| Author | Message | ||
     Gus Moreno (Tepuy) New Member Username: Tepuy Post Number: 9 Registered: 01-2004 |
I heard that driving in third gear intead of drive in a regular basis will help the performace of your car in the long run. Is this true? Thanks Gus. | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 159 Registered: 12-2003 |
i live 1300 ft up and its a mile down a steep gradiant to get down, i put it in 3rd when i'm going down, didn't shift back up the other day and realized that it was a lot quicker on the freeway, i never liked the kickdown on the d1, on the d2 if you punch it a little it'll shift down and go, in a d1 it kinda bogs down first, then shifts and starts to go. Is that the gearbox? can you put a D2 auto in a D1? Cheers Jack | ||
| Alan Stuart (Alan_stuart) New Member Username: Alan_stuart Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2003 |
You can adjust the kickdown cable a little to make it downshift earlier and upshift later. Alan | ||
| Joe M. (Little_joe) Senior Member Username: Little_joe Post Number: 305 Registered: 11-2002 |
My daily commute is 7-8 miles, all city. I only use 2nd or 3rd on the AT, don't even bother with Drive - rpms are too low at 25-35. In 2 or 3, I keep the rpms up over 2000 so it warms up and burns off any condensation on this short drive. joe | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 578 Registered: 04-2003 |
My local Transmission shop explained to my that on vehicles with overdrive, you should not use overdrive unless you are traveling over 55 mph constant speed. He stated that if you use overdrive at lower speeds it will cause it to constantly be shifting and it is not good on the Trans + if you are worried about carbon build up hight RPM is always a good thing. | ||
| Joseph DeLautre (Mudderducker) New Member Username: Mudderducker Post Number: 31 Registered: 02-2004 |
ALAN!! Please. please tell me how to do this! | ||
| Alan Stuart (Alan_stuart) New Member Username: Alan_stuart Post Number: 17 Registered: 12-2003 |
On the top of the engine next to the throttle cable is the kickdown cable. It is secured by a bracket with a slot for the cable to fit into. Two nuts on each side of the bracket secure the threaded end of the cable sheathing. The wire cable inside the sheathing is attached to the throttle linkage. To adjust the kickdown for quicker downshifts and later upshifts, you want to loosen the inside nut (the one closest to the plenum at the top of the engine) about 1 to 2 turns. From the other side of the bracket, pull the cable away from the engine, and then tighten the opposite nut from the one you loosened. The crimp-on collar on the wire cable will be farther away from the threaded end of the cable sheathing. Do this in small increments until you get the shift you want. Too much and the shifts will be at too high an rpm and will be rough. Hope this helps. Alan | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 1372 Registered: 09-2002 |
This was the very first mod done to our D1, less than a month after we bought it. | ||
| Joseph DeLautre (Mudderducker) New Member Username: Mudderducker Post Number: 32 Registered: 02-2004 |
Thanks Alan! This is exactly what I was looking for. I was even considering a torque converter because the shift points suck! |
