when using tiptonic when is the best time to shiftt??? like at what rpm to get the best out of it which gear and rpm???

 

don't do it!!!! lol makes no difference but will help ya tranny go sooner!!

 

Thats good to know makes it go sooner, I use it all the time, shift it at 3k. I accually shift it at 2500 or so and by the time it shifts it's at 2900-3000k.

 

6550 for performance, but not for MPG.

 

Got any proof of that??

 

I use mine to downshift mostly. Like when entering the highway, because our cars are very effective at getting to 5th gear by the time you are ready to merge you will usually be in 4th or 5th even at low mph.

I drop it down to 2nd just before I am ready to start merging and the when I punch it, there is no lag, just power.

 

that makes no sense.
why would nissan put TT in if its going to damage the engine -__-

 

ignorant noobs


just play around with it and learn how it responds. you can't break it. keep shifting anyway you can think of then you will see what it allows you to do and how it responds.

but like stated, shift up as soon as possible for mpg. or you can let it shift up on it's own for the most power.

if you feel adventurous then hold it down and see what the rev limiter feels like. (though i warn you that isn't very safe).

 

i usually use it when im racing someone, and on 3rd gear i hold it down (because it shifts early as hell if i dont hold it down)

and i think he said "the tranny goes out sooner" meaning if u abuse it...

but i dont wanna be left out so NOOOBBBB (even tho im new here too)

 

lol. i have been driv ing trip tronic for 114K now and no problems. straight 4 - 5k shifts every time

 

The only thing I dont recommend is shifting into first while still going...tranny doesnt like it, but that is common sense. Let the computer shift into first by itself when you come to a complete stop.

 

^^ or hold it in 2nd while you're stopped.

 

lol ignorant noobs just because acouple of yrs ago i raced a real car aka integra.... u know cars that can do 7 ... 8 ... 9 sec's at a track..... not 12sec max's after a bucket load of $$ dropped into it, didn't buy a maxima and sign up to maxima.org and talk to you guys doesnt mean i dont know anything....

so since your such a car man than go to the track and tell me the difference in times between triptronic and regular auto.... NOTHIN! its a auto lol its not stick

 

o yea reading helps i wrote helps YOUR TRANNY GO!! not engine ... hey fellas jump on the bandwagon of haters lol


funny also how i was just reading up on a old thread "6th gens and tranny problems" and some OLDIE .... lmao.... on here who's giving tips also had tranny problems and ya boy 90max hasn't had any... gosh i'm glad he was under warranty.. just for a reminder i have a 04 se ok no tranny problems

 

In my 5th gen


In my 4th gen:



If I had a 6th gen, it would see the same, regularly.

 

7,800?!

Does your 5th gen have more internal mods done to it?

 

It'll shift smoothly into first once it slows down to about 1000rpm in 2nd. Holding it in 2nd to accelerate from a stop isnt really favored either, seems to put more load on it. I use my tiptronic all the time in stop and go traffic. I find it better because it seems to get confused sometimes shifting up and down spontaneously when accelerating/decelerating. Tiptronic is also best for throttle response

 

The smaller marker = 7500, so taht INDICATES 7400 ish. And no, my rev limiter is confirmed @ 7100, but the tach is off, obviously.

 

Feel it out is the best option....by the way someone once posted this trick to using the TT that if you held it down or up it made the RPM go up??? does anyone remember??

 

Thought the middle line was 8 for some reason

 

I am shocked that people even use this tip-tronic option.... I tried using it once and I had absolutely no frickin idea of when to change gears....

 

You just need to change the fluid more often, trans fluid, I would not say don't use the feature but most don't realize that driving a car more spiritedly makes them fall under a more severe maintenance schedule

 

does anyone know if in triptronic mode the car shifts itself when close to redline?

 

yea idk about you but most tranny fluid's last a long time .. so most dont know playing around having fun with triptronic that you have way more maintenance than normal just for sound.... i feel personally there's no difference you cant go faster in a auto tranny unless you do work to the auto tranny its only build a certain way ...reguardless of how you feel you plp only have a lil more control over their motor ...unless you have stick which is full control ..... maybe one of the maxima gods can go to the track and prove me wrong

 

when you feel the RPM is too high, shift up



use it when i want to:

hold a gear downhill.
keep higher rpm to accelerate quickest possible.
help slow down when highway light changes just too soon.
keep gear low in snow.
slow down when taking turns fast.
have it ready in a low gear/high rpm just before merging.
just driving spiritedly.

 

Yes will "automatically" shift. Man would that be nice if it didn't though. Would have to spend $350 for the L spec just for that (and a few other things)

 

The L-spec does not alter TCM control.

 

IMO triptonic in our cars suck *****. I've driven my friends 07 alitima, bmw 325xi, and acura tsx and those were really sick to drive in trip tonic. it was more responsive then in our car and did have the weird jerk at gears 1 and 2 as in our max

 

ok i went out to yonkers yesterday thats in ny and me and my friends went on a highway cant say which just in case people lookin lol but a nearby highway where dere is no cars and we went from one exit to the next well i was racing a stock honda accord 07 a 05 toyota corolla XRS exhaust and intake and that car is quick due to its vvtl-i engine wen that life kicks in its gone well and a corolla 05 corolla with headers exhaust intake and many others of course i won but the xrs went head to head with me crazy well first try this is from a rolling 40mph regular non tip we went head to head he has manual trans then i put it in tip the car shiftin itself not touching it i was 1 car length ahead to 2 car lengths so tip tonic really works i do have a video my boy recorded i will put it up but he is quick

 

If u pull the gearshift & hold it back the gear selected will now be locked in, and if u go WOT it will take u past the redline to the rev limiter

 

yeah post it up!!!, i wanna see that shiiit

 

Maybe we can work on coherent sentences rather then one long paragraph without a pause.
Post up your "street racing" vids and see how quick the ORG bans you.

 

The tiptronic in the Maxima works just fine if you have knowledge of when to shift and what RPM/Gear you should be at for peak performance. Gear, RPM and road speed are the 3 basics id say, so learn your car before complaining that it doesnt work properly. This is for everyone by the way, not just you bdmax.

 

Agreed. It works just fine. Not to confuse it with a brake (ie downshifting) or a manual trans. I think it's best use is for having instant power on merging, and for whoever was asking I found my car actually runs faster 1/4mi times in straight automatic. It ran slower if I just left it in TT from start to finish.

 

WORD !! I had such a tough time making sense of that post.

and +1 on posting street racing videos, even if they're not your own.

 

what the tt mode in my maxima kicks *** i race evos, tls ,even m3s and a 02 S4 before and hade the other drivers ask me if im driving a 6spd,learn to drive your car it makes a big difference

 

Well that's interesting. Didn't know that

 

what where u driving cause a corolla

 

all those cars you mentioned have way less power, it takes way more skill to drive cars with more power, anyone car run an underpowered car to redline and think they are a professional driver

 

thats amazing cause the other day an F-18 flew over me and I slapped it into TT and pulled on him hard