2K2SilverTL-S

Is it possible for a new tranny to suck up more power from the drivetrain than an older one? It's odd becaue I used to beable to chirp second in SS with no problem, and with this new tranny, I can't. Maybe it just needs to get broken in, or maybe it's just my imagination......

All that matters though is it doesn't break!

EmuMessenger

Chirp 2nd with SS? Are you kidding?

Has anyone else had this luck?

SS will go up 10 notches in my book if I could chirp 2nd!

Chirping is the thing I miss most about driving an automatic.

rominl

yes you CAN, i can vouch for that. i have done it so many times already. very easy to do actually, no matter you are in SS or not (hell the car shifts to 2nd automatically anyway). just floor the car from stop, it will shirp throughout most of 1st until you pass around 5500rpm. when it redlines and shift to 2nd, it will chirp again. i have done this with both the vsa on and off.

yahtzee

......and you wonder why the transmissions go bad.....

garylee55

OK daryl...not all of us with blown trannies drove our cars like this....in fact I never 'chirped' anything or EVEr used the SS mode...I just drove my car like an every day driver...not to fast, not too slow...never 'raced' anyone...friends *****ed and moaned that I drove like an 'old lady' (no offense to any elderly women)...

EmuMessenger

Oh man, this is exciting. I can't wait for the break-in period to end. Even if only to try it once.

Which is more successful... Chirping in SS or regular D5?

Anyone have any video of a TL chirping 2nd?

PeterUbers

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Why would you want to drive an Acura tranny that hard after what has happened to your first one??

rominl

well you have to prove that the bad trannies has something to do with driving habits first. from all surveys i can see, driving habits have nothing to do with bad trannies

you can chirp in 2nd easily as long as you floor it completely from stop, coz' in both d5 and ss, it's auto from 1st to 2nd.

and if you wann make it really easy, try this. from stop, floor it, and watch the rpm raise rapidly. when it's about 6500rpm, let go of gas a bit (but not all). now the car will shift to 2nd immediately. at this time, completely floor the gas. now the rpm will jump and you get what you ask for, chirp in 2nd

EmuMessenger

Oh boy. I am only 300 miles away from 1000. Although, I hate to drive my car that way, I have to try at least once.

I'll report back to everyone in a few weeks.

2K2SilverTL-S

The best way to chirp is to put it in SS, take it to about 6100 RPM's in 1st, let go of the gas, upshift to second, and then floor it. The key is to leave yourself room before the redline in 1st.

yahtzee

Oh Peter, havent you heard, driving these cars like a 14 year old at a go kart track doesnt cause these trannys to go bad...it is just a fluke.

EmuMessenger

I can't belive everyone knew this and I didn't.

Are these cars stock or chirping with headers, exhaust, etc?

I am running stock only. Although, I'd love to get the Comptech axleback exhaust.

mantis23

My transmission was the same way. After about a month, I was chirping between 1st & 2nd again. You've just got to loosen it up a bit, that's all.

oblio98

YES!!! That was my impression at first. When I got the new tranny, after I re-aquanted myself with the car, I felt that it did not have the accelleration that it once did. It took at least 3000 miles before it felt good again. I may have just been imagining this, but it sure seemed real!!!

:-jon

rominl

?!?! what kind of tls you got there? you can use ss to shift to 2nd? i don't think shifting from 1st to 2nd can be controlled by driver at all?

EmuMessenger, no you don't need engine mods. my car is stock engine wise (no h/i/e) and i can do it

EmuMessenger

I think what everyone is saying is you have to flat out floor it from the line and nature will take its' course!