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SouthArk370Z · 04-11-2013, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Naum16

Whenever i am in sport mode should i let the car downshift by itself or am i better doing it myself never could decide.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. With the SRM-style throttle blip and the nanny TCM, it's hard to screw up too bad. The TCM will not do anything that would destroy itself or the engine. I haven't tested it, but the manual claims that the tranny won't downshift if engine RPM would go above redline.

But I wouldn't suggest downshifting when it would take the RPM above 5000 or so on a regular basis. I nearly always wait for RPM to drop to 2100-1900 before downshifting. This will rev the engine to about 4000. If I wait too long and downshift at the same time as the tranny (~1800 RPM), it can drop down two gears and rev pretty high.

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Originally Posted by Naum16

Another big thing about it is it bad to push it over in sport mode whiling driving could it dang the trans.

Go for it. Per the manual, you can use the paddle shifters to temporarily go into Manual/Sport mode at any time. No different when using the stick.