Sport Button on Automatic?

[FrostyTheSnoman]

What happens when you press the sport button on the shifter?

[vietkid_2006]

it stays in the gear longer.

[cloudasc]

^^ Correct, but that only applys to partial throttle conditions it will stay in gear longer, keeping you closer to your power band, it will not raise the maximum rpm shift point at all.

[90Haccord]

Regular auto shift is 3,500 rpm

if you engage sport shift, it will now be 4,500rpm

that is just "driving normally"

If you punch it, it will pretty much redline everygear until you "let off" a tad for it to shift gears.



I don't like sports mode, its stays in gear too long and over-rev's the engine.

[lo_dit]

not really a necessary feature in my opinion. if i wanted to shift at a higher rpm, i would push the gas harder.

[cloudasc]

Regular auto shift is 3,500 rpm

if you engage sport shift, it will now be 4,500rpm

that is just "driving normally"

If you punch it, it will pretty much redline everygear until you "let off" a tad for it to shift gears.



I don't like sports mode, its stays in gear too long and over-rev's the engine.

Interesting, mine shifts at as low as 2100 in regular mode, and as soon as 2600 in sports mode. Sport mode is nice when your in hilly areas, or cruising at around 30-45 mph, makes it easier to run a yellow light when you don't have enough time to stop. I also have found it nice to have in slippier conditions since it keeps it in gear longer using the engines resistance to help maintain traction for non abs equiped cars. I have driven this automatic for 60k miles over the last 3 years, and i'm only at 183k on the counter.

[lo_dit]

Interesting, mine shifts at as low as 2100 in regular mode, and as soon as 2600 in sports mode. Sport mode is nice when your in hilly areas, or cruising at around 30-45 mph, makes it easier to run a yellow light when you don't have enough time to stop. I also have found it nice to have in slippier conditions since it keeps it in gear longer using the engines resistance to help maintain traction for non abs equiped cars. I have driven this automatic for 60k miles over the last 3 years, and i'm only at 183k on the counter.

the sport mode for me shifts about 500 rpm higher through each gear as well.

[Falcon]

not really a necessary feature in my opinion. if i wanted to shift at a higher rpm, i would push the gas harder.

lol

[C91BLX7]

I find that if your dd'ing leave sport on, if your going to be racing around put it in D3 and leave sport off.

[Jon]

I've posted this a couple of times and it's kinda cool. This is a press release talking about the sport mode/auto transmission. Enjoy!

The Accord's 4-speed automatic transmission is a new design that's compact, smooth-shifting and efficient. It is computer controlled and has a driver-selectable Sport mode, lockup torque converter and seven shift positions: Park, Reverse, Neutral, D4 and D3 with Sport mode, Second and First (Low-Hold).

Unlike most conventional transmissions, it uses three parallel axis shafts-a main shaft, a counter shaft and an additional secondary shaft-instead of two shafts. The unit is barely larger than a normal transmission (it is just 2 mm longer than the 1989 two-shaft automatic) yet permits the use of a fifth clutch so the transmission can be held in low gear until the driver moves the shift lever. This "low-hold" feature is useful when low-speed power or engine braking is needed, as when pulling a boat trailer out of the water or descending very steep inclines.

To improve efficiency, the new transmission has a lockup torque converter that engages in second, third and fourth gear when maintaining steady speeds, and third and fourth to provide engine braking when decelerating.

For smoother shifts, the transmission ECU signals the engine ECU to retard the spark between shifts, momentarily lowering engine torque, so that gear-change shock is reduced. For smoothing the upshift from third to fourth, and downshifts from fourth to third or second, there's an accumulator control system in the shift valve that maintains steadier hydraulic pressure and makes the shifts less abrupt.

The driver-selectable Sport mode is designed for sporty performance at partial throttle levels. With the shift lever in the D3 position, pushing the Sport mode switch on the shifter directs the transmission to shift at higher rpm points when going from first to second and second to third. Using Sport mode in the D4 position extends the function to the third-to-fourth shift. The Sport mode increases responsiveness and is useful on long grades to keep the transmission from "hunting" for gear ratios.

[H22A91CB7]

if you think the sports mode is pretty cool on our cars, my mom has a old volvo that has a button that when u push it it jumps down a gear and give u heck of throttle, great when beating yellow lights

[C91BLX7]

great when beating yellow lights

[H22A91CB7]

What happens when you press the sport button on the shifter?

thats how i you engage vtec....duh

[jacOOLito]

thats how i you engage vtec....duh

[chronicponic]

would you use ur cb to pull a boat?