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Old 2007-04-29, 09:53 AM   #108
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Real Name: Jeremiah
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Originally Posted by cody View Post
It was a very fun course. I don't like shifting down into first though...er rather, my car doesn't like it much. It only ground a little once, but yikes.
I would have had trouble with it. I have to be going really slow to get my tranny to allow me in to 1st - anything over about 7-10mph and I just can't force it in. I need to find a way to open that up a little. Braking to 7mph usually ends up defeating the purpose of downshifting, and I'm forced to just wallow on out of the corner in 2nd.

P.S. If anyone has any advice on how I can loosen that up (i.e. get the tranny to allow me to downshift in to 1st at a higher speed instead of locking it up at anything over ~10mph), offer it up. I'd really like to be able to get in to first at 15-20mph so I can stay closer to the top of my powerband while still carrying a decent amount of speed.
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