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my problem is while car is in drive or reverse i have to hold brake fairly hard to keep it from going on it's own.. if i let off it literally will take off and go maybe 10-15mph without pressing gas pedal.. the weird part is it idles fine and at normal 550-700rpm and never raises..:think:
do you think it's the torque converter going bad?
it's the 4L60E
I've never heard of this. But something tells me maybe the brake booster is going bad? Does the trans slip while driving?
nope the trans shifts nice a firm, no slipping.. i was thinking maybe torque converter is staying partially engaged?
were the mods that are on it now there when frost did your tune? Did this just start out of the blue? Do the rpm's go up when you put it in gear and if so what do they go up to?
rpm's stay same.. yes, all mod's were given to frost when tuned.. it actually did this since i got the car just never paid attention to it till recently.. it almost feels like something is staying engaged cause i can put in neutral at a light and get same idle rpm but car doesn't want to take off
it very well could be......normally if it's an airflow issue you'll have raised idle rpm's and it doesn't sound like that's what's going on. If you want to for shits and giggles you could look at the pcv line where it bends to go into the intake on the passenger side of the car. Those like to crack on the inside of that elbow which would cause a vacuum leak but like I say.....normally if something like that is going on you'll see a raised idle. The next thing I would recommend is to have it logged with hptuner or something like that where you can see the status of the torque converter clutch to see if it's showing it as locked. The closest thing next to that is to just pay attention to it really close when you're driving to see if the TCC is locking as you're driving it. The stock converter is hard to hear/feel compared to an aftermarket stall but if you pay close attention you should be able to feel/hear it.
I'll post the lock up speeds vs throttle % for you to look at. This is for an 01 but should be the same for yours. These are the speeds where you should hear/feel that clutch lock up vs the amount of throttle. Looks like it'll be 3rd gear 29 or 35mph normally. It also should unlock when you go WOT. If it's staying locked all the time you definitely should be able to tell if it's not unlocking at wide open.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...th_tcclock.jpg
another thing I notice is the tb and maf mods you have.....frost was aware of those when he did your tune correct?
well i know it's not the pcv line since i did the ls6 valley swap(with catch can) when i installed ls6 intake. car runs awesome and extremely fast!!
idle is perfect and smooth.. frost tuned for the TB and maf mods..
since i don't have access around here to an HPtuner i guess i'll just wait till i but the new converter in and go from there..
Well....good luck & keep me posted if you figure it out. Your description does make it sound converter related but without being there to log it I'm just guessing.
Any updates?