The Elio Standard Transmission

[ElioDigger]

I would bet you could convert it t the amt.

 

[Edward]

The AMT will get better gas mileage than the manual because it will shift at lower RPM than us old stick drivers are comfortable with. In normal driving I'm sure this little engine will feel good shifting at 3000-4000 RPM. The AMT will probably shift 1800-2000 RPM since that's where we've told the highway cruise RPM would be. It will feel like it's lugging but it's not. Just shift at low RPM with a gentle throttle and let the knock sensor and ECM take care of the details and the manual can get the same mileage as the AMT.

I've always tended to shift low myself. In my Toyotas, I was usually in 5th by 30.

 

[ElioDigger]

The shift points on the ATM always make the motor sound labored. I like to wind it up a bit....

 

[Ocean9000]

I hope it's not a hydraulic clutch linkage, I have hated every one I have driven. Plus I prefer the slip zone near the middle of the pedal throw, not all the way at the top or floor like the so called automatic adjustment wants. And dropping the transmission to service/replace the slave cylinder is completely daft. Then being told that Ford no longer makes the proprietary pot metal hydraulic slave cylinder line connector for your 8 year old vehicle because it's "obsolete".

 

[RMClubfitter]

I've always tended to shift low myself. In my Toyotas, I was usually in 5th by 30.

I've been known to skip a gear on occasions

 

[Mrtoycrazy]

I've been known to skip a gear on occasions

I do in my Solstice 1-2-3-5 or sometimes 1-3-5 . It gets the best gas mileage the faster you get it in 5th , and I can keep it in 5th as long as I have at least 1500 RPM at 40 MPH.

 

[skygazer6033]

Ocean9000 --- GM uses those coaxial slave cylinders too. Had one in a 2000 Camaro. Whoever invented that abortion should have been shot. The slave cylinder on a Honda is on the side of the bell housing, costs $30.00 and takes 20 minutes to replace. The Camaro has it located around the transmission shaft, costs 300.00 and requires the transmission be removed to get to it. An all day job. Apparently a solution for which there was no problem. Things really shouldn't be changed just for the sake of change.

 

[skygazer6033]

Mrtoycrazy --- As a general rule until you get into high gear you're wasting gas. keep RPM low, manifold pressure high and get into high gear as quickly as possible. You'll save gas (won't be as much fun as winding it through the gears though).

 

[Catia]

Mrtoycrazy --- As a general rule until you get into high gear you're wasting gas. keep RPM low, manifold pressure high and get into high gear as quickly as possible. You'll save gas (won't be as much fun as winding it through the gears though).

Good to know that! Sometime I forget the very basic why we need get into high gear to save gas.

 

[Ocean9000]

skygazer - as I recall, it took two or three days, I did it in a driveway - on an E series van. It was the first time I needed a transmission jack, every other time I had bench pressed them in and out, even iron top-loaders. This one had the added engineering "feature" of an integrated bell-housing - GGRRrrrrr!