Auto tranny shift points
 

No making fun :P
So last night I was kinda pissed off that I didn't get to goto the track to get some pre-boost times. So I was cruisin' around lookin' for a good road to floor it. So I find a good road and stop the car. Slam down the brakes and hit that gas. Watched the rev's go upto 3k then I let go of the brakes and smashed the gas. It was one of my best launches. I noticed that the car was shifting at 6k :o. During regular driving it shifts at 3k. Just wondering if this happens to other automatic guys.
BTW I installed my tranny cooler on Thursday.

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were you going through the gears your self or was the computer?

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Why would I be surprised if I was doing the shifting myself.
The car was in D4 the whole time.

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what kind of car is it? I only ask because my car has a acel buttion, when pushed it changes the shift points.

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95 Civic LX. What's yours?

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the car doesnt shift at 3k during regular driving.. you're just not controlling the tranny shifts.. you gotta know when you can floor it w/o loosing a gear I can make my cav shift at any point I want to (not past redline) just by using gas pedal movement. Automatics do shift before the "red line" to be safer.

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Don't worry about the 3k shifting, that was just to compare. So is it normal to have the tranny shift at 6k. Come to think of it, I did get a lil' freaked out everytime the rpm would fly up that high. So I left off the gas just a hair then it shifted gears. You think it wouldve gone higher than 6k had I not lifted my foot a bit?

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I have a toyota camry

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every automatic car i;ve driven shifts like this. when your easy on it, it shifts somewhere conservative like 3000, i guess its for fuel economy and engine longevity. but when u mash the pedal to the floor, it shifts at redline.

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Ok I know this is gonna sound stupid but if anyone else that has a auto civic can back me up on this. Some where in the range of 4500-5500RPM my NON-VTEC lunges forward. Its not huge but still noticable. Anybody else notice this?