Re: V8 Recall....

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

> 3) 4.2 auto - late '91/'92?
>
> * I believe it is more like the 93 model,
>   but not sure.

i believe that the 92 was a 4.2..

> 4) Was there ever a 4.2 stick? (six speed)
>
> * Nope.

there is however a S4/S6 in the 100 bodyshell with a 4.2 V8 and
6 speed.  this is not imported here, unfortunately.

> 6) When did the auto cars get "new" and improved
>    transmission software?
>
> * The only occurence of this I know is the tranny for
> * Eliot Lim's car in Washington state.  No other V8
> * owner that I know of has the new tranny software.
> * That includes the 25 or so on the V8 registry.

the 4.2 cars could have had it.

> 7) Since my car hasn't had the tranny software upgrade
>    (I think) does anyone do this aftermarket?

> * The dealer will most likely have no idea what your
>   talking about :-( unless you call the one Eliot had
>   his done at....

the problem is because the part number did not change.
you would need to open up the unit and look at the
proms, i'll bet.

> * To tell if you have the new software, from a standing
>   stop, put it in Manual mode, shift to third, accelerate
>   slowly. If it downshifts to second, then first you
>   have the new software, if it stays in third you have
>   the original software.

correction:  the car should start off in first and then
rapidly shift to second and third, instead of just
starting off from third.  it should shift back to 1
if you come to a near complete stop.

> * My dream V8 would be a 94/95 V8 4.2 Auto, then put the rear
>   end gears from a 90 V8 in it,

that would be interesting having different final drive ratios
on each end of the car... :) :) :)


eliot