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shlim8 · 10-16-2011, 05:47 PM

thstone is right, it is the kickdown feature on a tip box.

If you press the accelerator down all the way and keep your foot there, the car should shift down 1 or 2 gear and IF you continue to keep your foot down, it will shift gears up only somewhere close to the red line.

If you use the kickdown feature and then release your foot pressure, the car will hang in the lower gear for a bit and you will actually slow down.

In the first scenario, the car should be accelerating hard, as hard as it possibly can. I have a 2.7l Tip and the acceleration is best from 4k rpm up (or so). It has reasonable pulling power below that, for a 2.7l

10-16-2011, 05:47 PM	#3
shlim8 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 228	thstone is right, it is the kickdown feature on a tip box. If you press the accelerator down all the way and keep your foot there, the car should shift down 1 or 2 gear and IF you continue to keep your foot down, it will shift gears up only somewhere close to the red line. If you use the kickdown feature and then release your foot pressure, the car will hang in the lower gear for a bit and you will actually slow down. In the first scenario, the car should be accelerating hard, as hard as it possibly can. I have a 2.7l Tip and the acceleration is best from 4k rpm up (or so). It has reasonable pulling power below that, for a 2.7l Last edited by shlim8; 10-16-2011 at 05:50 PM.