SportShift Question - When does shifting occur?

Renae · 07-20-2007, 03:37 PM

I'm sorry if this has been answered in the past, I was unable to find any answers for it.

I was just wondering if anyone knows WHEN the TSX shifts. I've heard a lot of people complain about how slow it shifts. This is an odd question I know, and it is probable that nobody will know. But does it shift on the actual push forward or backward, or when it comes back to the center. Basically where is the "sensor" as for the computer to know when you want to shift. A lot of people have said, you don't have to push it very hard, but it would be interesting to know where the sensor is located that is determining you have shifted.

Any ideas?

GeneralCho · 07-20-2007, 05:25 PM

huh... probably when you push forward or backward.. i don't think it is when it comes back to the center.

pizzaman555 · 07-20-2007, 07:09 PM

Push foward to up shift, backwards to down shift. Or just leave it alone and put it in drive. I found not benefit when using sport shift unless I had to stop short.

Sock · 07-20-2007, 09:46 PM

It shifts on the push of the stick. As a matter of fact, you only need to push the stick a fraction of an inch to initiate the shift.

SiriusTSX · 08-04-2007, 06:51 PM

It shifts once its pushed. Oddly enough, I was wondering this last week, so I shifted into 3rd once and held it there, and it just shifted like normal. I honestly don't think there's that huge of a delay with the shifting...it's definitaly quicker than 95% of other 'manumatic' type trannys.

Jay481985 · 08-04-2007, 09:39 PM

it revs about 200 more than you want when you are going all out. So I shift if say I was revving to redline at 7000 to get to the 7200 redline

UMDNJay · 09-11-2007, 02:20 AM

is there any way to switch the shift position of the (+) and (-) so that it acts like a real SMG (away from you for downshift, towards you for up shift)???

kyotousa · 09-11-2007, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by UMDNJay

is there any way to switch the shift position of the (+) and (-) so that it acts like a real SMG (away from you for downshift, towards you for up shift)???

what you mean by "real SMG" .....SMG is a clutchless manual. So there's no way sportshift will be anything like SMG.....

It'd be kinda dumb If you just want to change the sportshift direction because you want to say you drive same sport shift as BMW SMG.
I also doubt that there will be any car manufactures that will allow you to change the pre-made electronic direction.

xjohnkdoex · 09-11-2007, 10:24 AM

i feel there is a slight lag between when you shift, and when the gears actually shift. but maybe it's user error. some ppl say you can time it in such a way to reduce the lag so it's a little more seemless.

UMDNJay · 09-12-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kyotousa

what you mean by "real SMG" .....SMG is a clutchless manual. So there's no way sportshift will be anything like SMG.....

It'd be kinda dumb If you just want to change the sportshift direction because you want to say you drive same sport shift as BMW SMG.
I also doubt that there will be any car manufactures that will allow you to change the pre-made electronic direction.

no kidding. i'm not interested in saying I drive an SMG, nor am I confusing the manumatic with a real SMG. I just don't like the fact that our cars are reverse of what makes logical sense. oh by the way I haven't put a type R sticker on the back of my car either.

kyotousa · 09-12-2007, 10:40 PM

alrite my mistake....However, I don't see why it's a reverse of any logic at all.

MB's shift is right/left, isn't
Mazda/Subaru/Lexus/Mitsubishi's same as TSX?

VorteC · 09-12-2007, 10:46 PM

BMW is opposite of TSX.. where up = downshift and down = upshift.

kyotousa · 09-13-2007, 12:43 AM

yah...it's opposite of TSX...but it wouldn't make BMW more logical than TSX

UMDNJay · 09-13-2007, 09:47 AM

I just think it's more logical because when you brake hard your momentum forces your body forward so to downshift you would continue that momentum by pushing the lever forward. The same would be true when accelerating hard, you're pushed into your seat so you bring the lever with you instead of pushing against your momentum. i guess this is why the race cars are designed this way, and our civilized daily drivers are designed differently.

by the way, you're right, all those other cars do it like ours except for BMW and VW with their DSG.

mrgold35 · 09-13-2007, 11:40 AM

I like the SS mode the way it is:

Push forward/up to upshift

Pull back to down shift

I only use SS mode to engine brake when traveling down hills OR to hold a gear longer when traveling up steep hills. SS mode in 3rd gear is perfect for mountain switchbacks.