What speed is safe to downshift?
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if ya really wanna ream your car, you can go over redline by using manual shift (i.e. - move the lever past sport shift towards the actual gear indents). someone wanna see how fast the 3.2 can spin before throwing a rod? ![](http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/wink.gif)
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Read your user's manual. I am sure they have it. Thought I live in Canada and I am not sure about what the manual says in US. But if you can't find it... I will post it here..
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I can downshift to 3rd in SS when going 90, but you have to let your foot COMPLETELY off the pedal!
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exactly... except you are only in the 3rd gear for like, let's say 1 second. It's useless anyways...
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Originally posted by Don's TL:
I can downshift to 3rd in SS when going 90, but you have to let your foot COMPLETELY off the pedal!
I can downshift to 3rd in SS when going 90, but you have to let your foot COMPLETELY off the pedal!
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Our cars are computer controlled, the trannies are idiot proof, you can't over-rev the engine, any speed that the transmission will allow you to downshift is safe..Even manual car's won't let you shift into a gear the computer believes would be too high...if i was cruising at 80 ad want to drop it into 2nd, the lever will not let you engage 2nd so easily, unless you force it into second..
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Originally posted by Shoofin'TL:
Even manual car's won't let you shift into a gear the computer believes would be too high...if i was cruising at 80 ad want to drop it into 2nd, the lever will not let you engage 2nd so easily, unless you force it into second..
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Even manual car's won't let you shift into a gear the computer believes would be too high...if i was cruising at 80 ad want to drop it into 2nd, the lever will not let you engage 2nd so easily, unless you force it into second..
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Originally posted by Shoofin'TL:
Even manual car's won't let you shift into a gear the computer believes would be too high...if i was cruising at 80 ad want to drop it into 2nd, the lever will not let you engage 2nd so easily, unless you force it into second..
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Even manual car's won't let you shift into a gear the computer believes would be too high...if i was cruising at 80 ad want to drop it into 2nd, the lever will not let you engage 2nd so easily, unless you force it into second..
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Originally posted by Amai:
Thats why it doesnt take a genius to figure out that downshift right before 80 since the computer wont let you do it afterwards.
Thats why it doesnt take a genius to figure out that downshift right before 80 since the computer wont let you do it afterwards.
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Of all the car's I have driven(5sp), if you try to go into a gear that would over-rev the engine, the computer will not let you shift so easily...In my miata, if I was going 50 mph in third and try to drop it into first, it won't let me, unless i put 40 lbs of force into the shift and jam it into gear..it's to prevent you from accidentally downshifting into a gear you didn't wanna go into, and if you ever jump into the car with me, you will see that with my lightening fast shifts, it helps to know that I can't blow up my engine..I never noticed it popping into 3rd from fifth, but I noticed 1st and 2nd gears to be difficult to shift into at higher speeds..
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