drop resistor before and after video
#1
drop resistor before and after video
before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb75bi-2dM
after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3qWvcLDaw
You can see the drop resistor mod makes the 1-2 shift much quicker. In normal driving it actually feels more correct as the gears change with a snap, but no harshness is felt. I think this mod is very good for an old tranny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb75bi-2dM
after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3qWvcLDaw
You can see the drop resistor mod makes the 1-2 shift much quicker. In normal driving it actually feels more correct as the gears change with a snap, but no harshness is felt. I think this mod is very good for an old tranny.
#3
before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb75bi-2dM
after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3qWvcLDaw
You can see the drop resistor mod makes the 1-2 shift much quicker. In normal driving it actually feels more correct as the gears change with a snap, but no harshness is felt. I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb75bi-2dM
after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3qWvcLDaw
You can see the drop resistor mod makes the 1-2 shift much quicker. In normal driving it actually feels more correct as the gears change with a snap, but no harshness is felt. I think
this mod is very good for an old tranny.
Last edited by Greeny; 10-01-2007 at 05:03 AM.
#9
I think the drop resistor is a perfect solution for those that need a justification to do a 5 speed swap. So who's with me!?
Edit: I hope you all know I'm kidding about abusing my tranny like that.
Edit: I hope you all know I'm kidding about abusing my tranny like that.
#10
Hard fast changes will put more strain on internal transmission components and may cause weak components to fail, and although I haven't heard of it occurring on the maxima transmission, running full fluid pressure all the time can crack the transmission casing.
#11
put it this way..
I HAD a perfectly healthy tranny in my GXE. then I put a switch on the drop resistor so I could disconnect it when I wanted the quick shifts. within 1 week my tranny was throwing codes at me every time I started the car. 2 weeks later and it was slipping noticeably. fortunately I totalled the car 3 weeks later and the insurance never found out about the dying tranny.
I HAD a perfectly healthy tranny in my GXE. then I put a switch on the drop resistor so I could disconnect it when I wanted the quick shifts. within 1 week my tranny was throwing codes at me every time I started the car. 2 weeks later and it was slipping noticeably. fortunately I totalled the car 3 weeks later and the insurance never found out about the dying tranny.
#13
believe it or not i actually agree with you. If i ever get the money do perform a swap.... i may do that. It's the only way my family will ever shut up about me changing my transmission.
#14
#16
can we get a pic of it? I have a friends 3rd gen that was wrecked around the airbox area and he's got a hard shift and never had it before the wreck. I wonder id it got crushed or disconnected or something.
Thanks
Thanks
#21
Hol up a sec if u leave you car in P then its the same thing???? Cause after reading this thread i wanted to see how it felt when the tranny was not slipping man it was awesome but horribly hard shifting and definatly not healty for a tranny so i just flored it once or twice and put the switch back. Man i wish it didnt dmg the tranny it was awesome to drive with it.
#22
Hol up a sec if u leave you car in P then its the same thing???? Cause after reading this thread i wanted to see how it felt when the tranny was not slipping man it was awesome but horribly hard shifting and definatly not healty for a tranny so i just flored it once or twice and put the switch back. Man i wish it didnt dmg the tranny it was awesome to drive with it.
Some people swear that the Drop Resistor is bypassed under wide open throttle and it is exactly the same as disconnecting the switch, but I notice a night and day difference between the two. Maybe it's because the clutch/torque converter reacts.
#23
no not at all. When u put it in P all it does is change the shift points under normal acceleration. In comfort during normal acceleration it might shift around lets just say 2200, in normal i believe it goes up 400 rpm, and in power another 400 prm so ud shift into second at 3000 rpm under same throttle pressure. But when u floor the car it doesnt matter what setting ur in the car will go as fast as it can and the P light lights up. When u disconnect the drop resistor the P light flashes to let you know its disconnected. When in the normal P mode the drop resistor is still connected and working the same. Put ur car in C and floor it, the P will light up. so once again all C, P or Auto do is change shift points under normal acceleration.
edit, maxshima beat me...
edit, maxshima beat me...
Last edited by 92gxe/cg2; 10-02-2007 at 08:42 PM. Reason: beat me
#27
well yeah anything 7/8ths throttle and up is in shift-at-redline mode. But under part-throttle (0%-87.5%) there are only two true modes, but Auto mode allows the TCU to choose between P or C. That's why it's called "Auto" and not "medium" or "balance" because it isn't a true mode. It's the lack of set mode. It's on FSM page AT-39 for the VG tranny. Basically if you depress the gas pedal suddenly or sharply, the TCU will recognize a more agressive driving pattern, illuminate the P light, and stay in P until you assume a more normal driving pattern, at which point it regresses to C mode.
#28
i remember driving like 115mph on the freeway with my drop resistor off and then i saw the "P" start flashing and i got a fuel cut... before i would top out my car at 125mph and have no problem, no fuel cut..... i wonder if the drop resistor is the problem
#29
No, you didn't get a fuel cut. what you got was the transmission shifting itself out of overdrive because of the high line pressures. it kept shifting between 3rd and O/D and wasnt' putting power down- so it felt like a fuel cut.
this is one of the many reasons you don't want to disconnect the resistor.
this is one of the many reasons you don't want to disconnect the resistor.
#30
You guys have just solved a mystery for me that plagued my car since the day I bought it. The "P" light would flash at me everytime I started the car and it shifted hard at low rpm / throttle input, as mentioned above. I bought a line pressure valve solenoid pack shortly thereafter (as dictated by the tranny error code) but never got around to installing it. I bought the car at 87K and the tranny blew at 129K which is when I did the swap...It all makes sense now, thanks guys!
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