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#5310 of 11964 Wheelbase Width by boxtrooper

Aug 06, 2002 (7:40 pm)

Mine is 1995.5 this is the Trooper that went to "wide track". It is also the exact model that Consumer Reports used for **falsifying data so they could win some free news show time. My tires 255/16 look like they are almost out of the wheelwell, as if they are the widest part of the Trooper. I like that look better than the overhanging fender flair look. I think my 1995.5 Trooper might be illegal in some states that regulate such things closely.
 
**I strongly believe, having put over 328K miles on Troopers that the Isuzu Trooper is much less prone to flip that the USA made competition - reason the suspension is much tighter and under much better control than the others. Sure, it leans in hard turns, but it leans with no surprizes, no sudden outside corner diving down etc.. even when pushed till the tires are squealing loudly and sliding to the side a little on clean blacktop roads, the sort of thing that happens when you enter a 35 MPH turn at 60+ MPH down a hill. Don't everybody go try this out, but I do believe in the Trooper, its handling is well behaved.

#5311 of 11964 Australia by paisan

Aug 06, 2002 (10:17 pm)

Yup we only get the IFS versions of the TLC here.
 
I'd love to move there, you get the Holden Commodore SS and HSV, all the good cars
 
-mike

#5312 of 11964 Rollovers by paisan

Aug 06, 2002 (10:27 pm)

Here is a cool article

http://www.usatoday.com/money/consumer/autos/mauto696.htm

Look up the 2000 Acura SLX, it's the same as the Trooper.

See what we beat out! Even the PT Crapper rolls eaiser!

-mike

#5313 of 11964 re: rollovers by sbcooke

Aug 07, 2002 (7:35 am)

interesting to see the forester is higher than the SLX/Trooper.

#5314 of 11964 Question about the transmission by harhir

Aug 07, 2002 (8:03 am)

I have aquestion about the automatic transmission. Accoring to Isuzu it has an torque converter with automatic lock uo it 3rd and 4th gear. What does that mean exactly?
The reason why I am asking is the following. Whe I am getting faster than about 40mph and go up 50 or 60 mph and release the accelerator the car slows down like if the torques converter is still locked an the engine slows it down. When the car then gets to down to about 38 mph then it suddenly seems to roll free. It feels like if it is locked free. Is this normal or should it roll free at any speeds? It is my first car with automatic transmission. For me this symptom feels like a car with manual transmission, when you release the acc. by leaving the gear in position and taking it into neutral after it slowed down to about 38 mph.
 
Thanks
 
Stefan

#5315 of 11964 What model year Trooper? by paisan

Aug 07, 2002 (8:45 am)

If it's a 2000 or 2001 or 2002 you are probably feeling the Grade Logic Tranny program kicking in. This essentially will downshift you if your foot is completely off the gas to provide engine braking.
 
-mike

#5316 of 11964 Grade Logic... by keepontroopin

Aug 07, 2002 (10:21 am)

I think Paisan is right. But doesn't grade logic only kick in when on a downhill grade?

#5317 of 11964 98 TC lockup at high speeds, low speeds, too by tkevinblanc

Aug 07, 2002 (10:50 am)

My 98 doesn't disengage quickly at high speeds, either.
 
I've noticed the same things at low speeds, too. The TC just seems to hold it in gear longer than most vehicles with autos that I've driven in the past.
 
Frankly, I like it.

#5318 of 11964 Grade logic by harhir

Aug 07, 2002 (10:58 am)

Thanks for the responses. Mine is a 2001 model. I am not sure if it downshifts, because the RPMs are not going up. It just feels that it stays in the same gear with the torqueconverter locked and the enginebraking slows the car down. And also where I live there are no hills. Everything is flat. I just recently recognized this bahaviour and did not see/feel it before. Maybe it is normal and I just have to learn more about auto trans driving. Right now I am mainly driving within the city. Mostly under 40mph where this behavior does not appear.

#5319 of 11964 Grade Logic by paisan

Aug 07, 2002 (11:28 am)

Comes into effect anytime you completely let off the gas. The Drive-by-wire will sense that you are completely off the gas, and will use the Lockup TC and/or downshifting to slow the vehicle. It interprets your taking your foot completely off the gas that you want to slow down.
 
-mike

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