Originally posted by Cobra:
Well, the shifter is pretty notchy. Apparently, the GTO got a different shifter than the Monaro. One of the most popular mods is to change out the shifter to the Monaro. It also has a wierd lock out thing. Something to do with fuel efficency or something. If you are taking it easy when you start out it locks 2nd out and you have to go right to 3rd. Some kind of stupid GM thing. He's not blaming the shifter though. He said it was all his error.
The lock-out only hapens at low speeds on the GM T56 transmissions. You can easily get past it by revving over 2500rpm or putting in a solenoid that fools the computer. From what you are describing he was going at least 100mph so it wouldn't have taken effect. That engine would have ben trashed anyway because of the money shift.
Sorry to hear about it.
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