Cdn17Sport6MT
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What is that smooth start procedure?
I can’t remember....someone will be along to outline...it involves depressing the accelerator before starting up.What is that smooth start procedure?
Approximately...What is that smooth start procedure?
I've had the MC-Shift Granturismo and now have the F1 F430. I would say the systems are very similar. Both a little snatchy when cold, but that's fixed by just being gentle with the peddle. If anything, the F430 shifts a little faster and less obviously. However, I also believe a lot depends on how worn the clutch is - my Granturismo clutch was on 32% and the F430 is on 8%.Yet to drive a MC Shift car, but if it's as good as the system in the 430 F1 then I would be quite happy. My only gripe - the SMG in my daily E46 M3 would not need a clutch until normally 90k+ miles. My E61 M5 needed a clutch at 50k miles, while it seems to me that an MC Shift clutch cannot last more than 35-40k miles? Or is that an internet myth?
MC shift et al won't let you shift too low speed/revs, at anytime really if the sensors etc think it might damage the engine/box. Theres no doubt on cold start shifting is less than smooth. I think its more a case of the electronics getting in a muddle and dipping the revs, jerking a change, until engine is warm, which is very quick on these cars. For example near me there's a mini roundabout, from cold start I cant get into third by the time I get to it, electronics block the upshift. Warm its no problem, smooth as silk.Can you pls expand on your comment re being "snatchy" when cold? Rough shifting somehow, improved by first warming up just idling the car (realizing that this doesn't occur much when no drive-action is occurring)? Improved by shifting at a lower rpm point? Or is it that throttle action isn't that smooth when cold and it doesn't affect shifting per se?
Basically turn the ignition on and let the car do it’s checks and the lights go out on the dash before starting.What is that smooth start procedure?
It is basically doing a clutch learnBasically turn the ignition on and let the car do it’s checks and the lights go out on the dash before starting.