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350s10
02-20-09, 05:23 PM
what is the diffrence with forward and reverse shift patterns? for an automatic trans btw.
87wildside
02-20-09, 05:32 PM
Reverse goes:
P-N-R-1-2-3

It keeps you from pushing the shifter up into reverse, neutral or park.
350s10
02-20-09, 05:33 PM
so what would a forward shift be? P-N-R-3-2-1?
87wildside
02-20-09, 05:37 PM
Yeah. Forward is the stock pattern.
350s10
02-20-09, 05:49 PM
ok so if you were in 1st you would push forward into 2nd, so forward pattern... ah lol
87wildside
02-20-09, 05:51 PM
I'm pretty sure it's called reverse because the stock shift pattern has been reversed...lol. It wasn't until recently that I have heard of forward. It was always called stock.