» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 1,936 Views | | | | | 10-04-2004, 09:57 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ Posts: 390 | manual mode i was wondering that when im in manual mode and when i put the car to drive the car is in 4th gear. what i wanted to know was that will the car switch gears from 4th gear to 5th gear in manual mode. __________________ Intake, Sony mp3/cd player, remus cat-back exhaust, | | | 10-05-2004, 02:44 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cary, nc Posts: 2,259 | i dont think there is a 5th gear in an automatic.... im not really sure exactly what the whole manual mode thing is in an auto (i have an auto as well) if you flick the switch to manual mode, you cant really drive it and shift like a manual can you? theres no clutch so i wouldnt really know how that works __________________ 1995 318ti Active Pioneer Speakers [] Aluminum Billet door locks [] ACS Pedals/Deadrest [] ACS Shift Knob / E-Brake Handle [] Clear Corners/Tails/Sides [] Sylvania Exterior Lighting [] Custom CAI [] Dinan Engine Chip [] Dinan Transmission Chip [] H&R Race Springs [] Tokico Illumina Shocks [] BMW X-Brace [] Relocated Lighter Mod [] Custom iPod Mod http://www.cardomain.com/id/robcarync | | | 10-05-2004, 02:51 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 290 | I've read that the autos are a 4 speed. But they do have an overdrive gear. I dont know if that means that 4th is the overdrive or if its a 4 speed plus overdrive. Whatever it has though, it'll shift into whatever it needs. And if you're going full throttle, it shouldnt go into overdrive. I'd be surprised if it got into 4th in a 1/4 mile. With a manual you HAVE to go into 4th to get over 80 or so, but the ratios are much different than the auto. __________________ Vince Carknard 1995 318ti Active Hellrot, 16" 5 spoke, "Fogged" airbox mod, Stromung exhaust, Bilstein Sports, BMW sport springs, 3.73lsd, others... | | | 10-05-2004, 03:04 AM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 | i asked the same question earlier on another forum, this person answered with this : "Well, I hope this sheds some light as I have been trying to maximize the "manual" use of this tranny with the year I have owned my 95. The rocker switch A/M near the lever is best left in A most of the time. Selecting a gear with the lever, other than D, will give you that as the "final" gear...ie select 2 and from standstill, it will shift once to 2 and stay there. Select 3, and it will shift from 1st to 2nd then 3rd and stay there. The computer seems to increase the rev range to more of a sport setting when doing this and will hold revs to a higher change point as long as the accelerator is pressed. If it is let up or leveled off, the shift point comes sooner. If, after all this, you are still in "3" you must select "D" to get to final drive "4th" on the highway with no drag on lift. If, however you lift while still in "3" you still have engine drag as you will in any of the lower gears. Now, (still with me?) if you have done all this in the "A" setting, you now push the rocker to "M" while in "D" at, say 70mph, well you are now going to downshift to "3rd" even if the lever is still in "D". Think of this as "forcing" it to "manual" mode, which ONLY involves 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Great for controlling when the downshifts come, especially if you "blip" the throttle while you do this. Or, better yet, heel toe with the brake. If you try to start off in "Manual" mode and go through the gears, it is not as efficient as using "A" because the computer will do a better job for the 1-2 shift from stand-still. After that, you can hold the change-up. If you use "A" from stand-still, the computer will do the best change-up if you start in "2" and then you can hold that as you watch the tach and move through the gears as you would with a manual. If you don't change from "2" to "3" just prior to the rev limit, you will get the same rev limiter that the manual guys get and she will flat spot and go no more. Shift! You want to practice holding to just before the limit and it will carry up by itself. And "3rd" to "D ie 4th" is the same as above. Downshifting can be done from "D" to 3rd from about 75mph or so in "A" but hitting the rocker to "M" will do it right now, otherwise the computer will decide...just remember to follow that with moving the lever to the "3" position to keep you clear as to what gear it has already downshifted to when you touched the "M" rocker. You now have engine drag and you now can select "2" when you are about 45-50 and you may want to blip it to go in as you heel-toe the brakes. Granted this is probably more than you wanted to know about what the "A" and the "M" do. But try it, and then decide if you just want to leave it in "A" all the time. But if you do use "M" remember its limitations and proceedure for going UP. It's great for going DOWN and for 1st on a hill. Gary 95 sport/A (soon to be DASC!)" (Gary Slack <pixels2go2002@yahoo.com>) | | | 10-05-2004, 10:26 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ Posts: 390 | ty man for the explanation. i will try that sometime tomorrow. i actually tried the 3 rd gear in auto mode and the car does shift gears at higher revs. i was actually gonna take the car to track soe time in winter. and i need to practice this gear stuff more. __________________ Intake, Sony mp3/cd player, remus cat-back exhaust, | | | 12-04-2004, 04:16 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach area Posts: 1,189 | Actually, when you drive in manual mode with an auto, you can still shift into fourth gear. When i drive, I'm always on manual mode, so i know that there are four gears. When you put it on manual mode from a standstill and shift from first, then second, third and D, you will notice that it does have 4 gears. When you get to D, let go of the accelerator and shift to third, you will feel it downshift. So...there are 4 gears total no matter what mode you are in. I actually perfer the manual mode over auto mode...i think it's because i want a manual so bad haha. __________________ 97 Jet Black 318ti Sport. Not so stock anymore!.... Now Featuring:318ti.org sticker Now featuring: Hartge exhaust|Blacked out Grilles|Front Clear Corners or Ambers depending on how I feel|325is vented front brakes|Bilstein Sports|H&R Sports|E46 RSMs w/ Z3 reinforcment plates|16" Style 45s|17" E46 M68 rims|18" Authentic Hartge Classics C|OEM M135 ZHP wheels and 99 Titan Silver 323is Dinan S1+few more mods Coming sometime in the future:...SCed 2.1...new (to me) car mod maybe?...all in one car | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |