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From: new york city
yes it will but i am surprise how good the honda transmission is compare to other cars.
ex my friend started to shift gears n his father auto nissan sentra and as soon he did it n the same week the transmission die. ofcourse u dont need to shift gears n some american cars n order to kill transmission , they self destruct before major tune up. :hahano:
ex my friend started to shift gears n his father auto nissan sentra and as soon he did it n the same week the transmission die. ofcourse u dont need to shift gears n some american cars n order to kill transmission , they self destruct before major tune up. :hahano:
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From: Webster, MA
my friend has an 82 Camaro Z28, the transmission lasted for 21 years, he added an exhaust, heads, cam, lifters and then it took another year for it to shit the bed from the extra horsepower he was putting towards it, and the extra abuse he was giving it... some American cars hold up pretty well...
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I'm not a tranny expert, but I'm not so sure you will damage the tranny unless you continually use it by manually shifting. It seems to me like you are using like an autoshift (tiptronic) or whatever it is called. Like the Acura TL or such. I have done it in my '93 Accord occasionally it does not shift abnormally or anything by doing it. I have certainly used it a few times to downshift in a quick stop situation to get the engine power to help in braking.
I also sort of disagree somewhat with the comment on Amrercan car trannies as not being any good. Some of them are bulletproof. A Ford C6 or some of the GM trannies were/are great. The main problem is most people never change the fluid and then wonder why the tranny dies with 80k miles. Even Honda has issues- look at the current tranny failures in the TL's and Accords, etc..
I also sort of disagree somewhat with the comment on Amrercan car trannies as not being any good. Some of them are bulletproof. A Ford C6 or some of the GM trannies were/are great. The main problem is most people never change the fluid and then wonder why the tranny dies with 80k miles. Even Honda has issues- look at the current tranny failures in the TL's and Accords, etc..
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From: Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeetroit
Originally Posted by streetfame01
I have an 01 accord I noticed that my accelleration is alot faster when I shift gears. Will this hurt an automatic transmission?
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From: Ohio
there is no way in the world that your car is faster when you shift gears on your own with an auto transmission. the only thing that is happening is you are letting the engine rev higher before it changes gears which, yes, will hurt the tranny and the engine. and about that autostick transmission in the acuras.....that thing is junk. the response time is so slow when you change gears and it downshifts for you. what a joke. i'll take my 5 speed any day over an automatic.
