Basic SST Questions

TK40 · Oct 23, 2009, 05:04 PM

Hey guys,

If you are in manual mode (auto, sport, or s-sport), let's say you are in 2nd gear and you go WOT, will the car automatically upshift when you hit revline, or is it possible to bounce off the rev limiter?

If not, does anybody offer tuning yet which will prevent the upshift and allow you to hold the gear?

Also, does the SST have a kick down button similar to a regular automatic?

ksattic · Oct 23, 2009, 05:10 PM

This has been asked a lot, but no, it will bounce off the rev limiter.

I've never heard of a kick-down button in a regular automatic. Are you talking about an overdrive off button? If so, there is no equivalent to lock out 6th, except to use sport mode which will not use 6th until much higher rpms.

TK40 · Oct 23, 2009, 06:28 PM

If the car will hold gear then there is definitely no kick down button. This is wonderful news. Thank you!

verkion · Oct 26, 2009, 02:06 AM

Kickdown button like in the VW automatic Tiptronic gearboxes pre-DSG days? No. The kickdown button was a button on the back of the pedal that when depressed would shift to the lowest possible gear for maximum Omph...nothing to do with upshifting or holding gears.

verkion

gunzo · Oct 26, 2009, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verkion

Kickdown button like in the VW automatic Tiptronic gearboxes pre-DSG days? No. The kickdown button was a button on the back of the pedal that when depressed would shift to the lowest possible gear for maximum Omph...nothing to do with upshifting or holding gears.

verkion

VW and Audis have this irritating habit of upshifting for you even in manual ..
the DSG has total control over the shiftings .. you only think you're in manual

once you hit redline .. the DSG will autoshift up to the next gear ..

you can shift to 6th at like 1500rpms .. and then you just step slight harder .. it actually downshifts for you .. its a stupid semi manual logic ..

We're pampered by the SST .. so you wouldn't know what the VWs need to live with

You need to study more dude ..like Suntzu Art of War ..

How to kill a GTR in a MR .. race him in reverse gear

verkion · Oct 26, 2009, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunzo

VW and Audis have this irritating habit of upshifting for you even in manual ..
the DSG has total control over the shiftings .. you only think you're in manual

once you hit redline .. the DSG will autoshift up to the next gear ..

you can shift to 6th at like 1500rpms .. and then you just step slight harder .. it actually downshifts for you .. its a stupid semi manual logic ..

We're pampered by the SST .. so you wouldn't know what the VWs need to live with

You need to study more dude ..like Suntzu Art of War ..

How to kill a GTR in a MR .. race him in reverse gear

Hah, I'm still right about the "kickdown" though :-P Nothing to do with upshifting. I had one of those annoying boxes that auto-upshifted. 2 different things entirely. The kickdown is exactly that. You step on the pedal all the way, and at the bottom give it a little extra shove and that button is depressed...the gearbox then proceeds to drop the gear all the way to the lowest possible.

I study, I study...but Gunzo Sifu only has so much time!!! HAhahahahahahaha!

verkion