Originally Posted by saskins
Any body know how to kill the Rev Limiter? Some times I'll go to down shift from 2nd to 1st, and it won't down shift. And the thing that gets me is, it's not like I'm going 40 mph or anything. I can be going like 20 mph and it still won't down shift. I know for a fact that the engine could totally handle it.
It drives me crazy, because I really like the Auto Stick. I think if the rev-limiter wasn't so tuned down, that the car could be just as competitive as a manual transmission.
im not expert, but i know in a stick shift, shifting to first at 20mph in anything short of a ferrari is bad news. My friends wrx refuses to go into 1st at anything about 5mph. In my car, downshift and 20mph will never happen. I remember putting my old grand cherokee 4.7 in first from about 20mph and it felt like i hit a brick wall. Its not about the motor being able to handle it, its about the transmission handeling it. But like i said, i don't really know much on the topic, that's just my guess.