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Not really, but I've found that turning off O/D on the highway right before making a pass helps a lot. Sure better than waiting for the auto slushbox to decide to downshift.

LoL! Funny!

(removed)...I wouldn't turn it off over 70mph though lol...otherwise you'd be runnin close to 5 or 6 grand! pretty soon a little computer screen will pop-up and say "WARNING: DANGER TO MANIFOLD" just before you jam your finger into the second NOS button...oh wait....

Common practice for me on the little 2 lane roads.Except I mainly have been on the big 4 Lane jobs latley.

thats how i did it and its fun hearing the engine and seeing peoples faces as i go by

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow »(removed)...I wouldn't turn it off over 70mph though lol...otherwise you'd be runnin close to 5 or 6 grand! pretty soon a little computer screen will pop-up and say "WARNING: DANGER TO MANIFOLD" just before you jam your finger into the second NOS button...oh wait....Over 70 MPH is when it is most useful. I get tired of being stuck behind people that speed up when I try to pass, so I just hit the button instead of waiting for the auto to do it as I move my foot to the floor. Makes an awful amount of racket though, so I only do it when I have to.

Quote, originally posted by NewNeptune »...turning off O/D on the highway right before making a pass helps a lot. Sure better than waiting for the auto slushbox to decide to downshift. lol, not quite a GT but its the closest a vibe will get to a paddle shifter

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow »(removed)...I wouldn't turn it off over 70mph though lol...otherwise you'd be runnin close to 5 or 6 grand! .nah, it would be around 3.5 to 4, i used to do it all the time.

turnin off the a/c helps too

I used to drop the GT into third. Instant lift. There used to be devices that would turn off the AC compressor automatically when you putyour foot in it.

How to turn your automatic Base into automatic GTin other words...I wish I my car was stick....but for whatever reason....its not! so make do the only way i canhaha

w/ the OD off going 75 i was running about 4200 RPMs last night...I wish mine was a standard, too. But then my wife couldn't drive (wait... is that such a bad thing )

I have to assume this is not a great thing for stress on stuff.Yes?Also, is anyone using anything in the Auto Tranny OTHER than Toyota fluid ?

not using the OD makes your engine work harder by keeping it in 3rd gear. So in a sense, yes it is more stressful. But if you go to pass someone and floor it, it shifts down to 3rd anyway and once you let off it returns to 4th gear. As long as your don't have your foot on the floor all the time or drive around with the OD off it shouldn't cause any excesive wear & tear (no more than usual anyway)

your just going to quit using overdrive is all if you turn it off. will it hurt? no. cars back in the seventys never had o/d at all. "Overdrive" is the term for gear ratios that are lower than 1:1 – a situation where the engine is turning slower than the drive shaft. Overdrive gears are appropriate when very little torque is needed – the vehicle is no longer accelerating – and can deliver the best fuel economy. The six-speed transmission in the Ford Five Hundred has two overdrive gears, with a final ratio of 0.686:1.here is another thread on the topichttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=15765

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow »(removed)...I wouldn't turn it off over 70mph though lol...otherwise you'd be runnin close to 5 or 6 grand! pretty soon a little computer screen will pop-up and say "WARNING: DANGER TO MANIFOLD" just before you jam your finger into the second NOS button...oh wait....If you are already going over 70, what are you passing for?

Because I'm trying to go 75, I get behind someone going 60-65 (and can't hold a consistent speed) so when I do go to pass I have to get up to 80 just to get around because they speed up when I try to pass.