Manually Shifting

[MarauderBoy]

I have noticed that if you shift from 1 to 2 manually near redline that the engine ends up bumping the rev limiter and has a labored shift. Shiting at about 5k the car ends up going to the rev point I have shifted at manually but has a solid shift. Anyone else experience this and what seems to be the best 1/2 shift point? Btw, my flash stall speed seems to be 2200.

[cutt]

let it shift itself with the overdrive off.

[Smokie]

I have tried the shifts at 5k, 5.5k and 6k. To tell the truth, it never shifted as hard and rock solid as it does automatically, I have not found any advantage to a manual shift.

[chapel1]

You can easily shift into reverse so stick with turning the O/D button off.I KNOW I did it .WTF!:mad: :eek: :confused:

[Logan]

Yep... under WOT, the 1-2 shift loses it and doesn't engage, instead banging off the rpm limiter.. Niiiiiiiiiiiice...

That might explain the tranny upgrades for 04 eh?

[Smokie]

Logan, did you notice the Aviator comes with a 5 speed Auto? Do you think that's next to come in the MM. ???

[Logan]

Nope. They're upgrading the existing 4r70w+ from what I hear... We can always hope... :)

[JAL]

Just throwing this out here as a thought; I would think manually shifting your car's tranny is much the same as ours. There is a delay in line pressure while shifting manually, hence, the problem.

For our 4L60E trannys, we leave it in "D", and let it shift itself.

A question for you guys too, why the 4:10 choice in gears, I would think 3:73s, or does that not give you the low enough gear to equate for loss of torque that the Marauder has?

4:10s seem steep, but I guess it pans out, what RPM are you guys running at HWY speeds?

Jeff<<<Always curious.

[Logan]

At 80mph, the 4.10's equate to 325rpm more than the 3.55's...

The marauder runs a fairly tall rear tire which lows the effective ratio, it's not as drastic as it seems... In fact, it's damn near the perfect gear for the car...

[BISHOPSS95]

Or put it in 'R' for raceing...........

Bwahahahahaha

Bad pun I know, shoot me.

:D

[Sean]

lol... that reminds me... when i was in highschool, photoshop was a bit newer at the time...kindof fresh.

We scanned in a page on how to operate an automatic transmition in the Drivers Ed text book, edited it and had it printed with a buddy of mine's professional printer (i dont know what it is but its big and does good ass work on glossy paper like in magazines) and ripped out the old page and glued this one in place!

It had stuff like:
When attempting to pass a car, depress the shift button if your car has one, and shift the car in to (P) for "Passing Gear". This will implement torque multiplication, allowing you to pass the car more easily at the expense of gas mileage. You should hear a grinding as the gear engages, because it is not synchronized as the rest are, due to its rarity of use. You should only use Passing Gear when you need it. (Note: Passing Gear can only be engaged above 55mph due to constraints on transmitions)

And other total BS!

LOL! I wonder what the next person to have that book thought! bwahahaha *evil laughter*

[MarauderBoy]

I spent most of the day trying out the manual vs automatic shifting. No matter how I tried, I could NOT get the tires to bark on the 1/2 shift just leaving it in D. If I specifically put it in first and shifted at about 5k I always get a solid chirp and what seems like a faster measured speed.

Wassup with that?

[LincMercLover]

You use N for NOS, right...? :D

[JAL]

NOS is a brand of N2O, get it right.

Jeff

[LincMercLover]

Or commonly called NOS as a generic name. Do you call tissues Klee-Nex's, or medical strips Band-aids? ..........

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[JAL]

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And maybe where you're from it's commonly referred to as NOS, as for the rest of the country, I believe it's; nitrous.

[LincMercLover]

Naw... really? YOU ALL call it nitrous?!?! Wow... I say NOS like it's presented, NOS... How many of us go around saying N2O like it's typed. I KNOW it's called NITROUS, it's just that a more common name for it is NOS, since they are the biggest distributer of the "laughing gas"

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[JAL]

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I'm contributing info to help others and learn avbout your cars.

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[Logan]

A fine example of how little patience I have for threads degrading into name calling. Keep it friendly or find somewhere else to hang out.

I KNOW people can make a point with the schoolyard name calling. It has NO place on this board. Period.

If you two want to disagree further, take it to email and keep it the heck off this board.

Please help me keep this board from degrading into the slugfest's that are typical of most Forums on the net nowadays.

This thread is closed. :mad: