OpenFlash Tablet

[Blu-by-U]

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash

Not really because you are still manually shifting the gear lever and pressing the clutch. The only thing you aren't doing is blipping the throttle during downshifts. So it takes the place of a driver learning how to heel-toe downshift which is first step of learning how to drive efficiently/smoothly. I learned it 20yrs ago and now I cannot stop doing it even if I tried. In fact, i finally got myself to stop double-clutching every downshift recently. It was a habit ingrained from of a year of driving a synchro-less dog box in my WRX.

Originally Posted by Wankel Rex

Not at all. It just blips the throttle for downshifting to match revs. Not a horrible idea but it doesn't always predict the shift correctly and, when you're already in the habit of doing it yourself, it results in some ugliness.

Sounds a bit like my AT in manual mode. Don't get me wrong, I love a stick, but drive a stick or buy an AT. BTW, the sequel will be MT, if they are still around.

[Wayno]

Originally Posted by jdv14476

Sounds a bit like my AT in manual mode. Don't get me wrong, I love a stick, but drive a stick or buy an AT. BTW, the sequel will be MT, if they are still around.

THIS. Choose AT or MT or get out of the fucking kitchen.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash

I drove a customer's 6MT Mazda MX5 a couple weeks ago and it had auto blip. I wanted to rip my eyes out when it activated. Ok, well maybe to not such an extreme. But it did think it was a poor execution of a marginal idea. MTs won't be around much longer.. enjoy them while you can

Sorry for bothersome but auto blip is not bad at all. I have the oportunity to drive the new corvette and it have auto blip feature, i can say its really good for tracking cuz you can focus more in braking and handling. I bough some aftermarket gas/acceleration pedals to try heel-toe because the stock pedal is like 2 inch below of brake pedal so im almost there.
And my question is: its hard to perform auto blip? If yes then no problem, i understand you guys do updates with no charge (its awesome! And free duh).

[megamarines]

Originally Posted by phobos512

E85 and BPB are not recommended together. Other than that, you're good. The off-the-shelf tunes fully support your configuration but manual tuning will enable further optimization specific to your vehicle.

Is there a reason E85 and the blocks don't mix? Bad timing issues or something similar?

And hnnnghh I can't wait to order it now.

[Sammakko]

i'm having cold start issues with the e85 tune..

if the car has sat overnight (ambient temp is 45-55F) the car coughs, stalls, backfires, anything but starting up like a normal car. it got so frustrating that i drove around til i burned up what was left of my second tank of e85, filled up with 92, and flashed back to stock tune. no issues since.

any insight?

pertinent mods: muffler delete and panel filter.

[Sammakko]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Sorry for bothersome but auto blip is not bad at all. I have the oportunity to drive the new corvette and it have auto blip feature, i can say its really good for tracking cuz you can focus more in braking and handling. I bough some aftermarket gas/acceleration pedals to try heel-toe because the stock pedal is like 2 inch below of brake pedal so im almost there.
And my question is: its hard to perform auto blip? If yes then no problem, i understand you guys do updates with no charge (its awesome! And free duh).

i'd have to agree. some cars just are difficult to heel/toe. my aw11 brake pedal is a good 2+ inches closer to me, so getting the ball of my toe on the brake, while bumping the throttle, is awkward.

that being said... don't ever let a computer do for you, what you can do for yourself. This is what's turning the world into Idiocracy. (it's got what plants crave).

[steve99]

Originally Posted by Sammakko

i'm having cold start issues with the e85 tune..

if the car has sat overnight (ambient temp is 45-55F) the car coughs, stalls, backfires, anything but starting up like a normal car. it got so frustrating that i drove around til i burned up what was left of my second tank of e85, filled up with 92, and flashed back to stock tune. no issues since.

any insight?

pertinent mods: muffler delete and panel filter.

Thats going to happen on high ethanol content (over 75 %) in cold weather.

you can help by either adding 4 litres (think thats a gallon) of petrol to a full tank of E85

or modifying the injector pulse widths (IPW) to add more fuel at startup

see tune links below in signiture

or here
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=138

or do both ie increase IPW and add some straight petrol, just keep the E% over E 60

[philstar]

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash

Should be coming in today which means that they won't ship until tomorrow or Monday. We have nearly a hundred units to prep!

Sounds like you guys are super busy which is awesome! Just curious if the units have started to ship yet? Maybe I am just being impatient or excited or a bit of both haha

[D_Thissen]

Originally Posted by philstar

Sounds like you guys are super busy which is awesome! Just curious if the units have started to ship yet? Maybe I am just being impatient or excited or a bit of both haha

You're not the only one lol

[Turdinator]

I believe they are branching into the Fiat 500 Arbarth market at present....

[Shiv@Openflash]

Originally Posted by philstar

Sounds like you guys are super busy which is awesome! Just curious if the units have started to ship yet? Maybe I am just being impatient or excited or a bit of both haha

I'm happy to say that our stock of OFTs arrived this past thursday so we have been busy getting all shipments out the door. Today we shipped out 50+ units to customers and dealers:



The rest shipping out tomorrow

Cheers,
shiv

[Shiv@Openflash]

Originally Posted by Turdinator

I believe they are branching into the Fiat 500 Arbarth market at present....

Abarth OFTs ship out tomorrow. Our first priority was to get all the GT86 OFTs shipped out today

[Turdinator]

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash

Abarth OFTs ship out tomorrow. Our first priority was to get all the GT86 OFTs shipped out today

I have a soft spot for the Arbath, I would have one if I could afford a second new car. Are you having good results with them?

[us3less24]

How many days will be the process of shipment?Im thinking of buying now.