there was this dude who had a fusion and shoved it into park while driving. Nothing happened at all and it kept it in gear, but ofc dont try it yourself.
Most (virtually all) modern automatics are electronically controlled and will not shift into park or R at 60mph, but they might suddenly at 3mph as you slow down, and that isn't too good for the tranny either.
I think you're the one misinformed. The optimal shift point is at (maybe just past) max HP. The redline is seldom, if ever, at that point.
Right you want the most area under the curve, with consideration for the gear ratio. Shifting at peak power is virtually never the best plan.
Good point, I stand corrected. Call it a brain fart or old age, I did know this but the brain must have been asleep when i replied...
No, they use a hard fuel cut like every other manufacturer. It's not hard on the engine at all...no fuel=no combustion.
See post 14 in this thread. Soft cut starting at 6850 followed by hard fuel cut at 7000 if necessary. I've hit and "held" the soft cut many times in autocrosses in second gear with no apparent hard cut. May have hit hard cut in first but when I hit the limiter in first I shift immediately.
The only cut I have ever hit is the hard fuel cut. I'm assuming the only way to hit the soft cut is when you are holding high RPMs?
How do you hit hard cut? I have never had the rev bounce off the redline.
It doesn't bounce....the engine just falls flat on it's face once the fuel is cut. There is no holding, it feels like the engine shuts off.
That is called a soft cut or throttle cut.
Were arguing semantics here, but soft cut limiters are typically refereed to as soft not because they are easy on the engine, but because they allow you to maintain or slow the engines RPM. A hard cut limiter is just that, a limiter that kills the engine temporarily.
