WOT Detent

M1ck3y · January 26, 2022

Can you tune out the wot detent?

It's just too easy, to come up short and end up with a half-assed wot run..

Imo wide open/two gear drop should kick In where the single gear downshift happens. It drives me nuts having to literally push my foot through the firewall to achieve this..

pokismoki · January 30, 2022

sounds like a question for the hptunerforum,

by detent, do you mean... gear kick down?

i think i asked the question and wanted to take out the excesssive gear kick down in my trucks tune, but never got around to it, its been discussed on hpforum

Edited January 30, 2022 by pokismoki

CamGTP · January 31, 2022

Beats me. Maybe I just drive my truck different and don't have that problem.

M1ck3y · February 1, 2022

Yeah, if you look in the owners manual GM call's it, "kickdown mode". Usually it's not a problem for me, but every now and then I end up a little short of that detent. Going wot, but going nowhere fast.

As far as I can tell its only purpose is to trick the driver, resulting in less strain on the vehicle. It would also be nice of the pedal had a soft stop, so it's easier to determine where you are in the pedal travel. My foot hasn't found the end range of the pedal; I'd have to move my seat forward..

pokismoki · February 1, 2022

call the kid who works at the tuning school, i was about to do this mod in the software but ****** got in the way and missed my opportunity. would appreciate a walk thru if anyone can post the hptune software as to what tables to edit , and how to limit the kick down on the pedal, and how many gears the trans drops down at WoT

shakenfake · February 1, 2022

Look up goatrope garage on youtube. He probably has a video on how to ditch this

mikeyk101 · February 1, 2022

I have found shortcomings when hauling my camper. Starting up a steeper grade, even pushing throttle to floor leaves quite a bit to be desired. Many times it refuses to drop down on its own. I use the tow/haul mode when pulling. What I found that works for me is to drop the trans down into "M" mode from "D" right at the start of the grade and that at least drops one gear right away on its own. And if the truck is still struggling a bit, I will manually drop it down one more gear and that is usually sufficient to maintain speed. I have also stopped stomping on the accelerator in these circumstances and found that I actually don't have to push down any further on the accelerator to maintain the speed. It seems to help also with engine and trans heat. They will still go up a bit but not as fast as when I would leave it in "D" to let it manage on its own.

pokismoki · February 1, 2022

1 hour ago, shakenfake said:

Look up goatrope garage on youtube. He probably has a video on how to ditch this

he doesnt .. tuning school instructor will walk u thru it

M1ck3y · February 2, 2022

10 hours ago, mikeyk101 said:

I have found shortcomings when hauling my camper. Starting up a steeper grade, even pushing throttle to floor leaves quite a bit to be desired. Many times it refuses to drop down on its own. I use the tow/haul mode when pulling. What I found that works for me is to drop the trans down into "M" mode from "D" right at the start of the grade and that at least drops one gear right away on its own. And if the truck is still struggling a bit, I will manually drop it down one more gear and that is usually sufficient to maintain speed. I have also stopped stomping on the accelerator in these circumstances and found that I actually don't have to push down any further on the accelerator to maintain the speed. It seems to help also with engine and trans heat. They will still go up a bit but not as fast as when I would leave it in "D" to let it manage on its own.

I hear you, the factory tuning is aggressively restrictive. The truck should do, what you want it to do right?