qboy

Do many people drive their cars without disabling it? Since I live in California with the super strict smog laws, will disabling it cause trouble with the OBDII codes?

JoesC5

If you use the CAGS eliminator that connects to the transmission wiring, you won't get any codes. $20 well spent. Install it and forget it. You can then shift when, and to what gear, you want to, not when the computer thinks you should. Take control of your life.

Bill Dearborn

It isn't that hard to drive around. Skip shift only activates between 14 and 20 mph if you are driving behind a slowly accelerating car. If you shift to second before 14 mph or after 20 mph you will never know skip shift existed. If you are aggressive on the throttle and accelerate at a normal rate skip shift will not activate even between the two magic numbers. I only have it activate on me if I am driving behind a slow driver in a low performance car and I forget and shift at the wrong time. Since I am not often in that position I have never spent the money to do anything about defeating it even though I have had cars with CAGS since 97. Even if I drove in heavier traffic where I would be in that position more often I think I would quickly get used to shifting sooner in that situation. Any Corvette can easily run in second gear at 13 mph. The minimum cost to defeat this feature on a C6 is a few minutes of time and a couple of dollars for the fuse mod and it just isn't worth the time or the money to do it. I would spend the time washing my shoe laces before I would do this mod.

Bill

JJC5

This Z is the 2nd one that I've installed the skip shift on. I got tired of it activating during slow turns in traffic.

Bill Dearborn

Again you could have just shifted sooner or later and avoided it.

Bill

lebvette

I had mine eliminated in a tune. I would rather not have to work around it.

Larry

Oleman

Second Z Ihave owned never worried about CAGS. Drive it thats what its meant to do,

LEJ ZO6

The skip shift eliminator was waiting in my toolbox before my ZO6 was delivered. I installed it the same day I took delivery of my car.

After about 6 months the "check engine light" came on. I went to the local dealer to have it checked out. The skip shift eliminator resistor had failed and the check engine light came on.

Since the skip shift eliminator was an aftermarket component that caused the problem the dealership took it out, reset the code and charged me an hour labor for the diagnosis and the fix.

I've never replaced the skip shift eliminator. I, like several other posters, have just learned to drive around it. It is very rare that skip shift kicks in. It still pisses me off when it does, though.

skudlw

First item I installed on the car. It does not throw any codes.

Dale1990

I rarely hit the 1-4 problem but when I did, it really got on my nerves. I used the "blown fuse" method and am pleased with the results. Not bad for $2 and a few minutes.

Magneson

Can you explain the "Blown Fuse" method please?

K.Shupe

Here's a link to everything you ever wanted to know about disabling CAGS. Your choice, $20 or $2. http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html

ByByBMW

This is exactly why I use the blown fuse method. I think the dealer would have a hard time justifying a blown fuse as aftermarket and charging me for the problem. All I have to do is replace the fuse and voila, no problems.

quickc6

Well said Bill,I see no need to install the skip shift eliminator.Its to easy to drive around it.And then sometimes I use it if I don't want to
go through the gears.

JoesC5

I could also drive around town in 1st gear 100% of the time and never worry about shifting at all, until I got on the Interstate highway driving above 60 MPH. But I prefer to drive the car the way I've been driving standard shift transmissions since I learned to drive my Mom's 1952 Chevy back in 1955 when I was 13 years old. I've had my drivers license since I was 14 years old, and never had to worry about driving "around" the shift points that a computer says I should shift into 4th. $20 spent for a CAGs eliminator and I get to drive the way I've been driving for the past 55 years.

Shifting becomes second nature and you become used to shifting without thinking about speed, RPM, etc. With the CAGS, you have to input some thought into the shifting to either shift earlier, or to shift later, then what feels natural, because of the Nanny called a computer. When an outside force starts to influence your actions, it's not second nature.

dmuellenberg

100% Spend $2 for the blown fuse solution and you never have to worry about 'driving around it'. A no-brainer IMO.

dstiger

First time EVER I have the opportunity to disagree with Mr. Bill Dearborn. It is a simple mod that takes any math, guesswork or surprise out of the "why the heck is my car not going into second gear dammit?" feeling you get with the skip shift crapola.

Please resume your normal activities!

Snake.Oiler

Unless they can't figure out the exact problem and end up replacing the entire fuse box.

ByByBMW

In which case it would be a warranty item anyway, no cost to me since it wasn't "tuned" out and no aftermarket add on to the car.

Magneson

Yea, the 2$ fuse option is for me, Thanks K.Shupe for the info. Im headed to pep boys tomorrow! (whispers, cause the vette is asleep for the winter!)