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gateshifting....
im a little confused on this topic...first of all i just came into the acura world and and second of all ive heard a million different ways to shift during racing or whenever....and i guess i know now cuz of all the comments about it, that gateshifting gives the best times....but im not quite sure of the term....i mean i know what the ss and just plain using d5 is but i dont know whats different when u gateshift.... please explain..i apologize for my ignorance
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Pull the shifter all the way down and to the left into 1st. Step on the gas, when the RPM's hit ~6,800 shift to 2nd, and keep going up the gears like that.
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Keep in mind...gateshift using gears 1 to 5 should only be done if your fully stopped. Essentially you can, on the freeway or driving, go down one gear. Like from 5 gear to 4th gear back up to 5th gear...but it's bad for your engine. It's safer to use the SS. Always practice before you do it for real.
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Originally posted by gdatw019
but doesnt my 03 tl-p change from 1 to 2 automatically no matter what?
but doesnt my 03 tl-p change from 1 to 2 automatically no matter what?
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Originally posted by peiqinglong
Keep in mind...gateshift using gears 1 to 5 should only be done if your fully stopped. Essentially you can, on the freeway or driving, go down one gear. Like from 5 gear to 4th gear back up to 5th gear...but it's bad for your engine. It's safer to use the SS. Always practice before you do it for real.
Keep in mind...gateshift using gears 1 to 5 should only be done if your fully stopped. Essentially you can, on the freeway or driving, go down one gear. Like from 5 gear to 4th gear back up to 5th gear...but it's bad for your engine. It's safer to use the SS. Always practice before you do it for real.
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Originally posted by KaMLuNg
technically shifting down to 4th then back up to 5th isn't really bad for ur engine.. u do it all the time when ur on the highway and u stomp on the gas and u feel it downshift and when u let off it shifts back up... its not bad, ur just telling the car when to shift by holding the gear there... basically u just waste gas...
technically shifting down to 4th then back up to 5th isn't really bad for ur engine.. u do it all the time when ur on the highway and u stomp on the gas and u feel it downshift and when u let off it shifts back up... its not bad, ur just telling the car when to shift by holding the gear there... basically u just waste gas...
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Okay this is really stupid of me guys but... Can one of you guys write down exactly at what RPM you shift into the next gear? i mean starting from 1st Gear all the way to 5th gear?
So at 1st gear you floor it until it hits 6,800 RPM, then 2nd Gear?, 3rd?, 4th?, 5th?...
Sorry for the stupid question but I would like to get an exact number for each gear in order to get Top Performance during racing...
So at 1st gear you floor it until it hits 6,800 RPM, then 2nd Gear?, 3rd?, 4th?, 5th?...
Sorry for the stupid question but I would like to get an exact number for each gear in order to get Top Performance during racing...
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"Only in SS. But to get over that...just floor the car and don't let up and it'll take it to redline before shifting."
could you be a lil more specific...like all i know is that when its in ss u wont actually shift until it hits 3rd gear and then u shift from there...u said florr the car? from what gear or position? and then shift to what...? sorry sometimes i need **** to be right in front of face....thanks
could you be a lil more specific...like all i know is that when its in ss u wont actually shift until it hits 3rd gear and then u shift from there...u said florr the car? from what gear or position? and then shift to what...? sorry sometimes i need **** to be right in front of face....thanks
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Originally posted by gdatw019
"Only in SS. But to get over that...just floor the car and don't let up and it'll take it to redline before shifting."
could you be a lil more specific...like all i know is that when its in ss u wont actually shift until it hits 3rd gear and then u shift from there...u said florr the car? from what gear or position? and then shift to what...? sorry sometimes i need **** to be right in front of face....thanks
"Only in SS. But to get over that...just floor the car and don't let up and it'll take it to redline before shifting."
could you be a lil more specific...like all i know is that when its in ss u wont actually shift until it hits 3rd gear and then u shift from there...u said florr the car? from what gear or position? and then shift to what...? sorry sometimes i need **** to be right in front of face....thanks
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Originally posted by dtxxx80
Okay this is really stupid of me guys but... Can one of you guys write down exactly at what RPM you shift into the next gear? i mean starting from 1st Gear all the way to 5th gear?
So at 1st gear you floor it until it hits 6,800 RPM, then 2nd Gear?, 3rd?, 4th?, 5th?...
Sorry for the stupid question but I would like to get an exact number for each gear in order to get Top Performance during racing...
Okay this is really stupid of me guys but... Can one of you guys write down exactly at what RPM you shift into the next gear? i mean starting from 1st Gear all the way to 5th gear?
So at 1st gear you floor it until it hits 6,800 RPM, then 2nd Gear?, 3rd?, 4th?, 5th?...
Sorry for the stupid question but I would like to get an exact number for each gear in order to get Top Performance during racing...
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Originally posted by peiqinglong
I'm not entirely sure about what I'm going to say next, but maybe someone can make sense of it. When you floor it and the car downshifts, it's the computer making the adjustments so that your engine can safely do it. But when you manually do it, and if your not careful about your rpms, speed and what not, you can potentially be doing harm. That's why the SS is the next best thing to gateshifting and a lot better than full automatic mode. I remember reading a newspaper article about shifting gears on an auto car while the car is in motion, not good for the tranny or something. But then again I could be wrong. I used to go from 4th to 3rd all the time in my old car and no problem...so I don't really know if there really is any damage done.
I'm not entirely sure about what I'm going to say next, but maybe someone can make sense of it. When you floor it and the car downshifts, it's the computer making the adjustments so that your engine can safely do it. But when you manually do it, and if your not careful about your rpms, speed and what not, you can potentially be doing harm. That's why the SS is the next best thing to gateshifting and a lot better than full automatic mode. I remember reading a newspaper article about shifting gears on an auto car while the car is in motion, not good for the tranny or something. But then again I could be wrong. I used to go from 4th to 3rd all the time in my old car and no problem...so I don't really know if there really is any damage done.
the reason i know alot about this is because i don't have the SS like u guys in my first gen... that and in my old cressida (supra engine swap) i had to gateshift cause i didn't want to spend the extra 2 grand to convert it to manual... if ur gonna gateshift just watch ur rpms and pei is right about the lag in shifting.. even when gateshifting shift about 1-2 secs before redline... unless u want to shift at redline don't hit ur fuel cutoff...