do the tranny cocktail with synthetic ATF and the second gear crunch will be alot less. I have noticed that doing the cocktail helps especially when cold. For instance
I found that when I did the cocktail to the tranny in my 2000 SVT that it shifts the same (before warming up) when its 20 deg. F. just the same as it did before the cocktail (before warming up) at 70 deg. F