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MalooMAN · 06-16-2003, 11:34 PM

im my Auto gen 2 i drive around town with it in 2ND and wen i stop i put it into 1St or Low. and get a betta take off then in drive. i take off in 1st ot Low and i take it up to high revs (dont know how high coz i dont got a rev meter) and then nock it up into 2nd and drive around in 2nd till i get up to waht speed i want out of town and put it up into drive. is this safe to do? I know it uses more fuel but is that all it does? i would like sum hepl with this, thanks guys

TRDragoon · 06-16-2003, 11:49 PM

you will break your torque convertor if you keep on playing with the auto. its not healthy at all.....i played it with my old 323, than look where it is now

i suggest....dun play with auto

DIRTBIKEZ · 06-17-2003, 12:23 AM

<-MalooMAN

***Razo-E*** · 06-17-2003, 12:24 AM

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that'll happen soon...

MalooMAN · 06-17-2003, 03:28 AM

Well i gues i will stop! thanks guys! i didnt think i was going any damage, but i gues i will have to stop now

i was having so much fun having a good control over my pickup. it made the camry feel like it had sum power.

Oh well i'll just have to get a manual now. or i could just stop doing that. OH but it was so fun! Grrrrrrr Thanks any way guys.

i just thought that it was the same as getting it to kick back. oh and is it bad to get it to kick back? when i take off from a trafic light i get a little (ever so little) shutter is that the torque convertor going on me? and when it is idel it shutters every now and then. just little drops in revs. prob about 50-150RPM drop.

Nick · 06-17-2003, 04:00 AM

just leave her in drive, with the O/D on, unless you're pulling something ont he hwy

with the ect (pwr) button, it gives you all she's got, but i admit to bump through the gears when i have to pull a tight left turn through traffic, the tranny just dosent let you go past red line..

MalooMAN · 06-17-2003, 05:31 AM

U cant leave it in over drive! i was told that u shouldnt leave it in overdrive coz it can rek your tranny. any slower then 80 KM/H can do damage with over drive on i was told

88 LE · 06-17-2003, 06:04 AM

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Originally posted by MalooMAN
U cant leave it in over drive! i was told that u shouldnt leave it in overdrive coz it can rek your tranny. any slower then 80 KM/H can do damage with over drive on i was told

Overdrive allows the tranny to shift into 4th gear. With overdrive off the highest gear the tranny will goto is 3rd.

Go bitchslap the person who told you that you shouldn't leave it in overdrive.

MalooMAN · 06-17-2003, 06:12 AM

oh ok.....well Ummm...i have this O/D light in my dash and ive never seen it working. is the blobe blown? when does it come on? what is it telling me?

soundlzrd · 06-17-2003, 08:07 AM

L and second gear are the same if you have the shifter there or if you just leave it in drive. The only difference when you shift is, you control when the tranny shifts. Chances are if you are flooring the car, its shifting at about the same point. And if you dont have a tack, thats a bad idea, you may be taking the car into red line.