I got a stoopid question, ill prolly get a bunch of stoopid answers (and yes i know its spelled stupid) I saw something in an older post about manually shifting a auto. They were saying somethin about blipping the throttle. im jus curious as to wat exaclty it means. jus a quick tap of the gas before the shift?

Thanks

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I'm not sure what blipping the throttle means. Do you mean manually shifting in a race or just all the time? I wouldn't do it all the time but when racing just keep the throttle down. They might have been talking about the 3-4 shift (or lack thereof) - there's really no good way around this other than to buy an upshift sleeve.

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89 Iroc-Z LB9 TPI auto 2.73 posi:
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thanks for understanding. Im not sure what they meant either. the post said something about blipping the throttle jus b4 u shift to get a nice clean shift. i always figured just throw it up to the next gear with the foot on the gas.

just curious

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91 3.1 RS.
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16" ROH Rims (Need Center Caps) ROH Rims
Firehawks all Around

 

I've never heard that before.

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, Jon (91 RS too many mods to list), getting new engine in summer

 

I think I know what it means come to think of it. When you've got the gas all the way down and shift up, say, 2-3, there's a brief lapse between shifts - having not driven the IROC in a month I forgot about this!! If you let off the throttle slightly it's crisper but that would be very tough to time properly. It sounds intriguing, I think I'll give it a try.

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89 Iroc-Z LB9 TPI auto 2.73 posi:
3" Dynomax muffler, K&N filters, TB bypass, 3" pipe in place of cat, cleaned and flow-matched injectors, accel 300+ wires, cap&rotor, synthetic oil, flexlite transmission cooler, afpr, !air pump&diverter valve, kicker sound system, soon to attempt engine swap...

[This message has been edited by I ROCK (edited January 21, 2001).]

 

No No No...theyre talking about when downshifting manually. If you manually go up and down the gears, when downshifting you have to tap the gas a little right before you downshift otherwise it wont engage right away. If you give it a little "blip" then downshift, it engages right away and you can feel it go into gear...if you just pull it down a gear without "blipping" the throttle it wont go into gear right away, it will take a few seconds, then kinda slam into gear. At least thats what it does in mine. I read the same thing a few days ago, tried it out, and sure enough...

 

Oh yeah that makes a lot more sense. Although you shouldn't downshift an unmodified 700R4 from 3-2 or 2-1 b/c the ratio difference is too steep and you could cause damage. The 4-3 is ok though. Hell, I still downshift to 2 if there's a mustang or ***** nearby and I'm far enough below 70 that I won't overrev...lol.

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89 Iroc-Z LB9 TPI auto 2.73 posi:
3" Dynomax muffler, K&N filters, TB bypass, 3" pipe in place of cat, cleaned and flow-matched injectors, accel 300+ wires, cap&rotor, synthetic oil, flexlite transmission cooler, afpr, !air pump&diverter valve, kicker sound system, soon to attempt engine swap...

 

IROC,

What's "second"?

(Lexx said he expected some "stoopid" answers - I just wanted to oblige...)

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What in the world are you talking about? (Pay no attention to that little message below my signature above...)

I'm pretty sure it's obvious, but I wasn't accusing the poster of being stupid, and the question wasn't anyway...

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89 Iroc-Z LB9 TPI auto 2.73 posi:
3" Dynomax muffler, K&N filters, TB bypass, 3" pipe in place of cat, cleaned and flow-matched injectors, accel 300+ wires, cap&rotor, synthetic oil, flexlite transmission cooler, afpr, !air pump&diverter valve, kicker sound system, soon to attempt engine swap...

[This message has been edited by I ROCK (edited January 21, 2001).]

 

U ROCK,

Jus' pullin' yer chain a bit, dude. I didn't think anyone NEEDED second gear to beat up on a *****...

And I didn't mean to imply that your response (or the question) was "stoopid". Just trying to keep it light. Besides, the coffee hasn't kicked in yet...

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