What did you do to your 996TT today?
We went with this wheel so that the dash would be fully visible. I really like the feel of it which is very much like the 992Cup I drove about a year ago. This steering wheel is actually the same OMP wheel used on the Lamborghini Supertrofeo race car. I modded it slightly for our application. It's pretty seamless using it compared to a full circle wheel. There is really no difference from a user standpoint. You see a lot of novice drivers shuffle their hands around the steering wheel when they drive which is a big no no but I see it a lot. This steering wheel precludes you from doing that naturally.
Do any high mileage 6 speeds not have the 2nd gear popout problem or the clutch slave cylinder /actuator go bad? I factored alot of this into my decision to buy a tip as I don't have the time to drop the drive train to "do it right"
As far as inexpensive goes..I suppose its relative to your income/net worth but the costs to rebuild a tiptronic didn't scare me at all.
As far as inexpensive goes..I suppose its relative to your income/net worth but the costs to rebuild a tiptronic didn't scare me at all.
As to the clutch slave hydraulics. Sure, those are wear items that at some point give everyone trouble. They are no big deal to repair. I've replaced clutch slaves and accumulators in my garage in a couple hours. It's no big deal. I would not trade the elimination of that once every five year isssue, for a Tip Vs a MT car. But that's just me.
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That is a thing of beauty - and you can clearly see the entire dash in your video.
How tight are the tolerances on the quick connect? For awhile, I used something similar on the R, but found the slop (due to less than ideal tolerances on the spline) to be very irritating, so I removed it.
How tight are the tolerances on the quick connect? For awhile, I used something similar on the R, but found the slop (due to less than ideal tolerances on the spline) to be very irritating, so I removed it.
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All the G50 gearboxes are essentially the same. The ability to shift quickly and easily is most impacted by the clutch / flywheel one uses and to a smaller extent by the shifter. With the hardware, shifting a G50 box is quite effortless. .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBzIHVabvrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBzIHVabvrc
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^ Not only the rev matching, his is left foot braking in between all of that.
@powdrhound John, you should shoot a pedal box shot so we all can watch you dance.
@powdrhound John, you should shoot a pedal box shot so we all can watch you dance.
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^ Not only the rev matching, his is left foot braking in between all of that.
@powdrhound John, you should shoot a pedal box shot so we all can watch you dance.
@powdrhound John, you should shoot a pedal box shot so we all can watch you dance.
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My feet are big enough that I can keep braking and blip the throttle.
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I do not have large feet but found the dead pedal area extremely tight. I removed it and the bracket under the carpet. That helped for comfort but does nothing for heel/toe. No way could I sideways (foot 90° to the pedal) heel/toe in this car. It would have to be left side of my foot braking and right side blipping the throttle. I have not even bothered trying though.
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Ya, actually I find the 996 a difficult platform to heel and toe and blip the throttle. With a lot of practice I've gotten better, but pedal spacers help. I have a set waiting to get installed (lazy, I know) and having driven a 996 4S back to back with them against my car, it's much easier to heel and toe. Shoes are also critical. But mostly practice. Learning to roll your foot while right foot braking onto the throttle to blip is just practice. Lots of it.
Im nowhere as good as John, but I'm decent enough that it really does help, especially on track. And it's much kinder to equipment. The first few times, slow down and really practice. You don't even need to be moving. Figure out where you want to downshift (for me it's between 4000-3000 rpm) and practice getting the rev's up and let out the clutch. Then work on braking and doing it at the same time... then put it all together. See how good you can get in slow street driving. Putting it together at race pace will take a different level of effort. '
This is a pretty good video
Im nowhere as good as John, but I'm decent enough that it really does help, especially on track. And it's much kinder to equipment. The first few times, slow down and really practice. You don't even need to be moving. Figure out where you want to downshift (for me it's between 4000-3000 rpm) and practice getting the rev's up and let out the clutch. Then work on braking and doing it at the same time... then put it all together. See how good you can get in slow street driving. Putting it together at race pace will take a different level of effort. '
This is a pretty good video
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That is a thing of beauty - and you can clearly see the entire dash in your video.
How tight are the tolerances on the quick connect? For awhile, I used something similar on the R, but found the slop (due to less than ideal tolerances on the spline) to be very irritating, so I removed it.
How tight are the tolerances on the quick connect? For awhile, I used something similar on the R, but found the slop (due to less than ideal tolerances on the spline) to be very irritating, so I removed it.
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I did it more for theft deterrence as Type-R's were hot to steal, but I suppose at the time, the wheels/splines/locks were not the greatest.
Yours (and John's) seem much fancier to me.
Yours (and John's) seem much fancier to me.