DCT Questions

TrackReady · 02-21-2010, 09:24 PM

I have seend multiple videos with the m3 drifting... does anyone know if the DCT is capable of doing this?

nusevad · 02-21-2010, 09:49 PM

yes.

mike33176 · 02-22-2010, 02:16 AM

MDM is your friend

JIO · 02-22-2010, 03:01 AM

Here is the M3 DCT and Porsche 911 DKT trying to drift...easy to spin and thus easy to drift. Car & Driver finally get it right.

http://carvideos.caranddriver.com/?b...tid=5716004001

Try this link:
http://carvideos.caranddriver.com?bc...tid=6605654001

GT3 Tim · 02-22-2010, 09:36 AM

Damn, I could do a better job than that guy. lol

swamp2 · 02-22-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mike33176

MDM is your friend

Drifting with MDM is impossible. Obviously you have not tried it.

mike33176 · 02-22-2010, 12:54 PM

You are correct,MDM for drifting is impossible! I was attempting to responding to another thread and mistakenly posted here. Too many Bloody Mary's for brunch.

waremark · 02-23-2010, 10:35 AM

Interesting question - does DCT vs 6MT transmission make any difference to drifting? Probably not unless things go wrong. But if you spin, in a 6MT you would put the clutch in. In a DCT, there should be no problem so long as you keep your right foot off the gas. But I was told that if you spun, and while facing backwards you touched the gas, you could do a lot of damage, effectively letting out the clutch while going backwards. Unlikely, but worth thinking about if you are going to play like this. When I went with my son to a handling course, the coach advised me to be ready to shift to neutral (lever to the left) if my son spun.

Dascamel · 02-23-2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by waremark

Interesting question - does DCT vs 6MT transmission make any difference to drifting? Probably not unless things go wrong. But if you spin, in a 6MT you would put the clutch in. In a DCT, there should be no problem so long as you keep your right foot off the gas. But I was told that if you spun, and while facing backwards you touched the gas, you could do a lot of damage, effectively letting out the clutch while going backwards. Unlikely, but worth thinking about if you are going to play like this. When I went with my son to a handling course, the coach advised me to be ready to shift to neutral (lever to the left) if my son spun.

With all the electronic safeguards, I find this hard to believe that the car would engage the clutch while going backwards. Not going to test it though....

Finnegan · 02-24-2010, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dascamel

With all the electronic safeguards, I find this hard to believe that the car would engage the clutch while going backwards. Not going to test it though....

swamp2 · 02-24-2010, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dascamel

With all the electronic safeguards, I find this hard to believe that the car would engage the clutch while going backwards.

+1. Cars must be spun during testing as I'm sure the M3 was.

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JIO Captain 48 Rep 636 Posts Drives: '09 Space Gray E92 M3 w/DCT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eugene, Oregon iTrader: (0)	Here is the M3 DCT and Porsche 911 DKT trying to drift...easy to spin and thus easy to drift. Car & Driver finally get it right. http://carvideos.caranddriver.com/?b...tid=5716004001 Try this link: http://carvideos.caranddriver.com?bc...tid=6605654001 Last edited by JIO; 02-22-2010 at 03:08 AM.. Reason: wrong link
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mike33176 Lieutenant 47 Rep 431 Posts Drives: 09 Jerez/ Black, E90 M3 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Miami iTrader: (1)	You are correct,MDM for drifting is impossible! I was attempting to responding to another thread and mistakenly posted here. Too many Bloody Mary's for brunch.
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02-23-2010, 10:35 AM	#8
waremark Private First Class 2 Rep 183 Posts Drives: 08 M3 Coupe DCT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Interesting question - does DCT vs 6MT transmission make any difference to drifting? Probably not unless things go wrong. But if you spin, in a 6MT you would put the clutch in. In a DCT, there should be no problem so long as you keep your right foot off the gas. But I was told that if you spun, and while facing backwards you touched the gas, you could do a lot of damage, effectively letting out the clutch while going backwards. Unlikely, but worth thinking about if you are going to play like this. When I went with my son to a handling course, the coach advised me to be ready to shift to neutral (lever to the left) if my son spun.
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