7 at owners
 

Do you drive mostly in drive?
Mostly in Manuel?
Or combo of each?
I use a combo of both, love going through the gears while getting on the exway,
I don't down shift (let the trans do what it does) up shift only. AND I LOVE IT!!!!

I've never even tried mine. Too afraid to do something stupid and rip that $7,000 transmission up. :icon17:

Will the transmission automatically downshift on it's own while in manual stage?

i have 51k miles on mine and only about 100 miles have been in auto.

i only drive in manual mode. also i do every downshift besides 2>1 because thats bad for the AT.

the AT will auto downshift itself in manual mode to not stall itself out.

as i put above i let it shift from 2 to 1 because thats the best for the tranny. also isometimes when coming to a stop i'll let it drop 3-2-1 on its own.

sidenote you can get a 7AT built for 1000hp for $4500 dont listen to the stealerships grossly inflated prices. :tiphat:

The transmission won't let you kill it. Shift away.

don't rev up neutral and drop the d unless you want a new trannie

I leave mine on auto unless I'm at the track or have a reason to accelerate/break fast.

I do a combination of both. When I want to relax then Auto, If I want spirited driving then Manual mode for sure. Love the lightning quick downshifts and the sound it makes.

I'll have to give this a try then but just never knew enough to play around with it on the road. Appreciate the info about it. :tiphat:

I was only guessing at a new AT at $7,000 because I have a 06 Maxima and replaced the trans in it already. It was $4,000 so I figured what was in the Z would get bumped up since, well it's a Z. :hello:

The ECM and TCM are programmed for self-preservation. You can't upshift if that would put engine RPM too low (lugging/stalling condition) and you can't downshift if that would take RPM above red-line. Several other safeguards/nannies programmed in - FSM will have details.

Yes. The 7AT will downshift on it's own, whether in A or M mode, to keep engine RPM up.

Learn something new everyday. :tiphat:

if i had the AT, i would keep it in drive and just use the left paddle to downshift before a turn. unless im in traffic or some winding area and want to hold the gear.

Anyone else get annoyed by the self shifting? I'll occasionally try to engine brake a bit when coming up to a red light, press the downshift paddle D -> 5, down 5 -> 4 (this is at 35ish so not revving it too high or bogging it down) and it will go back to 5; please just do what I tell it to do... /mini rant

Next time you take it out just put it in M and drive the whole trip with the paddles, I try to do this every week or so to stay in practice, every now and then you'll be saying "what's wrong?" as you are traveling at 50mph over revving in 3rd but it won't let you blow it up at normal road pace , " oh yeah" *shift*...

:confused:

The paddles work in automatic mode (stick in D to the right ) so you can change gears when you want, the indicator in the dash goes from D to whatever # gear your in and reverts back to D if you don't use a paddle again after ~10-15 seconds BUT ( the annoying to me part) it still (not rarely enough) does some gear selection while it knows you are giving it directions thru the paddle shifters by re upshifting just after I tell it to downshift (when throttle off coasting to stop) or rarely (but extra annoyingly) if it and you both decide to upshift it will skip up 2 gears in one go

still, 90+% of the time I don't regret going MT 350Z to AT 370Z.

It will also downshift more than one gear, if you are in drive and floor it to overtake , pulling the downshift paddle twice makes it jump to the lowest possible gear ie from 5th to 3rd

It's just about as easy to click the shifter over to manual and select the gear you want for engine braking and then you don't have to worry about errant upshifts!

:iagree:


i only use manual mode on mine. :tup:

a friend of mine here in Northern California has a 7 speed automatic and as
well only drives it in the manual mode :driving:

He drives it like a animal and at 100,000 miles with zero issues on the transmission :tup:

Amazing how well built a 7 speed automatic transmission is :iagree:

-Clifford :tiphat:

it is an awesome piece of the puzzle to making the Z great.

i am at 51k miles and my only "issues" to date are within a few months of buying it i guess coming up a hill in traffic the ECU/TCM didnt like something and tripped safe/limp mode. parked it, shut it off,waited 5-10 min, started back up 100% animal ready to go again.

bright side is that there are a lot of safety catches that will do their best to keep the car in one piece lol

only other "issue" is end of last driving season if i let the car drop itself from 3 to 2 there was a slight "Clunk". did the fluid change and whatnot still slightly there.

HOWEVER after it sat all winter i drove it finally monday-wed. and it's all gone which leads me to believe that was a TCM/ECU error not mechanical.

... I don't think so...

If you're going to hammer it to overtake, flooring the pedal will give you the quickest change from whatever gear you're in to the lowest gear possible.

If you're shifting down to prepare for the overtake mentioned above, I personally move the shifter over and downshift in anticipation...

Partially this ^ (bold)


any more ddetails to the bold italics tho? 4500 is cheap af. I'm assuming it's an aftermarket tranny?

I disagree with 2->1 statement.

And Level 10 makes a transmission that will hold the power. They don't offer a flex plate though.


And the more research I do, they scare me... A LOT of horror stories.

yea i forgot to add in that along with the tranny cost you'll need to pick up a flex plate. i believe fast intentions is $850+shipping.

level10 has 2 options.

700hp - $4600
1000hp - $5600

thats without a core charge i believe so you get a whole brand new fully built tranny. i think you get like $1k off the price if you send yours in.

also every tech and person i've talked to said downshifting from 2nd to 1st isnt ideal for the AT. play all you want just let the ECU do the 2-1 drop when coming to a stop.

I coast in 2nd, before I stop/stall I toss into neutral and then let my front in crash into the person infront of me so I come to an abrupt stop.

You don't want to waste brakes, those things are expensive.

OK, now do you use ...
The console more
Or the paddles more?
I seem to prefer the console shifter a bit more

daily driving = stick
any racing/aggresive driving = paddles

If you are in Drive at highway speeds (6 or 7), switching to M will put you in 5th. I use this all the time for passing slowpokes.

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Mostly manual mode and i use the paddles. I feel slower and lethargic when i drive in D on the street and canyons

I do a combination of leaving the car in D and use my paddles when I'm flogging. My transmission is El Slippy after running 100hp of nitrous from 4th to 5th. I pretty much expected my transmission to break but it hasn't yet. I'm getting a Level 10 1000hp transmission, TQ converter, and valve body upgrade coming up next week (possible tomorrow). I'm looking forward to pairing the new L10 goodies with my AAG flexplate.

...

It's been a long winter of buying.

I try this in my wife's new subura with"eyesight" and it won't let me hit anything, very annoying, it also won't let me tailgate people who pull out in front of me and go slow, might as well get a self driving Google car and put a new ford movie screen windshield in...

Your car is on a lift?
And your gears are slipping? Or not slipping? Lol

I don't always use the manual mode, but when I do I prefer the paddles.

Majority of time in "D", but when I want to increase my level of fun ...

Uprev has a map for the 7at.. When I got tuned , the tuner said the file was called "torque conversion"..

What it did do is cut the lag from using paddles/shifter when in manual. There is literally no lag between shifting gears (where as stock tune there is a little bit).

This makes for a bumpier ride if shifting conservatively at low rpms.. but holy @#$@# if you shift at 5-7k rpm.. the car just jumps forward.

I recommend it to anyone with a 7at to have that done when getting tuned. My friend has a 7at without that shift lag modification..and there is a HUGE difference.

This helps a lot but if anyone does it only adjust the positive number. Don't touch the negatives, they only control drivability while coasting or calm driving. Level 10 has you set all the positive numbers to 75 for their bulletproof trans but that may be to much for a stock one.


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I had my tuner do the tranny as well when I got my car tuned. Mostly they eliminate the lag and up the line pressure for harder faster shifts

Manual mode always!!

I beat the living shi* out of mine everytime I drive it, and I'm always in manual mode..

My Z Was manual, but my Genesis is paddle. The traffic is so bad here it takes 90 minutes to go 12 miles to work. Thinking of selling my house, everything and going off the grid Grizzly Adams style. What's "sport" mode. I don't see 20 mph.

Except on my road trips... Then my fun begins.

Paddleshift all day long