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**knowledgefreak** · 01-31-2002, 06:34 PM

as high as you can. 4th gear is for fuel economy when you hammer on it you drop to 3rd

**Liquid Silver** · 01-31-2002, 06:36 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by knowledgefreak:
as high as you can. 4th gear is for fuel economy when you hammer on it you drop to 3rd<hr></blockquote>

That's right.

If you really want to... you can get a custom program to use that 4th gear for an extra top end gear.

**shortdog273** · 01-31-2002, 06:41 PM

Cool, so I can drive around in 3rd gear(highway and street) and won't have anything to worry about?

**knowledgefreak** · 01-31-2002, 07:02 PM

only an empty tank faster, 3rd D is more power than od

nothing to worry about

**RacerJ** · 01-31-2002, 07:03 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by knowledgefreak:
as high as you can. 4th gear is for fuel economy when you hammer on it you drop to 3rd<hr></blockquote>

You'll go faster in 4th, once it's wound out of 3rd.

**iceman** · 01-31-2002, 09:12 PM

If you leave the gas pedale on the floor the trans will shift in to 4th at about 110mph and then it will use 4th to gain speed. At this point you don't have to much speed to gain though because of the speed limiter on the car it sucks.

**shortdog273** · 01-31-2002, 10:53 PM

It don't see a overdrive on my car. It just has P,R,N,D,3,2,1. Lol, I sound like a little kid. I guess the regular drive gear is considered the overdrive??

[ January 31, 2002: Message edited by: shortdog273 ]

**Blue Flame V6** · 01-31-2002, 10:54 PM

Your car will go 115mph in 3rd/D. Then you have 2 let off the gas assuming it is floored for it 2 shift into overdrive.

**GregWS6'01** · 01-31-2002, 10:57 PM

yea Shortdog, D on our cars is overdrive. 3rd is third drive

**shortdog273** · 01-31-2002, 11:02 PM

Cool, Thanx for the info. I'll go try it in 3rd gear for the first time tomorrow just to see whats up. Do you guys with automatics do your regular driving in 3rd gear?

**HAZ-Matt** · 01-31-2002, 11:24 PM

No, never.

**arnaldo** · 01-31-2002, 11:51 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by shortdog273:
Cool, Thanx for the info. I'll go try it in 3rd gear for the first time tomorrow just to see whats up. Do you guys with automatics do your regular driving in 3rd gear?<hr></blockquote>

With my 3.42 gears, ill be at 2.5 RPMS at about 80 MPH in overdrive....in Drive i think itll be somewhere around 4k, never tried..dont wanna rev the beans outta it.

**RacerJ** · 02-01-2002, 02:45 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Blue Flame V6:
Your car will go 115mph in 3rd/D. Then you have 2 let off the gas assuming it is floored for it 2 shift into overdrive.<hr></blockquote>

It's not going to shift into overdrive if it's in 3rd/Drive...

**RacerJ** · 02-01-2002, 02:49 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by shortdog273:
Cool, Thanx for the info. I'll go try it in 3rd gear for the first time tomorrow just to see whats up. Do you guys with automatics do your regular driving in 3rd gear?<hr></blockquote>

What's the problem with driving in OD? The car is going to run the same in OD/4th as it does in D/3rd up till the point where it shifts into 4th. Shifting into overdrive will save you gas and wear and tear on the engine. Give it some gas and it'll downshift into 3rd. There really isn't much to demystify about driving an automatic.

[ February 01, 2002: Message edited by: RacerJ ]

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