Hold Button and Overdrive?

rndmprsn · Post by **rndmprsn** » December 9th, 2005, 6:07 pm

i have a 94 mx-3 rs with an auto-tranny...on the shifter there is a button that says "HOLD"...my question, what the heck does it do?

also...i read that overdrive was standard on my car, where would i find that?

thanks guys

RNDM

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » December 10th, 2005, 2:07 am

The hold button keeps the car in a low gear for decending steep hills. Use it so that you don't hold the brakes and over-heat them.

Overdrive is the fourth gear and the car will use it on its own when you reach your cruising speed.

rndmprsn · Post by **rndmprsn** » December 10th, 2005, 4:24 am

thanks much.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » December 10th, 2005, 9:03 am

Also to add to that, you'll notice on your shifter you'll see a #1 beside S, a #2 besides L and a #3 beside D...basically what happens is that when you press it to HOLD, depending on which gear you have it in, will hold it at that gear. So if you have it on S, it'll lock it on 1st gear, L on 2nd gear and D 3rd gear, with the exception of a dead stop, it wil downshift to 2rd automatically when go to 3rd gear.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » December 10th, 2005, 3:42 pm

I use it on my Protege' for those really slick, snowy slippery roads especially out in the country (up and down the hills). I just leave the car in drive and prevent it from kicking into the overdrive gear when I back off on the throttle thereby giving me a little bit more drag so as to not need to touch the brakes as often. Kinda like downshifting with an MTX. I feel I have much better control on slippery conditions out in the country. Another consideration would be to use it city bumper to bumper traffic (while in Drive position) so that it keeps the ATX from always wanting to upshift when backing off on the throttle. Then when you accelerate again it's got to kick down a bunch of gears all over again - not good. Less up and down shifting of ATX means less wear and tear IMO.

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » December 11th, 2005, 9:02 pm

jschrauwen wrote:I use it on my Protege' for those really slick, snowy slippery roads especially out in the country (up and down the hills). I just leave the car in drive and prevent it from kicking into the overdrive gear when I back off on the throttle thereby giving me a little bit more drag so as to not need to touch the brakes as often. Kinda like downshifting with an MTX. I feel I have much better control on slippery conditions out in the country. Another consideration would be to use it city bumper to bumper traffic (while in Drive position) so that it keeps the ATX from always wanting to upshift when backing off on the throttle. Then when you accelerate again it's got to kick down a bunch of gears all over again - not good. Less up and down shifting of ATX means less wear and tear IMO.

Which ATX are you running on your KLZE?
Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?

relisys_3200 · Post by **relisys_3200** » December 11th, 2005, 9:10 pm

Juans_93_MX3 wrote:
jschrauwen wrote:I use it on my Protege' for those really slick, snowy slippery roads especially out in the country (up and down the hills). I just leave the car in drive and prevent it from kicking into the overdrive gear when I back off on the throttle thereby giving me a little bit more drag so as to not need to touch the brakes as often. Kinda like downshifting with an MTX. I feel I have much better control on slippery conditions out in the country. Another consideration would be to use it city bumper to bumper traffic (while in Drive position) so that it keeps the ATX from always wanting to upshift when backing off on the throttle. Then when you accelerate again it's got to kick down a bunch of gears all over again - not good. Less up and down shifting of ATX means less wear and tear IMO.
Which ATX are you running on your KLZE?
Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » December 12th, 2005, 5:48 pm

Thanks Brandon.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » December 12th, 2005, 5:52 pm

Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?

Yes, I believe so. Don't know why you would want to do that though. If you want to stay ATX, then why not keep the ATX that comes with the ZE? About 95% of the ZE's that get imported come with ATX's already. Hey, and they'll have a shatload less miles on them too - at lot less than our MX's and a better final drive too.

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » December 13th, 2005, 1:39 am

jschrauwen wrote:
Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?
If you want to stay ATX, then why not keep the ATX that comes with the ZE?

Dont know if its true - but i found this following thread on klze tranny
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... uto+tranny

Chiggles · Post by **Chiggles** » December 13th, 2005, 1:14 pm

jschrauwen wrote:
Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?
If you want to stay ATX, then why not keep the ATX that comes with the ZE?

In the ATX section of these boards, the topic has been raised that the ZE ATX would be too big for our engine bays. It does bolt onto the ZE engine of course, as you said, they come with it. However, because it's supposedly too big to fit, it can't be done. And it's also been said that the torque delivered from the ZE engine would kill the K8 ATX in almost no time. That said, can anyone confirm for sure whether or not these suppositions are true? I can't seem to find anything definitive in the ATX section regarding this.