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Tiptronic Mods
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:39 am
by Jase
Sorry if this has been covered before but i was wondering if anyone had swapped the + - on their tiptronic. Apparently it's just a matter of cuttiing two wires and swapping them over. Thanks in advance.
Jase.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:42 am
by mxysxy
Re: Tiptronic Mods
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:47 am
by smorison
Jase wrote:Sorry if this has been covered before but i was wondering if anyone had swapped the + - on their tiptronic. Apparently it's just a matter of cuttiing two wires and swapping them over. Thanks in advance.
Jase.
yeah really easy to do... i did it years ago and it makes downchanging under heavy breaking really simple as the inertia pushes you forward
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:09 pm
by onnzo
I did this last weekend and it was pretty easy. I still forget sometimes that I have changed it over though!
Mike
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:26 pm
by barfy
silly question but why would u want to ??
Up to go up in gears down to do down in gears, makes sence to me ?!?!?!
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:12 pm
by onnzo
It's a more natural motion to shift downwards so if you need quick up shifts it "feels" quicker - and it was something to do
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:18 pm
by Dr_Jones
I have changed mine very easy and no problems to speak of, feels more natural to pull back under throttle to me. Look at some race cars such as champ cars and they have the same deal.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:12 pm
by ftoboi
how do u guys change the + and - display around? can you just yank it out with a screwdriver?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:30 am
by Dr_Jones
They just pop off with some friendly force but they don't fit back in without some minor mods, I used a hot knife and had to trim one back, can't remember which one though.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:41 am
by onnzo
It was the negative that you need to trim to fit.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:38 am
by Jase
Sorry to be mechanically retarded but can someone give me a rundown on pulling the shifter off. The rest i can handle.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:52 am
by Dr_Jones
There is two little clips that hold the top button in on the sides use a knife or something to pop them out then undo the hidden bold and that's it.....I think?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:43 pm
by Supplanter
http://www.type-f.co.uk/gear_lever/inst ... -guide.pdf
It is a 830k file, should tell you all you need to know.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:06 pm
by smorison
barfy wrote:silly question but why would u want to ??
Up to go up in gears down to do down in gears, makes sence to me ?!?!?!
its all to do with inertia ....
as you accelerate you get pushed back into your chair... moving the stick backwards is easier to upshift
as you brake you get pushed forwards... pushing forwards is easier to downshift
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:23 pm
by afterburner
smorison wrote:barfy wrote:silly question but why would u want to ??
Up to go up in gears down to do down in gears, makes sence to me ?!?!?!
its all to do with inertia ....
as you accelerate you get pushed back into your chair... moving the stick backwards is easier to upshift
as you brake you get pushed forwards... pushing forwards is easier to downshift
This has always been my theory as well - its just a shame that all Mitsi's are around the wrong way
But every person is going to have a different opinion...
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:11 am
by smorison
when we were test driving car's for christine its the first thing i really liked about the mazda3
btw they're a fantastic chick's car too
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:37 am
by Jase
Mines all done. No probs other than screwing the white thing down to far and not being able to select gears. That and my ignition isn't too keen on letting my key go without a little jiggling. I'm guessing that has to do with the white thingy too. Other than that it's awesome. Just gotta get used to it.
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:59 am
by FTO338
smorison wrote:when we were test driving car's for christine its the first thing i really liked about the mazda3
btw they're a fantastic chick's car too
hehehe man every time i drive it, i keep reminding myself to shift to manual/tipronic is on the right side, & not the left side like the FTO, & its backward for the up & down the gear too hahaahah got to admit the sound system sux big time though....
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:15 am
by smorison
haha yeah
Christine's car will end up a bling bling car with a nice new stereo... just not sure how to do it with that bloody integrated stereo face they have....
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:53 am
by FTO338
Sorry a bit off the topic, but yeah apparently Mazda had just realized a 10 speakers Bose system package with MP3 for the SP23, I'm sure any Mazda 3 can be upgraded to that.