Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
Here's how to race your automatic transmission:
LEAVE IT IN D4.
If you want to race from a stoplight, LEAVE IT IN D4 and depress the brake fully. Rev it up to a couple hundred RPM, then floor it and release the brake when the light turns green.
Revving in neutral and then putting it in D4 destroys your transmission.
Upshifting (1-2-3-4) manually on an automatic tranny is stupid. It 1) will break your tranny faster and 2) you'll upshift slower.
Stop pretending.
Who are you telling to stop pretending?? I didn't say "Do a neutral drop", revving in N allows the brake pressure to build up, i.e. allowing you to push the brake in further, thus allowing you to do a stronger torque brake, giving you a (seemingly?) better launch.
While it is true you will upshift slower, my optimal shift point is NOT 5800RPM. I keep making power until fuel cut off, so that's where I feel like shifting. If I keep it in D3 and just punch the **** out of it, it's going to shift anywhere between 5800-6000, I've still got another 500-700RPMs before fuel cut off.
There were a few months back in the day when I thought I was true F&F riding around in a damn Honda Accord, those days are gone but I can only provide the experience I gained while tearing up my transmission.
