Manual transmission skip shift?

[Slowhand]

I don't think that the transmission issues that people have been reporting have nothing to do with the skip-shift.

After PEMDAS-ing out your double negative, I can only deduct that you do think that the skip shift has something to do with the transmission issues.

[Mike]

Fuck, I opened this thread expecting him to be bitching about something!

[roliath]

my old ss did this until I spent 30 bucks to remove it, and if you went past a certain rpm (stock car) it wouldn't skip to 4th.

[ceyko]

Wow, they do some "Investigating" on 32 complaints and I know of at least one other vehicle that has hundreds or thousands complaints with the rear with nothing from them?

[CJ]

The NHTSA filed a probe into the Mustang GT manual transmission issues. Well part of the story at the end said:

A FoxNews.com analysis of the recent NHTSA complaints indicates that a number of the owners may not be aware of a special feature found on V8-powered Mustangs that forces the transmission to shift directly from 1st to 4th gear under light throttle application. This is intended to increase fuel efficiency during the EPA fuel economy testing procedure and cannot be turned off, but is overridden during hard acceleration. The manual transmissions in the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro SS, both built by a different supplier, function in a similar way.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...#ixzz1UUnYsnoN



Really?

Shit man, welcome to 1997 dude, us corvette owners have been dealing with this shit for 14 years. It isn't even a bother - even though you can disable it with nothing more than a resistor, it only forces the 1 to 4 shift between 900 and ~1,400 rpm, even just barely off idle it disappears.

[LS1Goat]

this is common for us gm/gto folks. skip shift eliminators are less than $30. no big deal.

[ozzeran]

Wow ok, I learned something than.

I wonder how hard it is on the newer cars though?

Also CJ, yeah that's a RPM range not often shited in, regardless.

[ozzeran]

Fuck, I opened this thread exprexting him to be bitching about something!

[Wicked98Snake]

Hell I've been skip shifting in my mustang for years, it saves gas. I used to go 1,3,5 most of the time.

[CWO]

$0.10 problem

[Grimpala]

I got 99 problems, but a shift aint one.

Disable that shit and move on.

[Sean88gt]

Is this a "We landed on the moon!!" moment?

[ozzeran]

Is this a "We landed on the moon!!" moment?

Sounds like it.

[mustangguy289]

I thought this has been in the camaros for years? There is actually a mod to get rid of this right?

Yea... a $2 resister from Radio Shack does the trick.

[BlackGT]

cannot be turned off,

BS!!!

You can turn it off with a tuner or just unplug the solenoid...
It only does it under light acceleration, Shifting between 2000-2800 rpms locks out 2nd but doesn't force you to go to 4th. You can go to 3rd or go to 4th then back to 2nd before letting out on the clutch...

It doesn't force you to go to 4th on hard/high RPM shifts though...