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Title: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: terry paget on 16 April 2016, 12:34:03

I have lways believed that sport mode on an auto box merely changed the point on rev scale where box changes up. Last night in the pub a friend with a Jaguar auto  announced how much better his car is in sport mode. I claimed that all that did was cheange gear change points, no said Honda owner Chris, it also remaps the ECU. Rubbish, said I. Who ws right?

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: Andy B on 16 April 2016, 12:38:54

You might both be right, but on an Omega all it does is move the shift points  :y

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 April 2016, 12:44:35

Both :y Sport button on the current Vauxhalls tightens up the throttle response, firms up the suspension if adaptive damping is fitted and numbs the power steering a touch. On an auto it also adjusts the shift points up the rev range.

Sport mode on the gearbox will simply adjust the shift points up and possibly tell the engine ecu to tweak the throttle at change points so as to not kill the gearbox :y

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: zirk on 16 April 2016, 12:59:41

Sports mode on my 3.2 has AHi  :y

Adaptive Human interface, otherwise called a third peddle.  ;)

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: Andy B on 16 April 2016, 15:02:40

Quote from: zirk on 16 April 2016, 12:59:41

Sports mode on my 3.2 has AHi  :y

Adaptive Human interface, otherwise called a third peddle.  ;)

What's that for?  ???  ::) ::)

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 April 2016, 16:36:22

Quote from: Andy B on 16 April 2016, 15:02:40

Quote from: zirk on 16 April 2016, 12:59:41

Sports mode on my 3.2 has AHi  :y

Adaptive Human interface, otherwise called a third peddle.  ;)

What's that for?  ???  ::) ::)

Beating two legged people over the head :D

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 April 2016, 17:41:44

Quote from: Harris K Telemacher on 16 April 2016, 12:44:35

Both :y Sport button on the current Vauxhalls tightens up the throttle response, firms up the suspension if adaptive damping is fitted and numbs the power steering a touch. On an auto it also adjusts the shift points up the rev range.

Sport mode on the gearbox will simply adjust the shift points up and possibly tell the engine ecu to tweak the throttle at change points so as to not kill the gearbox :y

I don't have one. :'( :'(

The Omega did.

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: Jimbob on 16 April 2016, 17:58:13

The zafira sport button makes one hell of a difference.

Keep meaning to compare it to another as I gather they can be used to hold and then switch to a  remap too...

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: BazaJT on 16 April 2016, 19:48:02

I've had Senators a previous Elite and the present one which had/have sport mode button,never actually used it on any of them.What am I missing?If anything.

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: terry paget on 16 April 2016, 19:57:51

Quote from: Jimbob on 16 April 2016, 17:58:13

The zafira sport button makes one hell of a difference.

Keep meaning to compare it to another as I gather they can be used to hold and then switch to a  remap too...

How could a remap improve things?

Title: Re: Sport mode on auto box
Post by: Jimbob on 17 April 2016, 07:13:37

Quote from: terry paget on 16 April 2016, 19:57:51

Quote from: Jimbob on 16 April 2016, 17:58:13

The zafira sport button makes one hell of a difference.

Keep meaning to compare it to another as I gather they can be used to hold and then switch to a  remap too...

How could a remap improve things?

This is the diesal zafira, not the omega....
Sport button there changes the gear change points and nowt more.

on the zafira, it makes the car one hell of a lot more responsive.