What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Curious Hound]

@Ramcharger90 what seats r those?

Extra special, super-cushy can-can seats

 

[SenorNoob]

They look like a hybrid of 90 Ranger and fox-body Mustang.

 

[cbxer55]

Not what I did to it, but what's being done. It's in my friend Rick's shop. Getting a locker, 4.10 gears and a shift kit put in the transmission.

He put a shift kit in my Mustang's transmission while it was being rebuilt after it failed about six weeks ago. He describes it as not being a neck jerker. He's correct. Doesn't jerk your neck, but you definitely know it shifted, even into OD. Mikey likes it! It's not a purchased shift kit, it's something Rick does himself.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Not what I did to it, but what's being done. It's in my friend Rick's shop. Getting a locker, 4.10 gears and a shift kit put in the transmission.

He put a shift kit in my Mustang's transmission while it was being rebuilt after it failed about six weeks ago. He describes it as not being a neck jerker. He's correct. Doesn't jerk your neck, but you definitely know it shifted, even into OD. Mikey likes it! It's not a purchased shift kit, it's something Rick does himself.

Funny.... I've never liked an automatic that slammed into the next gear. I much prefer the shift to be smooth as silk.

 

[Dirtman]

Funny.... I've never liked an automatic that slammed into the next gear. I much prefer the shift to be smooth as silk.

You may like smooth shifts but I can assure you the transmission doesn’t.

 

[cbxer55]

Funny.... I've never liked an automatic that slammed into the next gear. I much prefer the shift to be smooth as silk.

Besides, I believe I said it doesn't slam into the next gear. It is just firm enough that you most definitely know it shifted. I don't like slushy shifts. And has already been said, neither does the transmission.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

You may like smooth shifts but I can assure you the transmission doesn’t.

Besides, I believe I said it doesn't slam into the next gear. It is just firm enough that you most definitely know it shifted. I don't like slushy shifts. And has already been said, neither does the transmission.

Strange. My brand new car shifted so smooth the only way I knew it had shifted was seeing the tach drop, and hearing the engine RPMs drop. I guess there was something wrong with my brand new transmission.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Transmissions will shift that way for a certain amount of time (they're gambling for til the end of the warranty period), but the transmission internals will last longer and hold more horsepower with firmer shifts. Soft shifts are like slipping a clutch on a manual transmission to get going smoother, sure it works and will do it for a while, but there's more wear on the clutch...

The wife and I both have 5.0L Explorers, mine has had transmission work (since it was FRIED when I got it, oops, didn't know any better) and a shift kit and such, it shifts firm but doesn't just throw you back (it is a 5000lb pig). Drove my wife's a couple weeks ago and it was weird just shifting smooth... I probably need to pull that thing and go through it...

 

[Dirtman]

Strange. My brand new car shifted so smooth the only way I knew it had shifted was seeing the tach drop, and hearing the engine RPMs drop. I guess there was something wrong with my brand new transmission.

Your brand new transmission shifts that way because people like you expect them to. If you bought a new vehicle and it shifted hard you would insist something was wrong with it so manufacturers specifically set the shift timing for smoothness.

But smooth shifts mean the clutches and bands are being very slowly engaged and released which makes a ton of heat since they are slipping. Heat kills automatic transmissions. Fast hard shifts keep the transmission cooler so there is less physical wear happening.

So once again, you like smooth shifts, the transmission does not. There's nothing wrong with your transmission but it's designed poorly from the factory so you can go "wow I didn't even feel it shift"

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

Just a question. Is that the same for those damn CVT transmissions? My friends wife bought a new Nissan and he said you can't feel it shift. I told him I thought something was wrong and proceeded with some dealer lingo about that's how its supposed to be hahaha

 

[Dirtman]

Just a question. Is that the same for those damn CVT transmissions? My friends wife bought a new Nissan and he said you can't feel it shift. I told him I thought something was wrong and proceeded with some dealer lingo about that's how its supposed to be hahaha

CVT's don't shift at all so yea you can't feel it lol. They are basically two cones with a belt on them that move apart to change the gear ratio, there are no actual gears so nothing to shift. The engine will always stay at roughly the same RPM even though your speed is increasing, its definitely a weird feeling the first time you drive one. You keep waiting for it to shift but nothing happens lol. My Polaris Ranger has a CVT transmission and I still haven't gotten use to it. They pretty much suck though. I've yet to know of one that's not riddled with reliability issues, it's a good concept but in real life they just have yet to work out the kinks.

 

[sgtsandman]

CVT transmissions are a failure waiting to happen. Especially Nissan CVTs.

The concept is great. Execution has yet to meet the ideal.

 

[sgtsandman]

While investigating the sloshing water issue in the passenger side door (drains were clogged). I discovered that the driver’s side door has rusted through underneath.

 

[Blmpkn]

Cvts are what most 4x4 quads use, snowmobiles, mopeds, some go karts.

They're beyond awesome for applications like that. A cvt essentially has infinite gear ratios that are selected by how much throttle your giving it and how much load is on the motor. They pretty much balance themselves to give you maximum forward action. Super easily tuned to the users preference by changing weights, springs, machining sheaves, different belt widths..idk if I'd want one in a car though.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

It was used to pick up my better half's new CVT today haha. Traded the Mule off today for something a little more fun.