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Originally Posted by CamaroFred
My Camaro is more fun to me because I just walk out, spark it up, hot or cold, rain or shine. Let the clutch out in neutral after a few to circulate the trans fluid. Do you do that with your automatic? Put it in neutral for a bit? I've read the pump is off when in park so when I drive an auto I always give it a few in N.
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I think I at least drop the transmission into the neutral gate on every car every time I start it up, at least for the length of time it takes to buckle up, or for the engine to at least start dropping off the fast idle in cooler weather. Might as well let the car start getting ready to go while I'm finishing up my part.
I don't think the pump in an AT can be "off" in park, else there wouldn't be any fluid pressure or flow to operate the friction elements or circulate through the torque converter. As far as I know, 'Park' is still 'Neutral' plus the activation of a mechanical sprag that locks the output shaft.
Chrysler Corp really did have their leaf spring technology down better than the competition. I think they used some kind of asymmetry in the way the leafs were assembled.
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Everyone is different. I prefer the stick because I enjoy cornering.
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Big part of it for me, too.
For rontammy's benefit, a day on a road course is kind of like a drive in the country. Only faster and with no worries of having to sit through roadside or station-house interviews with members of the law enforcement community.
Norm