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xwd · 06-17-2013, 03:44 PM

We have had a couple courses here where I have dropped as low as like 3000 RPM in some tight 180 type turns. One of them had a wider spaced slalom afterwards where I likely could have made up some time by putting it in 1st, but I didn't bother at a local event. I know some of the S2000 guys were downshifting back into 1st there and it definitely helped.

This car is much easier to downshift into 1st than the WRX/STi gearboxes.

Also, since this is the CS thread, the July Fastrack has a proposal to move the BRZ/FR-S to ES with the NB Miata.

06-17-2013, 03:44 PM	#76
xwd Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2013 DGM Subaru BRZ (Subie #9) Location: ATL, US Posts: 2,667 Thanks: 123 Thanked 860 Times in 552 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	We have had a couple courses here where I have dropped as low as like 3000 RPM in some tight 180 type turns. One of them had a wider spaced slalom afterwards where I likely could have made up some time by putting it in 1st, but I didn't bother at a local event. I know some of the S2000 guys were downshifting back into 1st there and it definitely helped. This car is much easier to downshift into 1st than the WRX/STi gearboxes. Also, since this is the CS thread, the July Fastrack has a proposal to move the BRZ/FR-S to ES with the NB Miata.