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Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:19 am
by SRT8Tech
The SRT8's seem to have a really slow lazy downshift in the lower gears when going to WOT. Mine does it but not all the time. Maybe 50% of the time. Sometimes it takes up to 3 (or more) seconds for it to actually downshift into the lower gear. Just bogs for 2-3 seconds then it will downshift. Also has a real bad 2nd gear part throttle bog too. Feels like the throttle is backing off but im actually pressing the pedal down more. I dont think it has anything to do with the 91 or 93 tunes because it does it sometimes with the stock tune too. Any fixes coming up for this?? Ive seen a bunch of guys complaining about it. I do know that the 5.7's dont do it, just the SRT8's. The 5.7's actually have a kick ass part throttle shifting feel and no bogging like the 6.1's

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:53 pm
by Illss1
bump .... same here .

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:09 pm
by Illss1
No one can chime in huh??

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:38 pm
by Mike_Levy
Wish I could, but I have the same issue, even with a tweaked tune. I'm constantly manually downshifting to accelerate because the car doesn't wanna do it.

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:22 am
by SRT8Tech
Weird thing is that the 5.7's dont do it. The way those shift is killer. No quick part throttle 1-2 shift, no throttle lag and no weird bog feel then downshift. The 5.7's just have a better drivability feel to them. Ive also noticed that the SRT8 jeeps dont do it that bad either. Might just be the gearing in those though. 3.73 FTW!!!! :)

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:06 pm
by jtfinklea
SRT8TECH, I just replaced all 4 oxygen sensors they averaged $24.00 each. I was wondering what the difference is between the factory mopar replacements and the Bosch/Walker which are $70.00 each.

Thanks, just thought you might know.

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:12 pm
by SRT8Tech
The factory or the Bosch are good. Anything else is a crap shoot on if they work good or not. The factory ones are the best but you are gonna pay out the arse for them.

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:56 pm
by jtfinklea
I bought the Mopar o2's and paid $24.00 each they look identical to the ones I took out. Just wondering if you know why their is such a price difference between the Bosch and Walkers and the Mopars o2's.
By the way the originals had 79,000 miles on them and they looked almost the same as the new ones.

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:59 pm
by SRT8Tech
24 bucks for new Mopar O2's is a damn good price!! List for those suckers is like 140-170 bucks.

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:11 pm
by jtfinklea
SRT8TECH,

Where are located?

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:11 pm
by jtfinklea
SRT8TECH,

Where are you located?

RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:27 pm
by SRT8Tech
Im in the Jacksonville FL area.

Re: RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:25 am
by Illss1
SRT8Tech wrote:Weird thing is that the 5.7's dont do it. The way those shift is killer. No quick part throttle 1-2 shift, no throttle lag and no weird bog feel then downshift. The 5.7's just have a better drivability feel to them. Ive also noticed that the SRT8 jeeps dont do it that bad either. Might just be the gearing in those though. 3.73 FTW!!!! :)
I noticed on a 05 300c (5.7) that it is exactly as u described .....weird!

RE: Re: RE: Slow downshifting. Any new answers yet??

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:46 am
by dpotter
I've run two versions, including the current one and no shifting problems.

This seems to only affect a small number of cars??