This Newer riced eclipse pulls next to me. He had one of those large tachs on the dash which meant he would probabily race. There was a driver and passanger. I reved up and they both didnt look to excited about running me... The light went green, i took off normal hopeing he would take off fast. He didnt. But right at 25mph he gunned it. Keep in mind i have a A4 tranny and sometimes manually shift it. At 25mph i downshifted to 1st and pulled an instant car length, stayed on it until i was almost at red line then shifted second and BAM BAM BAM i hit my rev limiter and it sounded like a gun fireing.. Until i was able to let the engine sink to lower RPMs, i pretty much had to coast most of the race. When i finially got my **** back together he turned off. Now if this would have been a car with any ***** whatsoever i easily could have lost. I just need a little more leeway for my rev limiter.... This was the second case where this happend. Sometimes, i can manually shift all the way up to triple digits w/o hitting the limiter... I just need a little more room to stretch my LS1s legs out...

I have an HPP3, what should i raise the limiter to w/o risking messing anything up...
And something else, what degrees should i set my fans to come on at? Thats something else i havent messed with.

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Arctic White 1998 Z28 Camaro LS1 A4 3.42s
Lid, Exhaust, Gears.
5% tint and black outs..

301.3rwhp
311.0torque

[This message has been edited by KamaroL98 (edited June 09, 2002).]

 

Why don't you just drop it into Drive, out of OD, and then just floor it...let the tranny do its job?

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'01 Z28 - loaded
K&N FIPK
Corsa

 

When you shift it yourself it can't shift as smoothly as it normally would. Put in D if you expect to race and leave it be. If you double press the gas pedal to the floor it knows you WANT TO GO! and it shifts accordingly, then HANG ON!



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2002 Camaro Z/28 LS1 A4 (2.73's)
Sunset Orange Metallic
Fernco, SLP Airlid, K&N Filter
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1995 Ford Aspire M5
!Torque & !Power

 

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. If you double press the gas pedal to the floor it knows you WANT TO GO!

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How exactly do i double press it?

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Arctic White 1998 Z28 Camaro LS1 A4 3.42s
Lid, Exhaust, Gears.
5% tint and black outs..

301.3rwhp
311.0torque

 

They're right. It has been discussed on here before, these cars run better and faster when left in Drive.

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yeah, does double press it mean shove it through the floor?

 

yes, the trans will double downshift and safely push it redline. an LS1 with autos are awesome. i have an M6, autos are more fun to race.

 

What ........I don't know about the auto being more fun.....hhmmmmm

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94 Z28 m6
cold air,air foil,b&m ripper,vortech tb elbow,underdrive pulley ,flowbasterd muffler,moded maf,poly trans mount,fuel pres reg,exhaust cut out........new mods 355/with 12# of procharger boost

99 Camaro SS m6
#133
MTI air lid,some free mods,B&M Ripper,MacEwen Motorsports WFG with no high beam thingy....slp longtubes w/o cats,zo6 maf,z06 clutch,jet pcm,qt cut out

Big Red(truck)
406 ci,700r4 w/3000 rpm stall,3.73 10 bolt.
No more 406..kaboom / on the way 427 mighty mouse

 

Leave it in "D"

As for the rev limit .. Hypertech set mine at 6,400 ... so that's where I'm leaving it.



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2001 Z28, A4 2.73
Navy Blue Metallic, T-tops, no badges
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FRA; MTI lid; Holly PowerShot; TBB; HPP3; Exhaust "bridge"; 160* Thermostat; descreen MAF; Port/Polish MAF

 

I still dont understand what double pressing the accelerator is....

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Arctic White 1998 Z28 Camaro LS1 A4 3.42s
Lid, Exhaust, Gears.
5% tint and black outs..

301.3rwhp
311.0torque

 

Your wasting time letting it down shift, if you race from 25 or so.

Put it in 2nd, when you floor it wait until it gets over 3500rpm's and just put it back in drive.

Then you won't have to worry about hitting the rev-limiter.


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2002 SS #3442 Navy blue metallic A4 160 T-stat/TB by-pass/SLP fan swich/DMS SFC's/K&N FIPK/Magna Flow Cat-Back/GMS MAF/SLP Y-pipe/
(Very first run stock with 750 miles)
60ft 2.162 1/8 8.782@83.48 1/4 13.553@102.93
Best to date:
60ft 2.041 1/8 8.612@84.28 1/4 13.326@104.39

 

well, it's just cool how fast and smooth they are, i mean you can have up to 90 before you even know it and it's so effortless. but I love my M6 because you can put it in neutraul and coast for a mile and they are a lot of fun because you can feel the power right in your hand and it's are more chalagning to drive.

 

double pressing i think just means flooring it. you know how it says in the manual push pedal halfway downshift once, press all the way to down shift twice, that's what i'm assuming.

 

Press it halfway down then let off then press it to the floor. It's called a kickdown and it will drop to the lowest gear possible (that is safely below redline) and accelerate will full power and shift at a higher range. The ECM sees this as you wanting to HAUL *** basically. Some older cars the 1/2 - full worked via a switch under the gas pedal, now the ECM just reads from the TPS. When you slowly press the pedal to the floor it does not run the engine as agressively as when you press 1/2 to 3/4, let off, then floor it (Should be done quickly).



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2002 Camaro Z/28 LS1 A4 (2.73's)
Sunset Orange Metallic
Fernco, SLP Airlid, K&N Filter
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1995 Ford Aspire M5
!Torque & !Power

 

Why in the hell would you manually shift an auto???

If you want to shift gears get a 6 speed.

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1999 Red Z28 M6

Hurst, Direct Flo Lid, 3 inch cutout, Flowmaster muffler

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