Corvette Servos on 98 V6 VT autobox

[sixshooter]

the corvette servo shown here applies the 2-4 band. the band grabs hold of the reverse input drum, which is how you change to 2nd and 4th gears.

the larger apply area means the shift is made with more force and you it holds the band down harder.

the downside of a harder shift is it obviously loads the transmission a bit more, possibly wearing it faster but who knows by how much? probably not much as the corvette box is the same i would imagine so if it can handle it then so can the commodore one i would assume!

Actually improving the way an auto shifts to make quicker changes wears the auto less... but the trade off is it's harsher on you diff, axles and uni-joints.

 

[jules]

what you guys said makes sense, now that i think about it again..