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[redbird94]

my 94 formula A4 gear selector only has a 2,3,d positiosn why does it not have a 1st gear selection?do i still have a normal 1st gear, is it bad?

[Injuneer]

That means your Formula left the factory WITHOUT the OPTIONAL "performance package." That package included 3.23 rear axle in place of the 2.73 gears your car probably has, a 155mph speedometer, instead of the 110mph speedo you probably have, no top speed limiter (yours is probably limited to 110mph), and Z-rated tires. And, it included the ability to select 1-2-3 on the auto shifter, and a "performance" button on the console that provided more aggressive shifting.

Your 4L60E has a 1st gear, and in all likelihood it works fine.... you can't manually select it, because there is a plastic "stop" under the gear selector indicator. This stop can be cut out, and you can select 1st gear manually.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

What Fred said. What I heard was that the cars with the 2.73 gears would not pass the road side noise test at XX MPHs in first gear but would in second gear. The cars with the performance package which had 3.23s would because it would be at a higher RPM at XX MPHs. So the cars not equipped with the performance package would get a stop added to the shifter to keep them from being put in first. I cut mine out several years ago with a key hole hack saw.

I borrowed Rob's picture of the shifter from http://shbox.com/page/index.html and added an arrow to where the stop is.

[tabahr]

A little off subject, but the best mod for your car would definitely be a set of 3.73 gears. You wont believe the difference.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

"A little off subject, but the best mod for your car would definitely be a set of 3.73 gears. You wont believe the difference."

And the drop in gas mileage. LOL no 3.73 is probably the best bang for buck mod you could do but it will kill the gas mileage if you care.

[tabahr]

Originally posted by Jeff 95 Z28
[B You wont believe the difference."

And the drop in gas mileage. LOL [/B]

I'm glad you were kidding about the gas mileage.... I doubt any of us (V8 owners) had fuel economy as a high priority while purchasing our cars!!

[redbird94]

i have the 273, with the perfromance switch and a 155 mph speedo and trust me it does not stop at 110 i have hit 145.

[redbird94]

now can you give me some directions on how to cut that out in my shifter, after i cut it out jsut buy a stock part from a car that had the performance package that included the gear.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

All you need is a key hole hack saw. You won't need anything else. If you want, you could get another shifter cover plate from a car with the performance option that has 1st showing on it but you don't need it. I never look down anyway.

One of my future plans is to graft a B&M mega shifter into my car. I called B&M and they said it will work fine with the 4L60E transmission. It's just a matter of making it look good in the console. The easist thing to do may be to get a M6 shifter plate and use a boot like what Fred did. That's $200 down the road though.

[redbird94]

i wanted to get a mega shifter for my car too, how could you do it, has anyone on this site done it

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Knightfire has. Here is a picture of it on his web page. http://www.angelfire.com/ga/cincity/page8.html

[redbird94]

he has the 700 trans though deosnt he

[Jeff_in_Atl]

He should have a 4L60 which is basically the same as the 700R4. When I talked to B&M, they said the shifter would work fine on the 4L60 and the 4L60E also. They just don't list it because they don't have a console plate for it.

[redbird94]

so how would i get a plate and which one could i use

[redbird94]

so my car is a factory freak with half of the performance package, including the 155 speedo performance switch