10-13-2008, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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SKIP-SHIFT??????
Someone in another thread mentioned that the manual transmission has skip-shift. I thought they did away with this on the Corvette years ago!
Say it ain't true!! How do I disable it?? I ain't gonna have no friggin' computer tell me how and when to shift!!!!!!!! !!! |
10-13-2008, 08:40 PM | #2 |
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My vette had a light in the dash come on when it was ACCEPTABLE to shift from 1st to fourth, but that's the extent of the system.
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10-13-2008, 08:40 PM | #3 |
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OH please dont let this happen....I hated that darn skip-shift!!!
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10-13-2008, 08:43 PM | #4 |
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why? doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me.
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10-13-2008, 09:10 PM | #5 |
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On my 4th gen a $30 dummy plug from Jegs that gets plugged into the wiring near the transmission solved that problem, but I have driven newer Corvettes already without the feature.
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10-13-2008, 09:19 PM | #6 |
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Yes it will have the skip shift from 1st to 4th.
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$5.00 resistor from radioshack will take care of it.
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The following is based on what I have heard about skip shift so I could be wrong. I thought that the skip shift function only kicked in under normal light acceleration conditions, and was deactivated when you either used additional throttle or held first gear longer.
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I don't know how much throttle you have to use to stop it, but it seems that this would make me use that amount of throttle all time and increase the amount of emissions and ruin the gas mileage this function is supposed to help with. |
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10-13-2008, 10:05 PM | #14 |
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True, but I'm also looking at it from the EPA view. If you tend to keep giving it a certain amount of throttle above the normal light cruising, then the emissions might be increased, along with the theoretical decrease in mileage, however minor. They try to get every drop, you know.
I'm just grasping for straws as to why it has to be! |
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