View Poll Results: What is the optimum top of 2nd?
50mph
7
12.28%
60mph
27
47.37%
70mph
23
40.35%
Stock
0
0%
Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll
In a perfect world...
#16
Good points about weight distribution difference relative to the M3, that totally slipped my mind in my morning stupor.
And as long as we're setting the bar at perfect world, ideally these new gears would come with a way to have one's ECU reprogrammed so that auto-blip continues to match revs properly at the track.
And as long as we're setting the bar at perfect world, ideally these new gears would come with a way to have one's ECU reprogrammed so that auto-blip continues to match revs properly at the track.
#17
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#21
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If only there were a group of smart German engineers who could figure this out for us. If we were really lucky, maybe the motorsport division of a Leman-winning company could help.
Nah, let's ask the internet.
Nah, let's ask the internet.
#22
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Looks like you forgot to vote since nobody has yet voted stock...
#23
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Or cost constraints. I got a lot of people riled up before when I called this a parts bin car, but that's a 100% true statement on the gearbox. They changed the displacement and the manners of the engine but use the exact same gearbox in S. That doesn't suggest there was a whole lot of German engineering involved in the decision.
#26
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In a perfect world...
Originally Posted by GTgears
I got a lot of people riled up before when I called this a parts bin car, but that's a 100% true statement on the gearbox.
#27
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BTW, there was one guy who voted for 50mph - that is basically the current 1st gear ratio and even I'm not that hardcore...
Last edited by GrantG; 07-23-2015 at 07:19 PM.
#28
But they took the full intake, throttle body and exhaust from the 3.4L Boxster engine... It is a parts bin car. Nothing wrong with that in general if you've got this parts bin.
That said, I don't believe leaving the gearbox alone was based on cost. They have some perfectly good lower ratio gears from the base Cayman they could have used and they chose not to. The question is why... see above.
The only upside to the tall gearing is that on a really tight road the 47 mph first gear becomes active, and with the blip shift to rev match it's actually really easy to throw it into. Then you can really slide it around... Takes a little getting used to though.
That said, I don't believe leaving the gearbox alone was based on cost. They have some perfectly good lower ratio gears from the base Cayman they could have used and they chose not to. The question is why... see above.
The only upside to the tall gearing is that on a really tight road the 47 mph first gear becomes active, and with the blip shift to rev match it's actually really easy to throw it into. Then you can really slide it around... Takes a little getting used to though.
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Yeah, I was going to play around with various techniques and see if it might be possible and kind to the hardware to double-clutch downshift into first with a combination of manual and auto-blipping (auto blipping doesn't work when the clutch isn't pressed, afaik). I would guess a modern gearbox would still appreciate double clutching into 1st or is that wasted effort?
#30
Yeah, I was going to play around with various techniques and see if it might be possible and kind to the hardware to double-clutch downshift into first with a combination of manual and auto-blipping (auto blipping doesn't work when the clutch isn't pressed, afaik). I would guess a modern gearbox would still appreciate double clutching into 1st or is that wasted effort?