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Originally Posted by dlang14
I have the same trouble with my TKO600, and I'm not that high on the RPMs. Funny thing is I ran an early TKO when they first came out in a fox body mustang with a vortech supercharger and I could slam 3rd all day long. I went to a steeda tri-ax on the TKO600 and it helps a little, but the best way to get into 3rd for me is to try to shift slower, thats hard to do since the brain is screaming at you to jam in into 3rd. its downright embarrassing to miss 3rd gear like some kinda rookie  |
I think part of the reason for that is that the early Tremec 3550 and TKO transmissions didn't have nearly the torque capacity of the new 500's and 600's. The gears were a lot smaller and you could get them to accelerate/decelerate quicker.
We can do some different things to the TKO's to help the shifting. The cone part of the gear can be roughed up a little bit instead of having the mirror finish. This allows the synchronizer to grab on to the gear quicker and spin it up/down quicker.