Paddle shift 4runner project
Dec 8, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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From: Chico Republic, NOR*CAL
It's not a kickdown cable, it's a throttle pressure cable. If you disconnect it the shifts would slip even more until you smoked the trans. You have to pull it out all the way and lock it down. This makes the trans think you have the throttle pedal mashed to the floor so it raises the line pressure accordingly.
Dec 8, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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From: DFW TEXAS BABY!
AHA! Glad I asked so I now see where you have it locked down in the picture. So with it locked down I will experience a sharper shift, as if I were at WOT. And the reason it makes no difference at WOT, is because it's already sharp with the normally high line pressure WOT?
My valve body mod I just had done makes the shifts even sharper, I really like it but want them sharper then they are right now so the shop is going to work it over a little more to sharpen it up a little more. Feels SO much nicer with the positive shifts even just driving around.
Dec 8, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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You can still engine brake without the lockup but I have never been a fan of engine breaking, puts too much stress on the rod bolts which are already a weak link in these motors.
Dec 8, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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i just want engine braking similar or close to what a stick shift would be on an auto. when im going down a mountain with it in 4 low and 1st gear. i have to ride the brakes to keep the engine from taking off. maybe regearing will help.
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Dec 8, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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From: Arizona
Dec 9, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Dec 9, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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so let's see:
$20 arduino
$40 (???-- no clue, just a guess) paddles
$20 relays/components
$10 misc
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~$100 for paddle shifters? not too bad... that's like a $500 factory option, right?
$20 arduino
$40 (???-- no clue, just a guess) paddles
$20 relays/components
$10 misc
+________
~$100 for paddle shifters? not too bad... that's like a $500 factory option, right?
Last edited by irab88; Dec 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM.
