Automatic "technique"??
08-16-2002 | 06:40 AM
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Originally posted by fujiwara takumi
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so this is ok for your car? im not pumping the gas or anything....ill just let of the gas a little to let it go into gear....
08-16-2002 | 06:43 AM
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Originally posted by crucial Si
right...it "feels" like your going faster..but i doubt it...i wouldnt do that in any car....just floor it and thats it...why give it a delay in gas....i think it feels like that b/c when you let go from flooring it for that quick sec..the vavle are starting to close then you open them up again and it reacts like that.
right...it "feels" like your going faster..but i doubt it...i wouldnt do that in any car....just floor it and thats it...why give it a delay in gas....i think it feels like that b/c when you let go from flooring it for that quick sec..the vavle are starting to close then you open them up again and it reacts like that.
08-16-2002 | 06:45 AM
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Re: Automatic "technique"??
Originally posted by 15sCivicRedline
Ok i have a 95 civic automatic. I don't know if this is really a technique to use so it might just be stupid. Whenever I'm racing instead of just stomping my foot on the gas pedal(flooring it), I floor it but when I feel like its going to change gears I let off for a second and floor it again. I dunno...I feel like it accelerates much much faster than when I just floor it and dont do anything. Becuase when im just flooring it, it feels sluggish and its not accelerating fast enough but whenever i let off the gas and floor it, it kinda kicks in and starts accelerating.. I dunno this might be something stupid, because an automatic is an automatic and it wont ever be fast but im just wondering if anyone else does this or why this feels like its going faster?
Ok i have a 95 civic automatic. I don't know if this is really a technique to use so it might just be stupid. Whenever I'm racing instead of just stomping my foot on the gas pedal(flooring it), I floor it but when I feel like its going to change gears I let off for a second and floor it again. I dunno...I feel like it accelerates much much faster than when I just floor it and dont do anything. Becuase when im just flooring it, it feels sluggish and its not accelerating fast enough but whenever i let off the gas and floor it, it kinda kicks in and starts accelerating.. I dunno this might be something stupid, because an automatic is an automatic and it wont ever be fast but im just wondering if anyone else does this or why this feels like its going faster?
Racing on an automatic tranny is the fastest way to give you an excuse to swap your engine and tranny... cause it'll break. Trust me on that one, I know. It's known that Honda auto-trannies are the worst, and racing on them really accelerates that process of wear. But other than that, I think I know what you're talking about. The car downshifts 1-2 gears when you floor it, I would think, theoretically when you let off, it'll bump up to the next gear, so you are going up gears. But my advice is, STOP beating the crap out of your auto-tranny, unless you really want to spend $ to fix it or swap it.
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08-16-2002 | 06:49 AM
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Re: Re: Automatic "technique"??
Originally posted by MaxBoosT
Racing on an automatic tranny is the fastest way to give you an excuse to swap your engine and tranny... cause it'll break. Trust me on that one, I know. It's known that Honda auto-trannies are the worst, and racing on them really accelerates that process of wear. But other than that, I think I know what you're talking about. The car downshifts 1-2 gears when you floor it, I would think, theoretically when you let off, it'll bump up to the next gear, so you are going up gears. But my advice is, STOP beating the crap out of your auto-tranny, unless you really want to spend $ to fix it or swap it.
Racing on an automatic tranny is the fastest way to give you an excuse to swap your engine and tranny... cause it'll break. Trust me on that one, I know. It's known that Honda auto-trannies are the worst, and racing on them really accelerates that process of wear. But other than that, I think I know what you're talking about. The car downshifts 1-2 gears when you floor it, I would think, theoretically when you let off, it'll bump up to the next gear, so you are going up gears. But my advice is, STOP beating the crap out of your auto-tranny, unless you really want to spend $ to fix it or swap it.
08-16-2002 | 07:09 AM
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Yeah honda auto trannies suck. I can start to feel mine slipping a little bit. Car @ 59k miles. I've had it (beat on it) for the last 13k miles. Flushed the tranny fluid about 100 miles ago. Still a little weird. I think the inevitable is coming 
Oh well that just means either I go auto -> 5sp, or auto -> 5sp + b16 
Oh well that just means either I go auto -> 5sp, or auto -> 5sp + b16
08-16-2002 | 07:12 AM
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Originally posted by Cashis EG8
Yeah honda auto trannies suck. I can start to feel mine slipping a little bit. Car @ 59k miles. I've had it (beat on it) for the last 13k miles. Flushed the tranny fluid about 100 miles ago. Still a little weird. I think the inevitable is coming Oh well that just means either I go auto -> 5sp, or auto -> 5sp + b16
Yeah honda auto trannies suck. I can start to feel mine slipping a little bit. Car @ 59k miles. I've had it (beat on it) for the last 13k miles. Flushed the tranny fluid about 100 miles ago. Still a little weird. I think the inevitable is coming
Oh well that just means either I go auto -> 5sp, or auto -> 5sp + b16
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08-16-2002 | 07:17 AM
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this is kinda weird how so many people do it... i never heard of any1 else doing it, i just do it... if i'm accelerating hard in my autofaggot, i let off right before it shifts, then gas it to change the gear... kinda weird. if my tranny dies, its a good reason to swap 
hehe then my dad actually might approve. hehehehehe
i don't think its bad for you to switch down to d3 anyways when you need the extra oomph. of course my car really doesn't have oomph but if i wanna pass someone i stick it in d3... and when i'm braking i switch it down to d3 to 'engine brake'...
i think all hondas are like this... that you can throw it in d3 without hitting the button.... i stuck it in reverse one while going kinda fast (accident) and that was bad....
back on topic. i think it just makes you THINK you're going faster... not sure. never timed. but when i just gun it, it seems to hang at the high RPMS a little longer before switching... :dunno:
hehe then my dad actually might approve. hehehehehei don't think its bad for you to switch down to d3 anyways when you need the extra oomph. of course my car really doesn't have oomph but if i wanna pass someone i stick it in d3... and when i'm braking i switch it down to d3 to 'engine brake'...
i think all hondas are like this... that you can throw it in d3 without hitting the button.... i stuck it in reverse one while going kinda fast (accident) and that was bad....
back on topic. i think it just makes you THINK you're going faster... not sure. never timed. but when i just gun it, it seems to hang at the high RPMS a little longer before switching... :dunno:
08-16-2002 | 07:30 AM
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i personaly think you should do it all the time.. in fact it is much better on the car if you manualy shift the auto.. think about how much faster you will be than us manual guys.. we have to push in a clutch where you can just wack a stick...i say start in nuetral rev to almost the redline then slam it into D then manualy shift.... and before you run set the tire pressure at like 5psi.. so they hook good... this method should easily get you into the low 12's with a bone stock 94 lx
08-16-2002 | 07:38 AM
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Originally posted by oc_civic
i personaly think you should do it all the time.. in fact it is much better on the car if you manualy shift the auto.. think about how much faster you will be than us manual guys.. we have to push in a clutch where you can just wack a stick...i say start in nuetral rev to almost the redline then slam it into D then manualy shift.... and before you run set the tire pressure at like 5psi.. so they hook good... this method should easily get you into the low 12's with a bone stock 94 lx
i personaly think you should do it all the time.. in fact it is much better on the car if you manualy shift the auto.. think about how much faster you will be than us manual guys.. we have to push in a clutch where you can just wack a stick...i say start in nuetral rev to almost the redline then slam it into D then manualy shift.... and before you run set the tire pressure at like 5psi.. so they hook good... this method should easily get you into the low 12's with a bone stock 94 lx