I've been driving the Anxiety Attack (98 Scare-maro Z-28) for about the last 3 months just because I have it and it saves milage on my already high milage truck ..... but Sunday was such a beautiful day that I pulled my Titan out from behind the barn and gave it a wash and wax .... and I've been driving it for the last three or four days ..... well, I am really wondering about the excessive slippage of the torque converter ...... driving the Scare-maro around for so long and then getting back into my truck really makes the slipping very noticable ..... why did Nissan do this?? .... is it to protect the automatic transmission?? ..... I don't like it and I want the converter to "lock up" when driving at highway speeds, up and down hills just like the Camaro does ... once the Scare-maro is in OD, it takes an act of Congress to get it to shift down .... and with the torque of the LS-1, downshifting is not needed..... I'd bet a noticable gain in fuel milage could be realized if the Titans TC would lock up instead of that wishy-washy slip and find action that it does ..... what is ya'lls thoughts on this?

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'04 SexySilver KC XE ....120k miles....the usual mods.

I've nothing to comare it to, so pardon my questions.

Do you notice the slipping while in 5th gear? What about if you select 4th gear?

Part of the problem might be that the Titan runs at such a low RPM as 60 MPH, that it needs to downshift to stay in a good torque zone.

Red

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2005 Titan KC SE, Helwig, True-Track, ARE MX Canopy

It's not really the downshifting from one gear to another that has my panties a little twisted, although I do feel that the trans does downshift way too early on simple inclines and small speed increases ..... it's the way the torque converter unlocks, allowing engine RPM to increase, at any small variation of speed ..... almost like a slipping clutch on a manuel transmission vehicle feels ..... the 4 speed automatic in the Scare-maro feels solid and the 5 speed automatic in the Titan feels like a slushbox ..... I just wonder why it was designed this way ...... there has to be a reason.

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'04 SexySilver KC XE ....120k miles....the usual mods.

I don't have an answer for you. Perhaps someone else who is more familiar with transmissions can chime in.

Red

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2005 Titan KC SE, Helwig, True-Track, ARE MX Canopy

With 37" tires, I don't usually drive around in 5th... but in 4th, my converter locks up quickly - or what I would consider quickly. It won't unlock unless I give a fair amount of throttle input.

i take it you've been following up on Greg's thread about the new gears 2 "big" (greg's words) companies are working on! should make those 37"ers feel like stock again once those gears are available!

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