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Which ATX are you running on your KLZE?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.
Juans_93_MX3 wrote:Which ATX are you running on your KLZE?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.
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.Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?
Dont know if its true - but i found this following thread on klze trannyjschrauwen wrote:If you want to stay ATX, then why not keep the ATX that comes with the ZE?Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?
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.jschrauwen wrote:If you want to stay ATX, then why not keep the ATX that comes with the ZE?Juans_93_MX3 wrote: Would a stock K8 ATX bolt onto a KLZE?