[johneyou]

i recently learned that flooring, neutral drops, shifting through 1,2,d3,d4 and stuff like that are bad for my automatic transmission :/ yea i dont know that much about racing but im learning

ive heard many different suggestions from different people and even some flames and shit about swapping to manual but i dont have the money for that

uhh do i get better results from shifting at redline? or shifting around like 5500?

and to get it to redline or 5500, i would have to either floor it (since normal driving in d4 it usually shifts around 3-4000) or use 1,2,d3,d4

which way is safer? with 1,2,d3,d4 i wouldnt have to floor it to get high rpms, but i hear shifting it is bad, and even if i dont floor it while shifting and getting high rpms, does that even make me any faster?

with flooring it to redline, i heard its also bad

umm also if i was to take a corner, would it be better to downshift before or after the turn?

i could downshift to from d4 to d3 after the turn so that i could get better acceleration on the straight and then shift up, but then i could also downshift as i am braking for the turn (also for better acceleration later)

OR i could just brake , turn, and floor it (since flooring automatically downshifts) but this would have to be at the end of the turn and the beginning of the straight


finally if i do shift my auto transmission, would it be safer to lighten up on the gas as i am shifting since theres no clutch?

if i do this as i am downshifting i would feel a jerk though, and isnt that bad for the tranny? or would it be better to gas it so there wont be the jerk (kinda like heel toe for manuals) ?

would gassing it while it shifts on an auto be bad also?

if i am upshifting , and i let go of the gas as it shifts ( if this is actually safer) wouldnt it be better if i might as well just floor it with no shifting? but then again i heard flooring is bad for auto trannies


what should i do, i dont give a shit if u call me noob so go ahead but i would like to learn how to deal with my auto, im not getting a manual swap any time soon, so i would like to keep my auto transmission in the best condition while having the using it to its best potential