Performance Button...

m.cakes · 12-31-2002, 10:38 PM

im assuming in all 1st gen Sl models there is performance button in the automatics......what does this do....is this just and overdrive button....

jake

BrenSaSC2 · 12-31-2002, 10:42 PM

It sets the automatic shift at different RPM levels. I used to keep it on all the time on my '94 SC2-I just liked the shift pattern better. It gives you more "oomph" at the start with a shift at higher RPMs.

SaturnMotors94SL2 · 01-01-2003, 01:35 AM

Yup shifts at higher RPM's.....It shifts harder too...lol and on my car when you hit the redline and it shifts to the next gear, the tires let out a chirp sometimes, its pretty cool

m.cakes · 01-01-2003, 06:05 AM

well not to be rude...but i know all that...and i guess i could have said that i knew that much when i posted the thread but is it the same as overdrive in other cars...cuz my friend was like yeah man thats the same thing as overdrive in his car they just gave it a fancy name "Performance"....i just assumed they would have called it overdrive if it did the same thing...so i guess thats my real question...sorry folks..

jake

jeep45238 · 01-01-2003, 07:17 AM

No, it's not.

On most cars, 1, 2, D, OD, N, R ,P runs like this:

1=first gear only

2=first and second gears only

D=1,2,and 3 gears

OD= 1,2,3, and 4 gears

N=obvious

R=back up, duh

P=parkin

The Saturn works like this 2, 3, D, N, R, P:

2=second gear only, no first

3= 1,2,3 gears

D= 1,2,3,and 4 gears

N=neutral

R=Missed the pedestrian

P=Grinding halt
The performance switch ups the pressure in the tranny lines, allowing higher and harder shifting, as well as a 1/2 mpg or so loss.

BrenSaSC2 · 01-01-2003, 01:14 PM

Wow Jeep-that impressed me! I think I learned a little bit there-THANKS!

BrenSaSC2 · 01-01-2003, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SaturnMotors94SL2

Yup shifts at higher RPM's.....It shifts harder too...lol and on my car when you hit the redline and it shifts to the next gear, the tires let out a chirp sometimes, its pretty cool

I hope that you're not doing that all the time-that's going to kill your engine if you redline it everytime! Trust me. Mine never shifted really hard unless I gunned it-and if your car is shifting hard like that ALL THE TIME-then I think you need to lay off before you leave your engine and tranny in the next county. Just a word of advice-take it or don't

workingonSC1 · 01-01-2003, 02:16 PM

I red line mine in 1st gear almost everytime I take off and its still hanging in there, probably not for much longer though but thats ok when work picks back up I'm going to start saving for another engine from Joey.

SaturnMotors94SL2 · 01-01-2003, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BrenSaSC2

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Originally Posted by SaturnMotors94SL2

Yup shifts at higher RPM's.....It shifts harder too...lol and on my car when you hit the redline and it shifts to the next gear, the tires let out a chirp sometimes, its pretty cool

I hope that you're not doing that all the time-that's going to kill your engine if you redline it everytime! Trust me. Mine never shifted really hard unless I gunned it-and if your car is shifting hard like that ALL THE TIME-then I think you need to lay off before you leave your engine and tranny in the next county. Just a word of advice-take it or don't

lol nah i dont do that all the time, you know maybe sometimes in stop light wars or something, but not just normal driving. Haha but thanks for the advice. I'd like to get a new engine...but not like that

jeep45238 · 01-01-2003, 04:43 PM

I redline almost daily, just take care to ease it up there. None of that mashin stuff, do it smoooooth.

And my performance switch? It's called my right wrist

Now, shiftin hard for multiple days straight in situations the car shouldn't ever encounter unless built right, that will fry your tranny REAL fast (ask Joe if you got any questions. He was gonna hook me up real nice, but my damn parents just wanted the blocker ring fixed

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