alright my car's still new so i havent spent much time at the rev limiter. i wanted to know what happens with the cvt when you go wide open throttle and hold it there. does it stay in that gear (revving at limit) untill you ease off? (option 2) does it eventually switch and start over again at 2000rpm(or so) (option 3) does it stay at rev limit and switch gears to increase speed, mainting current (max) rpm? insight would be appreciated.
erm... there's no gears on a CVT... it's... i think a belt that expands and contracts... CVT = Continuously Versatile Transmission... ur best bet is, go to http://www.howstuffworks.com and look up the CVT engine, thats a great site for learning how stuff works oh btw, to answer ur question about the rev... basically it's just how hard ur engine is working, like any other auto out there... only difference is u don't have to change gears because of the belt
the cvt will just sit at redline, it WONT "shift" and ive never really pushed it, and i wouldnt recommend doing that ever!!! it is a nice feature when passing is needed, just down "shift" pass and shift up just like a 5 speed!
huh? there's now "shifting"... what r u talking about? btw, if u wanna c a vid of a CVT redlining... here u go.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=LlWYTnaDnK0 there is absolutely no shift lag
I dont mean to correct anyone but i think its Continual Variable Transmission... and yes there are no gears its basicaly a set of pullies the expand and contract. if you pin the gas it will jump to about 5800 and stay about there to 6000 rpm...
Bryn, yes there's shifting because if us CVT owners just let it at 1st gear then that be bad as hell since he'll just stay there until we do something. You just use your paddle shifters or your shift knob for shift knob you push towards the + and for down shift push down towards the - Our cars aren't like the Altmia that does the shifting by itself like that.
blah use normal colored font, u blinded me there had to highlight it to read it lol and ok, i'll say this... u can't shift gears on a CVT because there are no gears to shift, however, what the paddle shifters do is to change the length between the 2 pulleys (changing the length of the belt) manually instead of continuously so in that sense, then yes u can "shift" with a CVT engine w/ paddle shifters
I floored it before, it will rev to around 5500rpm, and stay there while the CVT works my car to over 120km/h It's actually pretty fast coz our car will stay in "mivec" zone. It's my first CVT car, and I am pretty happy with it.
Mivec is pretty much the same as vtec, vvti, etc etc. It's varible valve timing, they all work the same, just different names from different manufacturer.
yes they are both VVT systems... but there's a difference between them... Windows, Mac, and Linux... their all an OS... so they must be the same exact thing... right? WRONG!... just because they do the same thing does not mean they do it in the same way :-\... especially when u start talking about how VVT "kicks in"... VTEC literally does kick in at a certain RPM... whereas MIVEC (and vvt-i/vvtl-i) is always in affect (though it has been discussed that at certain RPMs it has more of an affect)... very different from a vtec if u ask me...
