haha, yeah its a maze in there (literally).

 

Only thing it does is heats the tranny up quicker. Thank god to factory tranny coolers. VOLVO WHAT!

 

Since when does a shift kit heat up a tranny??? It actually extends tranny life because it shifts harder, meaning it changes gears quicker. The soft shift you feel in stock cars is the tranny engaging 2 gears at once, it slides slowly so that there isnt any jerk like from a sudden shift.

 

sorry to come in with a sorta off topic question: My car is 5 speed, & first of all is the 5th gear overdrive or just another gear? and secondly is riding around town around 45-50mph putting alot of strain on 5th?

 

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check your owners manual...

most cars that have a 5th gear have the 5th as overdrive.

some don't tho....

if you're able to drive around town at 45-50 mph and it isn't lugging your engine, then you should be fine.

the reason it's a concern for ppl with slushboxes is because if it's a 4 or 5 speed auto, the top gear is almost always meant as an overdrive... and driving below 55 mph with the OD engaged usually ends up in the tranny shifting into OD as soon as you hold the throttle at a constant position (ie not attempting to accelerate any faster), and then as soon as you vary a little bit, the tranny has to shift out of overdrive to adjust your speed because there's not enough torque in the OD gear at low speeds to do anything. this results in a hotter tranny thats shifting twice as much as it needs to be. --> dead tranny

 

ohhh, well my car didnt come with owners manual...but if im lower then 50 it sorta bogs..guess i should stay in 4th.

 

Manually downshifting your autos will rip up the teeth on the gears. Upshifiting does nothing as long as your foot is off the gas like a clutch.

 

My civic is sadly an automatic, but i shift it myself, and have been for atleast a year without any tranny problems. I got from D3 to D2 back to D3 then to D. I do it so i can down shift and not have to hit my brakes all the time. Am i giving it a lot more wear and tear? (i must point out, if its in D2 it wont shift by itself, at all, so its actually the one gear i get to redline and shift myself )

 

I'm talking manually shifting the automatic.