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Originally Posted by TheWeatherman
But AK was movin' though! Mine does that too just to keep the revs up enough so if you select a lower gear, it doesn't have to rev so dramatically. I'm trying to think... Doesn't it shut itsself off/let the RPM drop if you leave your shifter in the same spot, outside of any gate, without motion after a few seconds? I'm just asking. It's like the car saying, "Okay, no gear selected rev matching? I'm going to leave you idle in neutral." Just a question. Not a fault. My SRM works/(worked  ) perfectly everytime! |
After reading this thread, I tried the "put the shifter in neutral" while driving, and your right Weatherman, the revs go up as in AK's video but they drop after a few seconds. So it's like SRM is concluding "OK, your not going to continue shifting into a lower gear, no need to keep the revs up" I tried it in 6th, going about 60~70MPH. Shift to neutral and RPM's go up to about 4K RPM, so perfect for a shift to 4th, but too high for a shift to 5th, which is kinda strange I think.
However, non of this explain what happened to The Weathermans car. I sure hope it's not something like what Toyota is dealing with now...
Here's the Toyota problem explained (this is also interesting for all of you who want to know how our electronic throttle pedal works)
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