Automatic tranny queries

[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.