1st to 2nd shift.
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feels like a syncros or alignment issue though
Has it locked you out of 2nd yet, and forced you into 4th?
That's the CAGS. You get a visual on the dash / speedo. Shift from 1st to 2nd above 28kph or so, and it's fine. rpms over 3200 or so, it's fine, any less,, and it forces you from 1st to 4th.
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right on thanks. you nailed it bang on
GM needs to get with the times and build in software switches for these ahem fuel saving features. Here's hoping for the C8.
Yes the warning is very clear not to force the car into 2nd when the CAGS in engaged. Be wary of that.
I have not installed the ship shift elimination yet as I found its easy to just throttle through it without a problem. I’m just used to going past the upper end of the CAGS when shifting 1-2. Otherwise for sure I’d have it eliminated.
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fuel savings though?? if I'm going down say whyte ave and shift 1st to second and it puts me to 4th that's way too tall ar that slow speed and is dumb to go 1st to 4th to 2nd or have to rev it in first to get to second. Dumb idea gm has there
Strangely enough, I don't have the skip shift problem..... Drove manual tranny all my life so maybe it's the way I drive. My C6 had the granny skip shift too. The eliminater came with the car but I never found a need to install it. Still have it kicking round somewhere. That being said, and probably the reason why, but at 28kph I'm still in first gear anyway...
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yeah just need to run 1st a little longer....no biggie. actually even read about it in the manual tonight the 1st to 4th.....good to know.
You can have the 1 to 4 tuned out. The notchiness can be eliminated with a MGW shifter ... huge difference.
This feature was put in to help keep the vette out of the “gas guzzler tax” area. Don’t think I need 28k/hr to go to 2nd but if I felt the resistance I just went to 3rd. My c6 had a more intrusive setup but not enough to break up a factory setup.