I was wanting to know what kind of shift kit you guys would recommend? I was looking on ebay and saw some were electronic and some looked like you had to break into the tranny and install some parts. Either way is fine by me. I have a 94 z28 auto without traction control button. (A4 right?) My car will be mainly stock but with the usual cai, exhaust, maybe a chip or something.

 

I've heard a lot of good reviews about the Transgo shift kit.

 

The best type of shift kit to use (maybe I should say shift "improver" or "enhancer") is a mechanical kit vs. an electronic tranny program. I've currently got a Hypertech programmer which allows you to change shift points and also shift firmness, but they're not as effective or as good for the longevity of the transmission as far as I've heard. The best thing is to have a true mechanical kit installed.

B&M I believe makes a shift kit for the 4L60E (A4), but the Trans-Go kit is also supposed to be good, and for the 4L60E, I've heard on here that it's actually a better kit than B&M's.

 

Hey man..how is the shift firmness when its all the way up?? can you feel a really noticeable difference? How hard is the 1-2 shift?? is it like neck breaking? My freind said he put a B&M shift kit in his 98 SS..he said that it literally hurts his neck on the 1-2 shift..he said that it will break the back end loose on the 1-2 shift if he's not careful. Is this similar to how the hypertech is? or is not quite this extreme?

 

No, even with the Hypertech set at its "100%" firmness setting, it's not neck snapping! I had a true shift kit in my old '81 Z28 though, so I know the type of snap you're talking about. I've got the Hypertech mainly because I changed to 3.73's last year (although I'm back on 2.73's right now ) but I'm likely doing a gear change again this year, and I needed some means of re-programming the speedo. For the time being, I figured "why not" boost the firmness if I can, but I'm thinking about having a real shift kit installed this year as well. From what I've read/heard, they're better than "programming" firm shifts.