Hi, I drive an automatic acura 2.2 cl. I got into a habbit of shifting a lot. Is this bad for the engine? Thanks.

 

Not for the engine, per se, but you're putting an extra load on the tranny. I do the same thing!

 

i shift and drop gears in my slowmatic all the time. we need all the help we can get. no sense in waitin if your in a hurry. obvioulsy use ur head and dont try to drop into 1st doin 60mph, even though the tranny shouldn't let you.

 

I think it completly safe to do up-shifts. Just have to be careful doing down shifts.

 

Our trannies are not really built for UP or DOWN shifts.. it puts extra ware on the the trannies w/out a doubt.. I down shift D4 to D3 always when braking hard... I have had no probs (knocking on wood violently)... Just know that you run risks when doing it, thats all... so if something happens you have an idea why and know better for next time!

 

crap...i do it all the time in my 97' 3.0......i always downshift to D3 AND D2...(usaully D2 in the neighborhoods because my RPMs ge to 4g and my exhaust is hella loud then...(love to wake up the neighbors! hehe) Sooo really, im screwwing myself by shifting??

I have knowticed than when i come up to a Stop light and go from D4 all the way to D1, in 2nd and 1st i downshift too quick and the car jerks..soo im probably screwed

 

I'm so used to driving a stick I always let off the gas when I'm shifting up or down. Seems like a safe thing to do, especially when you get the rpm's up. I've had no problems but I don't do it very often.......

 

someone posted a thread in Car Talk and he said that downshifting like that puts extra stress on your clutch...does this sound right??? i'll try to find the thread...i think it was called "10 myths about cars" something like that...

CL'S

 

There is no clutch in an auto

 

I feel like D3 is the only way I have any power in this damn car....i have over 111 thousand miles..the tranny is starting to fuck up...i wouldnt shift like that at all..if you wanna shift get a stick.

 

haha.. man yall.. i do it a lot when im racing lol i love to drop it.. makes me feel like i have a lotta power.. oh also turning your ac off or to heat will give you a hp or so.. hey every lil thing counts i also have over 111,000 mi. on my car but like i still got the power.. oh you know what you should do is reset the ECU.. i got a good few hp back when i put on my muffler system and intake.. it recal. the air flow ratio its gave me a lil kick back.. email me at skykik16@aol.com if you wanna know what to do to reset.. takes about 10-15 min at the most.. latas yall

 

since i still got warrenty till 2004 i really dont give a #$$!. i just dont give a $%!!^ either way. no sense in havin a car if u dont have fun with it. i figure when i brake it i will have an excuse to buy a 5 spd and do a conversion. better clutch and light flywheel also of course.

 

man i shift from d1-d4 all the damn. infact i shift liker a mofo......but the thing i wouldnt do it downshifting. i think its no good for the car cuz it gives me a fast jerk. i care for my tranny.l23

 

damn this man is full of info, where have you been all my life

 

i'm always in 1st or 2nd in rush hour traffic. i like the engine to slow me down instead of using the brakes all the time. if i'm in a rush in the city, i like to control the gears because the tranny is too slow to predict what i'm doing sometimes. actually, i miss my manual tranny so much i shift 90% of the time.

the owner's manual even says that we can do up/down shifting and "drive it like a manual" so i don't think i'm abusing the tranny.

 

D1, D2????....... whats that ??? hehehe

MaCe

 

Actually, there are many clutches in an auto. It depends, but there can be as many as 20. I don't know the details of our tranny's though.

If you shift your auto tranny's manually all the time, you'd better do a flush about once a month if you intend on keeping your car for more than just a couple of years. If you have that urge to shift, go get a real manual instead of fuckin up your auto tranny's cause you don't know how to drive a stick.

 

Perspective...

Jackie Stewart - 3 time world driving champion - recommends NO downshifting in any car other than "race prepared". His reasoning: you could miss the shift and blow the tranny; besides - brakes are much cheaper to replace and were meant to slow the car.

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