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Originally Posted by krystar (Post 7483956)

u can change the clutch as DIY.

can't do that with a SMG :P

Yes you can. It is the exact same gearbox as the manual cars. A 6sp Getrag. It is just an electrohydraulic system . All you need is a laptop and the INPA software and you can bleed the system and set the clutch take up point, shift parameters etc. It is easy. Done it already.

Thanks for that agreeable writup.

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Originally Posted by mikeesik (Post 7484892)

Thanks for that agreeable writup.

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner (Post 7484725)

I drove the flappymatic in the che'vette. I was thinking of buying it and took it for a test drive with the sales person.

One of the reasons that I bought the car was to do continue track days lke I drove in my old mustang. Turn 2 At streets of willow is a 90 or so mph turn into a 30mph exit. I took the car out to an area where I knew that there was a 180 degree turn that I couldcome close to the turn at lil'willow. 1st. the car at the time couldn't dump gears quick enough.
2.nd The tires weren't up to temp and there was more pea gravel on the pavement and not enough "grove"
3rd. Car salesmen that don't do HPDE's aren't really good passengers.

LOL, first time I took that corner in anger with the turbo 911 SC i was dicing it out with a Z06 down the straight and the cars behind me got kinda brown and dusty as I took a couple extra feet on the "out" of the corner.
I made it to turn 3 by the skin of my teeth. The next time around I scrubbed off a few more mphs at the end of the straigth and the cars behind me appreciated it.

Later that day I boiled the brake fluid coming out of the hair pin headed downhill towards the skid pad. Nearly soiled myself as I just kept it out of the ravine but that's another story.

Did ya know that a 911 windshield will darn near pop out on it's own when you go backward at near 90 mph?

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Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 7484964)

That hairpin is "two" clockwise I have spun an S2000 due to someone choking the chicken on the exit. I've tossed the mustang off a few corners there.

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Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 7484964)

Did ya know that a 911 windshield will darn near pop out on it's own when you go backward at near 90 mph?

Jack Olsen has a vid from Laguna...makes the baby Jesus cry.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo.../crucified.gif

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<div style="font-style:italic">u can change the clutch as DIY.<br>
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</div>Yes you can. It is the exact same gearbox as the manual cars. A 6sp Getrag. It is just an electrohydraulic system . All you need is a laptop and the INPA software and you can bleed the system and set the clutch take up point, shift parameters etc. It is easy. Done it already.

Depends on the car. Doing the same in the Maserati requires proprietary software so very few independents even have the capability to change the clutch. Too bad since they rarely last more than 40k miles.