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05-07-2013, 01:23 PM
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#63
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Major General 
Drives: 2016 BMW i8
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Monarch Beach
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Originally Posted by BuckRodgers
I agree
There will not be a scenario where you will need to instantly go from 7th gear to 3rd with a supercharged M3 under WOT. In most cases you will drop one gear or two maybe but not four. With my VT1-550 kit my kickdown works fine but I never use it when im going WOT as the car is much better driven in manual mode. Your clutch life will also be better when you shift manually as auto mode slips the clutch a bit. Maybe with the higher HP cars kickdown in auto mode is more of an issue during WOT but even then just pull the paddle once or twice if needed and problem solved.
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+1,000 on this.
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