faygun Member 389 Member For: 21y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/03/04 12:17 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 12:17 PM hey guys, I have always been curious about this. It might be a very dumb question but here it goes In a manual car, you dont down shift into 1st gear unless you just came to a full stop or rolling very slightly.In an auto car, you can floor it when you are doing like 40-50km/h and it will kickdown into 1st gear. is this bad for the gearbox?Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 4m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 08/03/04 12:27 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 12:27 PM Nope ... go for it. There is also no reason you can't do it with a manual. Shift back to first at 40kph that is. The only difference is the gear ratios. With a manual you will run out of revs at about 55-60kph whereas the auto will run to over 75kph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faygun Member 389 Member For: 21y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/03/04 12:36 PM Author Share Posted 08/03/04 12:36 PM I knew you would reply quickly Turbo6man thanks for the advice :DI used to feel bad for my car when it kicked down into first when I was doing like 50 km/h.I am very mechanically cautious when it comes to my cars. I dont like to do things to it that I think will cause me headaches in the future.Thanks for the quick response Turbo6man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 08/03/04 12:40 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 12:40 PM With a manual you will run out of revs at about 55-60kph 1st is good for just over 70kmh in a manual XR6T. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 4m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 08/03/04 12:56 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 12:56 PM It might with your speedo :lol: At 6000rpm 1st gear doesn't quite make 70kph with the manual. Usually the rev limiter will not let you go over 5750rpm in first gear which is about 65kph.The turbo is actually quite highly geared in first (for a heavy car) which is why the guys with mods to the engine are quickly finding the limitations of the clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnaXR6T Member 1,519 Member For: 22y 2m 25d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 08/03/04 08:34 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 08:34 PM I knew you would reply quickly Turbo6man thanks for the advice :DI used to feel bad for my car when it kicked down into first when I was doing like 50 km/h.I am very mechanically cautious when it comes to my cars. I dont like to do things to it that I think will cause me headaches in the future.Thanks for the quick response Turbo6man I think the car feels at its fastest when you do this!! I love it feels tops!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 21y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 08/03/04 11:01 PM Share Posted 08/03/04 11:01 PM Yep love putting back to 1st especially when going through the twisties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomxr6 Member 452 Member For: 21y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Razorback NSW Posted 09/03/04 01:36 AM Share Posted 09/03/04 01:36 AM Yep love putting back to 1st especially when going through the twisties that's because you can only handle 70k's top spead thru the twisties. :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpy What's happening? Lifetime Members 1,605 Member For: 22y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Steel City, NSW Posted 09/03/04 01:48 AM Share Posted 09/03/04 01:48 AM Yep love putting back to 1st especially when going through the twisties that's because you can only handle 70k's top spead thru the twisties. Game on! :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 09/03/04 01:56 AM Share Posted 09/03/04 01:56 AM Basically of you can in the auto it's fine. If your going to fast and you try to shift manually it won't let you until you get below a certain speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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