auto tranny downshifting

[ICEMAN707]

hey im sure you guys noticed as i have about the automatic lxi's downshifting to 3rd by itself when you push harder on the gas right? i just think it's just awesome. whenever i need a boost i give it more gas and it downshifts to 3rd and wweeeeee....a nice turbine-like sound from the engine and im gone. kinda like having boost from a turbo or NOS almost. i guess honda had this instead of vtec which they developed later on on the 5th gen accords and civics. anyways, this is one of the things i like about 3gees. this guy thought i had turbo when i was racing his civic.... to all the 3gee'ers out there... :super:

[TJ89Accord]

its not just your car that dies that....... Most cars do...

[A20A1]

Its the TV cable... You increase the TV (THROTTLE VALUE) and you raise the shift point of your car.

[ICEMAN707]

I dont think i ever owned an automatic that downshifts by itself. so i dunno what you mean by "most" cars. every automatic car i've owned only upshifts and never downshifts when you hit the gas harder. the closest thing i could think of other cars downshifting is the overdrive button being turned off while in final gear. and yes, i know about the tv cable. i constantly mess with it sometimes to let my car upshift later at higher rpm's. i just thought i'd make this thread to see if anyone else thinks it's cool that the auto 3geez do this.

[Justin86]

If you have't driven a car that didn't downshift then you need to start driving better cars.

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"Vtec in my accord feels like a little turbo" <--- kid I Spoke too one day.

[ICEMAN707]

QUOTE:
"If you have't driven a car that didn't downshift then you need to start driving better cars".

read carefully, i said "on its own". AT FULL ACCELERATION, not decelaration. on an AUTO 3gee, not MANUAL.

[88 Accord DX]

yeah most cars do downshift when you floor it.

[ICEMAN707]

lol i guess other cars i've owned doesnt do it as often as my 3gee then. whenever i see some ricer try to pass me on the freeway at 70, i gun it and it downshifts and before i know it im doing 90. anyways. this should be the end of my thread. :lol

[bboipinoy112]

uhhh .. ok ? should be .. cause it shouldnt continue .. - DONE DEAL NO MORE

[Coitis1]

lol, this thread is hilarious. ICEMAN, is this 3g ur first car? I'm kinda surprised to a see a thread like this; its common sense, or at least i thought it was. Pretty much all automatics should downshift when u floor it.

[ICEMAN707]

yeah i guess you could say that. it's not my first car but it's my 2nd automatic. i guess my first automatic (2.5L v6 probe gt) never needed to downshift when i hit the gas to pick up speed. it had plenty of power and never needed to downshift. here's some pics of it:

http://hometown.aol.com/maverick707/picsofmycar.html

god i missed that car. i wouldn't mind getting another one in leather and 5 spd. but now i put the money on the 3gee, im gonna finish doing the custom work on this car first.

the 3gee downshifts when i hit the gas harder, not having to floor it. which is good if i need a quick boost. it's just that i notice that downshifting thing more on this car. i guess it's normal for this car. other cars are probably very smooth and you don't notice it. probably since some are computer/hydraulic and 3gees are manual/cable actuated. i think it's just my throttle value cable adjustment. anyways, peace out guys.

[adams86lxi]

yea, I haven't driven abunch of automatics before except for my dads tundra which downshifts almost all the time you press the gas down half way, and a 92 toyota pickup which never seams to down shift when I want it too. This is why I only like to drive manuals Like my 3gee!!!