Automatic tranny queries

[niky]

In traffic: Power, when on the highway: eco mode.

Just put it in 3 if you want to overtake, manual shifting 1-2-3 doesn't make you that much faster than just flooring it from a full stop (it takes off only a second or so, if any, from your 0-100 km/h)... but it's lots of fun with a torquey engine, my SR20 used to chirp tires into the 2nd gear upshift.

[OTEP]

To get the best numbers on the track, automatic transmissions are brake-torqued.

Meaning they are put in 'D', brakes are engaged using the left foot, put on full throttle and the brakes are released.

Another method is the 'neutral drop' wherein the engine is revved while in 'N' and then the shifter is dropped into 'D'. This is very hard on both transmission and engine and is rarely used nowadays except on junkers.

[rion]

Another method is the 'neutral drop' wherein the engine is revved while in 'N' and then the shifter is dropped into 'D'. This is very hard on both transmission and engine and is rarely used nowadays except on junkers.

hehe... I used to do that in our 3door Pajero. kahit puno pasahero ko nagtire screetch parin siya. I just want to prove to my friend that a diesel could also make a tirescratch. A/T pa nga yun eh... ano pakaya kung M/T...

"opt.1: d then todo tapak sa gas...." is the best option

I am not sure with newest A/T but Putting to D while holding the brakes > then release brake and push acceleration pedal is slow in my experience, in a standing start traffic light situation....

mas mabuti pa yung naka "N" ka in the traffic light, then when it's green light > go D > apak sa accel pedal...

if you are using a Subic converted vehicle and when you push your accel hard but the tranny downshifts making it slow to pick-up > loosen your kickdown cable, adjust it to your own preference...

anyways, congrats sa bagong 2.7 vvt-i Fortuner mo po.

[niky]

To get the best numbers on the track, automatic transmissions are brake-torqued.

Meaning they are put in 'D', brakes are engaged using the left foot, put on full throttle and the brakes are released.

Another method is the 'neutral drop' wherein the engine is revved while in 'N' and then the shifter is dropped into 'D'. This is very hard on both transmission and engine and is rarely used nowadays except on junkers.

Tell me about it, I used to do both all the time... ...I was a stupid kid. But I was happy.

By the way, the only way to match C! Magazine's 0-100 km/h time with the Fortuner is to torque-brake it. But if you do this multiple times in succession, the transmission starts making grumbly noises... so it's better to just start normally... anyway, madali naman mag-shift sa transmission ng Fortuner, you can do the L-2-3 shifting when you leave the stoplight, the put it into D when cruising.

[gregg_g]

How about the O/D button, how is it used?

[OTEP]

O/D off - it will not go into the overdrive gears, usually top gear (any gear with a ratio of less than 1.00 is considered an overdrive gear)

O/D on - it will go through all the gears as needed.

[gregg_g]

O/D off - it will not go into the overdrive gears, usually top gear (any gear with a ratio of less than 1.00 is considered an overdrive gear)

O/D on - it will go through all the gears as needed.

HI Otep,

in what situations, do you use it?

[alwayz_yummy]

o/d on->all the time

o/d off ->overtaking and downhill engine braking....(kung kaya mo magdownhill ala initial D-->takumi ba? kahit o/d on pa!

[OTEP]

I usually turn the O/D off when going downhill for engine braking. But most of the time, I still go to a lower gear like 2 or 1 to get the desired effect.

I turn O/D off when ascending very steep grades to avoid the tranny from hunting between 3rd and 4th (or in newer Sorentos, 4th and 5th). I know I'm not climbing that fast to need to use top gear.

Otherwise, O/D is left ON.