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04-01-2007, 11:21 PM
That is one of the best Summit Point videos I've seen yet.
Although I'm curious about something, Larry if you don't mind me asking, coming down the chute into T5 it sounds as though you are downshifting from 5th into 2nd. You then proceed around the carousel shifting into 3rd just before T6 and into 4th just before T7 entry. Bear in mind I'm going on sound only, the video doesn't show your gear shifter nor can you see the tach, and listening to the video it doesn't sound like your car's engine is really working that hard through that section. My question is, why would you not let the engine rev up a little more and stay in say 3rd gear through T6, T7, T8 to set yourself up for 4th gear as you come up on T9 so that you can have better momentum as you climb the hill before the bridge? My second question is, I noticed there were 5th gear to 2nd gear shownshifts to set up for T1, how much smoother is that then normal 5-4-3-2 downshifts & doesn't that hurt the clutch or the engine?
Although I'm curious about something, Larry if you don't mind me asking, coming down the chute into T5 it sounds as though you are downshifting from 5th into 2nd. You then proceed around the carousel shifting into 3rd just before T6 and into 4th just before T7 entry. Bear in mind I'm going on sound only, the video doesn't show your gear shifter nor can you see the tach, and listening to the video it doesn't sound like your car's engine is really working that hard through that section. My question is, why would you not let the engine rev up a little more and stay in say 3rd gear through T6, T7, T8 to set yourself up for 4th gear as you come up on T9 so that you can have better momentum as you climb the hill before the bridge? My second question is, I noticed there were 5th gear to 2nd gear shownshifts to set up for T1, how much smoother is that then normal 5-4-3-2 downshifts & doesn't that hurt the clutch or the engine?
mike
89 Carrera
#402
89 Carrera
#402