Automatic vs Paddle Shifting questions

AngelNismo

Completely stock everything. So paddle shifting is fastest going from 1st to 7th with an upshift every 7kRPM hit, cool. Thought the winner would be pedal to floor in D mode lol.

FPenvy

D mode is weird in the Z for full throttle situations. like others have said our ECU/TCM actually learns from how you drive and adapts. I drive in manual only never in D mode. if I ever do switch back into D mode it will try and mimic the way I typically drive in manual.

however in D if you go balls out it feels like it hesitates sometimes on when to shift at the top of the revs. if in manual mode you decide and can hit your shift points right where you want to.

easiest way to find out the difference is go to a drag strip and run once in D and the other in manual and see the difference. I never cared enough to do this myself based on feeling how the car shifted in D mode on the road when I first was testing this out myself.

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AngelNismo

If I got full throttle while paddle shifting that 1st click will pretty much be as soon as I depress the pedal correct b/c when I'm just day to day cruising I pretty much always up shift in half a second, 1st gear and 2nd gear seem to hit the limit almost instantly with average throttle.

FPenvy

in full auto D mode the car in normal throttle is going to attempt to shift into higher gears ASAP for fuel economy reasons.

full throttle I manual mode basically just wait til about 7k and shift. anymore I basically do mine be sound. when drag racing though I keep a close eye on the tach to try and pinpoint the best shifting points for the best time I can pull off.

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vtec to vvel

even if you pull the paddle shifter to upshift (or even downshift) at the RPM you want it to, there will still be that slight delay and may be +/- on the actual RPMs you want to shift at. unlike the gtr with the auto DCT, in the 370Z, you are merely "requesting" (for lack of a better word) for the computer to make the shifts by pulling the paddle shifters.

SouthArk370Z

There is no better word - a request is exactly what it is.

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