way to firm up the shift in a 3rd gen auto by resetting the ECU and running the T-Bar shifter through a certain sequence. Is there anyone out there that knows how to do this or am i just imagining that i saw this somewhere... BTW. I did do a search and came up with nothing! Thanks in advance.

I found a few articles on autospeed regarding firming up of the auto transmission though none are specifically for the 3rd gen Magna...

http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_1304/article.html - needs subscription to access

http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_2120/article.html - full article (note; I had posted this before and the consensus was that such a modification would not be possible on our cars)

http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_2673/article.html - needs subscription to access - brief intro to an HKS Auto Transmission controller for the Z32 300ZX\Fairlady

Hopefully you find this useful.

Cool. Thanks for that! :)

Cool. Thanks for that! :)

I have access to the full versions of the first and last articles, would you like me to post them up?

I have access to the full versions of the first and last articles, would you like me to post them up?
Yeah, why not! Much appreciated.

Edit: Removed due to copyright breach

ha i was reading that tweaking that shift article and was wondering if u can do what he did to the lexus to the magna.? its sounds awsome

Im shore someone should now.?

The ECU uses the signals from the input and output shaft speed of the transmission to determine the amount of slip from one gear to the next. The only way to firm up the shift is to trick the ECU into thinking the output shaft speed is higher than what it is so that the solenoid for the next gear is activated ealier, reducing the slip from one gear band to the next.