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Originally Posted by L4ces
Ive had mine for 7 years and just perfected the 3-2 and the 2-1 rev matches at 166K miles!
I used to grind when going from 1-2 near red line and I can now do that without grinding.
Two major changes.
1. A basic tune (in my case it is the Dinan).
Ill those that know more of what goes into the tune elaborate. I thinking the mapping of pedal position to throttle position has been fine tuned (in short some change in throttle mapping). Somehow I just have time to when near redline to shift. I just couldn't locking the timing of both pedals and stick shift. After the tune, shit just felt different.
As you know the amount throttle blip from 3-2 is different from the higher gears (the rpm range is wider between 2-3 than it is between 3-4 and the up. So what I notice now is that a quick stomp of the accelerator to the floor and super quick shift is the perfect amount of blip for 3-2. In other words, I don't have to worry about over revving the engine on a 3-2 anymore.
2. My new arm position has increased my confidence and speed.
I've tried many positions and grips of the knob. I;ve swapped to weighted shift knob which I want to say has made it better but not like it is now with this new position. Previously my elbow was always position somewhere above the center arm rest. Now my elbow is tucked between my hip and the arm rest. This position restricted forces forward and backwards. My forearm segment is now at 90 degrees instead of it being greater than 90 degrees. Two guarantee I shift into the correct gear, I bend my wrist and the way should will have to bend when positioned this way clearly conveys what gear you will push up to or pull down into. No guess worked, no second guess, no fear! My enjoyment has start all over again.
What I can now do is fast downshifts and skipping gears. More importantly I can get a sharp near perfect blip just like a DCT in any gear.
When at 5000rpm or above and in 3rd I can accurately rev match to 2nd and hear the signature triplet (3) pops from the exhaust (3-2 pop pop pop). Also the pop when shifting up gear really fast sounds better which I loved about the DCT.
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Thanks for the write up, going to try out the arm positioning for sure, I can see why that can come into play when driving. As far as the tune I'll have to look into that as well. Kind of comforting to know it took you 7 years to get use to it lol but I hope I can get use to it a lot sooner haha. Appreciate the advice! Always great hearing new suggestions.