Tim 95 GLE

I heard you can pull a fuse to make the tranny shift harder. What fuse do you pull? And what is the bad part of doing that? Is it harder on anything but axles?
Thanks,
Tim

nismos14

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not worth it, it doesnt give u any gains, it does more damage than anything else

sinewave

It's not a fuse, it's called a dropping resistor. It's an aluminum rectangular box approx. 1/2" X 2" mounted horizontally to the drivers side strut tower brace. it has a 2-wire connector on one end. If you unplug it, your A/T will shift VERY HARD. TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Romeo

http://bgarner.tripod.com/1995nissanmaxima/id3.html

this is the instruction page. i used a switch to turn it on and off for racing. it does not give you any power gains, but it does lower your et. i personally dropped an average of .25 and a high of .32 seconds off my quarter times.

JsL

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are you serious??

Jime

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Of course he is serious. I use it all the time for racing. Much quicker shifting than any VB Mod. Just use a tranny cooler.

PS Its no trick its a simple mod that allows the transmission to shift at full line pressure.

NISMOPower

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and how much damage can this cause to the tranny?
I have a tranny cooler too.

Chris

BC_95GLE

If your going to use this mod for everyday driving then it will probably shorten the life of your tranny but if you use this at the track or when your roasting some Honda every now and then you should be fine i do this when i'm at the track works for me nice firm shifts with the vb mod i can chirp 2nd easily. Work well for me at the track also. Brian

Romeo

yup. i use it purely for racing, street or track. i use it to show off sometimes, but never for daily driving.

Nealoc187

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See Tim I wasn't lying BTW Jime is the guy I told you about running 13.1 in an auto on spray.

waveridr85

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any better instructionals, w/ more pics on how to do this?

Romeo

besides the link i posted, i don't think there are anymore out there.

its really, really simple. just find the right wire, cut it and splice in two more wires and run it to a switch inside the cabin.

waveridr85

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i dont understand how to run the switch and how to reconect the wires?

nismos14

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take one wire, snip it, strip both ends about 1/2 inch, add in about 6 feet of wire on each snipped part ofthe wire and wire it to a switch in the car, it will allow u to turn on and off the operation of that resistor

turbomax97

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i've got the stage 2 vb from max tuning... i wonder if pulling the resistor for the track only, will screw anything up

waveridr85

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but where do i run the resistor?

Jime

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You are just using the switch to cut the power running through the existing resistor and turn it back on again for normal operation. You can do the same thing manually by unplugging the resisitor if you want to try it out without cutting any wire.

waveridr85

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oh wow, easier than i thought, just cutting the power running from that resistor will make the shifting better? what kind of wire do you guys suggest? where can i bu8y a nice button switch that i can mount on my dash or the cosole or armrest?

Tuna

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link doesn't work.. anyone have any pics of what the resistor looks like.?? i know how to splice in a switch but i need to know which wire on which component to do it to.. thanks..

NISMOPower

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Well ok.I've made a switch before but i gotta find it now. If i'm not mistaken doesn't this mod activate the CEL light. Is that really the other down side right.

Chris

Jime

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It trips the Trans light (OD). ie it flashes when you start up but when you turn the switch back on it goes away, does not require resetting.

The dropping resistor is located on the front of the drivers side strut tower. Its rectangular about 3 in long and 1/2 in sq or somewhere close to that, it has two wires running to it.

waveridr85

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where can i buy the switch or button, and what type of wire do i use? which wire do i splice?

Jime

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You can splice into either wire, it doesn't matter as long as the current is interrupted.

You can get a switch at Radio Shack or any Auto Part store. Get a 20A switch. SPST (Single Pole Single Throw) will do, don't need anything more. I used 12 gauge wire.

Romeo

to answer a few questions here, and Jime can correct me if i'm wrong on any of this:

- how this mod works is it tricks your transmission into thinking there is a problem and therefore reverting into fail safe mode. while in fail safe mode, the tranny CPU sends a signal to send full line pressure. with full line pressure on, your shifts are harder and faster.

- because your tranny CPU thinks there is an error, it will send two different types of trouble codes:
1) O/D Light: your overdrive light will flash upon starting the car
2) CEL: this will trigger a CEL and i'm not quite sure what code it is.

most people say the lights go away after a awhile if you are not using the switch.

- make sure you buy an automotive switch. some members have experienced shortages and fires with crappy switches. go to any radio shack and ask for a heavy duty STSP (single throw, single pole) switch. either push button or toggle will work. then cut the line to the resistor, splice in any kind of wire (i used speaker wire since thats what i have), run it through the firewall and to where you want to mount it, and hook it to the switch and you're set. i grounded my switch out so it lights up when i have it on.

i'd take pics but since i sold me car, i can't.

Tuna

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ok.. i got it now.. one question that noone seems to want to answer is, how harmful is this to ur tranny.?? what i mean is, what's the worst case scenario.??

Jamsan

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It's not harmful if you use it rarely...

I had 3 runs at the track last time, 1 with the resistor off...Ran my fastest time...a whole .1 quicker....I'll be seeing more times on Friday tho, and hopefully I can get 2 with and 2 without.

magnum658

what does vb stand for?

Jamsan

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valve body

ross

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Yeah I love using this when I race, which isnt very often. Even if it doesnt make your car faster, it sure does feel like it. Use a switch and it will be fine no doubt!

koldsimer

Do you run a cooler?

DTR Maxima

this is intrigueing me very much. i dont have a tranny cooler, is this necesarry if i only use it once in a while for racing use and that occasional fun use??

also..... when i bought my car the person that had it before me had cobra eyes. i hate them so i disconnected them, but there is still a switch mounted in the interior for it, can i somehow hoook up the spliced wire to this so i have a switch??

i am not good with electronics so if anyone could help on how to do this it would be greatly appreciated, i would like to hook a switch somehow

ZuMBLe

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If you're getting 5-speed swap really soon. Screw the cooler. =P

Tim 95 GLE

Thanks for all of your help!!!

I tryed it and it works awesome. I am going to run that switch into the cabin.

I was told that my car would run about a 15.1-15.3 with the soon combo in sig. I dont know though, I might have a runner! lol
Jime you might have a challenger!

Thanks again for the info.

Tim 95 GLE

The nice thing is that I work with an electrical genious, we are going to put a resister in the IAT wire to give it full timing all the time.

I dont know if you guys already have this available but, when we figure out what resister to use I will post it!

maxperformance

Im telling you right now, you dont want to pull that resistor! I have a auto and heard about that trick so my dumb *** went out to my car and disconnected that, it didnt accually make it shift faster it made it shift very hard and "harsh." Look it is totally not worth it, after a while i figured it was doing a lot of hard on my max so i connected it. Couple months later my TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT! It was a total disaster...hope you didnt do it already! glad i can help

Jamsan

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Your the one that drove around like that...We're talking about using it sparingly, not daily driving...And what do you think a fast shift is going to feel like? Soft like a grandma driving in her auto?

Tim 95 GLE

First of all, when you pull that plug it puts the tranny in 'Limp Home Mode" So I dont think that the factory would make that mode harder on the tranny. It is actually easier on the clutches and bands and harder on all of the hard parts like: Input shaft, axles, differential etc....
If you drive it nicely your tranny will last longer with the sensor disconnected.