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View Poll Results: How do you deal with CAGS?
I have not disabled CAGS
17.24%
I use an old school !CAGS elimination kit
35.86%
I have a tune that disables CAGS
19.31%
I use a CAGS LED fuse
7.59%
I use a CAGS resistor fuse
9.66%
I switched from a !CAGS kit to a CAGS LED fuse
1.38%
CAGS never kicks in (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
7.59%
I disabled CAGS via another method (please post details)
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 01:46 AM
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Now that there are some new options, I'm curious how people are dealing with CAGS.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 03:09 AM
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Was going to remove it as soon as I got the vette, but never got around to it. A year and a half later now, I've learned to cope with it and try to use it to my advantage sometimes.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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I've been advised by nearly everyone, including my museum delivery guy to install the cags eliminate mod. In nearly 8,000 miles I've only had the cags feature engage about 3 or 4 times, but with the LED fuse I finally decided to do the mod. Haven't driven the car since I changed out the fuse yet...
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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Originally had the Old-School $20 CAGS eliminator, but when I got a tune last year I had EnglandGreen turn it off for good.

For those that want to preserve their warranty with 100% certainty, the blown LED fuse method is THE WAY to go.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Have driven the car now for 5 months and no issue at all, I never shift below 2k and see no need for mod to eliminate skip shift.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Only people who "granny shift" even know what a CAGS is.

Tom
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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the few times the skip shift wanted to pick gears for me was enough. It did not happen much, usualy in slow traffic coming off of a light.

Had I not put in the old school thing I would have gone with the blown fuse LED fix.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TCW
Only people who "granny shift" even know what a CAGS is.

Tom
3 yrs never hit it once why would you own a corvette and shift below 2k


Although I have to commend you on your solution

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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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I used CAGS bypass years ago. Don't need it. Just take 1st gear to 20 mph or so, and shift into 2nd. No brainer.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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4,000 miles never had CAGS
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Mine is tuned out.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:31 PM
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I use the kit...I thought I could learn to work around it, but the thing would kick in when I thought it was not suppose to and when it turn on it was the worse time too...like when turning into moving traffic
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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$.25 Cags resistor fuse works great. I don't need and led to improve on that.
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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I had Cags bypass put in my 97 SS Camero and 98 Vert. Those two cars need the bypass, real PITA

On the 05 and now the 07Z, it is not a bother. I do not even know CAGS exixts in these cars!
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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Mine had the CAGS elimination kit and then I had it tuned out via HP Tuners. What is weird is that even though the tune removed it I still got a check engine light when my CAGS elimination kit broke. I pulled it off and now its done by the kit only. One day I'd like to get the solenoid off my car too; it was leaking oil some time ago and I had to take it to the dealership to get it replaced.

What a worthless thing.
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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If you plan on getting the vehicle tuned, I would just wait and have the tuner remove it.
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PowerLabs
Mine had the CAGS elimination kit and then I had it tuned out via HP Tuners. What is weird is that even though the tune removed it I still got a check engine light when my CAGS elimination kit broke. I pulled it off and now its done by the kit only. One day I'd like to get the solenoid off my car too; it was leaking oil some time ago and I had to take it to the dealership to get it replaced.

What a worthless thing.
Keep it simple - get rid of the cags elimination selenoid and do the fuse...one less thing to worry about.
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SSTEVEGS
Keep it simple - get rid of the cags elimination selenoid and do the fuse...one less thing to worry about.
What is there to worry about.
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