12-27-2011, 06:44 PM
|
#310
|
|
Site Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2010
Drives: Stuff
Location: Florida
Posts: 10,317
Thanks: 955
Thanked 5,965 Times in 2,689 Posts
Mentioned: 262 Post(s)
Tagged: 8 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by oneday
Well, I never mentioned mid-corner gear changes, but since you asked:
That's the beauty of a smooth, fast automatic/sequential: Less momentum/weight shift during gear changes....while you have to worry about weight transfer due to clutch disengagement, I can click off another gear (up or down) to be in the meat of the power band all of the time and gain a speed advantage while navigating the Climbing Esses at VIR, through the esses at exit of the Octopus at NJMP, down the Corkscrew/Little Bend at Shenandoah, or through the esses at Road Atlanta. Just to name a few off the top of my head.
|
Hopefully you'll be faster in the esses than your teammates were! 
__________________
-Dave
Track cars: 2013 Scion FRS, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback
DD: 2005 Acura TSX
Tow: 2022 F-450
Toys: 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
Parts: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited, 2005 Acura TSX
Projects: 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited track car build
FS: 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 LT CCSB 8.1/Allison with 99k miles
|
|
|