From a light: do you keep it in neutral, rev your engine and drop it into gear when light turns green? Anyone put it into 2gear? does it mess up your transmission if you put it into neutral at all stops? Thanks

 

<font size=7>NO!!!!!!!!! DON'T DROP IT FROM NEUTRAL!!!</font>

Don't do that... it'll screw up your tranny in no time. If you are still under warranty and want a new tranny then...........

 

hahhahahahahaha i got your point. what about starting from 2nd gear?

 

Go for it... why don't you just start from 1st and manually upshift through each gear?

 

i found starting from 2nd was way better. but i try to refrain from doing it much, just experimented a bit but worried it might kill my transmission. anyone out there upshifting in an auto??

 

If you upshift from first, you can run to redline instead of ~6200.

Yes, some members have upshifted... I'll let them tell you all about it.

 

thanksss

 

I would do the manual shift at redline. The 5th gen benefits more from this than any other Max. The shift point is around 6000-6100 under wide open throttle. There's still another 400-500 RPM with HP left. I wouldn't do this often though. It's a little tougher on the tranny.

 

Sometimes it seems faster without shifting though...

 

racing with auto do this
drop it into second
turn o/d off and turn the a/c off too..
put foot and brakes and gas
and softly press the gas
then you let go of the brakes when you it turns green
shift to d around 30~35 mph (about 4k rpm)

i'm not responsible for if you mess up ok =P

 

On Friday I'll run my car at the track with auto and manual shifting and compare the results.

 

I got consitent 15.6's (G-tech) with intake, muffler, and vb recal. Maybe we can compare the results.

 

up shift from 1st on. I don't have a Hotomatic but I use to have a 96GLE HOTO. and I did that on that car. One day the Check engine light came on and then I had to get a O2 sensor replaced. I don't know if that had anything to do with me hot ******* the car but I didn't do it much after that. Don't drop from Neutral to Drive, Please Spare US ALL, your tranny willnot last long if U keep doing that.

 

Left foot on brake, right foot on accelerator. Rev it up to ~ 1800-2000 RPM or until the car starts inching forward. Floor it; at the same time, let off the brake. Shift it manually 800 RPM before redline. By the time you react and the transmission reacts, you'll be 200-300 RPM before redline. In all other gears, shift 1000 RPM before redline. You won't benefit as much by revving it higher in 2nd or 3rd gear.

 

Hey Y2KevSE,
How much did you spend approx. for each of these items:

Performace:Place Racing CAI, Stillen Muffler, Valvebody Recalibration (Thanks Don in Texas), Hayden Tranmission Cooler 404 (Thanks again Don), Updated TCM

Suspension: Stillen FSTB, Stillen RSTB, Stillen RSB, Eibach Pro-Kit springs

& the Stillen Aero kit?

 

Place Racing CAI: 215
Stillen Muffler: Don't remember
Valvebody Recalibration: 400
Hayden Tranmission Cooler 404: 50
Updated TCM: fixed under warranty (for autos only)
Stillen FSTB: 164
Stillen RSTB: 179
Stillen RSB: 227
Eibach Pro-Kit springs: 227
Stillen Aero kit: 805

 

Hey kev how's ur stock shocks holding up ???

U think i'll need new shocks if i lower my car?

 

My struts are holding up fine. *knock on wood* I've heard people about Tein struts, but I don't know how they are.

Don't you remember my ride? I thought you wanted a smooth ride?

 

tisk tisk.. j/p hahahhahah. lets go to sears sometime.

 

i HAVE NOT dropped it from neutral. I haven't raced in my car yet (at least not from a stop) because i feel it's too new. I was just wondering how people race from a stop with an auto because i have no experience in auto racing. It definitely does feel faster not shifting manually through the gears SOMETIMES. starting from 1 gear is slow in my opinion and starting from 2nd gear feels faster than not manually shifting sometimes as well. is holding the brake while gently pushing the accelerator bad for the car? just wondering. Somehow even an si feels faster than this auto at times. Thanks for the response .... PEEEEEEEEEEACE

 

Why shift manually at 6100 when if you floor it in the auto it shifts at 6200?

 

Can't get out of the city on Wednesdays. Are there any other times they're open?

 

By the time the car shifts, you'll be at around 6500.

 

Like Kev said, when the car actually shift, RPM will be at about 64~6500 range......which is where the PEAK HP comes out.

If you let the auto do the job itself, the thing will shifts at 61~6200, which we will never get to the peak engine output. Seems dumb to me, don't know why Nissan programmed it this way.

 

...you shoulda just got the 5 Speed!