I just bought myselft a 2003 cl-p with 12 k on it. this has the sprotshift but is it supposed to automatically shift from 1st to 2nd.....can i stop this.

also, has anyone tried this "turbonator" device. there's an ad for it at the bottom of the screen.

 

Yes, the sportshift is supposed to do that and there's no way to stop it.... we all hate it


turbonator :gheylaugh:

 

LOL
My friend, I suggest you play with the site a bit and learn a bit about your car before asking questions like that...
BTW Welcome to the Zine...

 

well actually instead of going inot the sport shit mode, u can go past D5 and go all the way down to the last notch and push it in towards you, now ur locked into 1st gear. then once u want out of first gear throw the shifter to the right and u'll be locked into 2nd. and then push it up in 3rd and so forth. my dad figured it oout on his 03 but they got rid of it on the 04.

 

The 99 TL 4 speed auto used to allow 1st gear hold. Then they changed it. Maybe if there was a way to dins out whether the shifter is not allowing it or if the ECu controls it. Then rigging a 4 speed shifter to do so, but i doubt it.

 

It really sucks that it does that...

TSX's let you control 1st and 2nd though...wish we could!

 

probably had to do with a wear and tear issue. i don't like the car shift automatically to second but i would end up keeping it in first alot and would probably screw up somthing.

 

well i'm done some searching (like everyone has said) and I'm going to see a guy this week who says he change the sportshift so it doesn't automatically shift from 1st to 2nd. apparently its change to the computer or something like that...not quite sure and some solenoid. not quite sure, i'm a driver, not a mechanic. he said it's a few hundred bucks. i'll let you know what happens and weather or not my tranny blows up.

let me know if i should hold back and not do it.

 

When i had a 5AT this drove me up the wall. My wife's 99TL does not do the auto 1-2 shift. I think that is yet another dumb ass "improvement" from Acura. Personally, I would not f..k with the transmission - it is fragile enough. If you want control of the 1-2 shift, gate shift (or buy a 6 speed)

 

i am reluctant to do the gate shifting. my father had a 92 legend. when i was a teenager, i did the "shift the automatic like a manual" thing. the transmisison was screwed at 70km. the "worm holes" we clogged from the metal a filing and burnt out the 2nd gear clutch. he had it rebuilt and then again then later on, the 4 th gear clutch was shot. so now i'm just asking for opinons for others people and the acura transmissions. should i, or should i do this change to my CL

 

I'd do the gate-shifting thing when you're really laying into it off the line -- so you can choose when to shift 1st gear -- and all other times just use sport-shift mode if you like choosing shift points.

 

Welcome to the site, check out this link, it has helped me out more than any owners manual could..

http://www.geocities.com/gamesmgr/chod/acura/

I think it will apply to '03 AT5 CL's