S-Mode install on base model Z???

Island_370 · 01-17-2011, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Not really being a hater. Just don't understand why people want to have less to do with there cars and driving habits. And if on the track the precision and quickness of this will not matter a bit even if your half a driver. I promise you. I'd be willing to test that.

With modern synchros, you don't even need to heel/toe. If you are gentle on letting the clutch out, it will not upset the car.

I tend to disagree on the comment that "this will not matter a bit if your (I think you mean "you're") half a driver." A real racer once commented in an interview that anything that makes you faster is best...be it ABS, traction control, semi-automatic gearbox, etc. On a lap without issue, the S mode may not add much, but on a corner when things are not smooth, it might help keep a bad situation from getting worse. Just like ABS. On a good lap, not difference. But if you hit oil/coolant/etc, you will like having it.

SPOHN · 01-17-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Island_370

With modern synchros, you don't even need to heel/toe. If you are gentle on letting the clutch out, it will not upset the car.

I tend to disagree on the comment that "this will not matter a bit if your (I think you mean "you're") half a driver." A real racer once commented in an interview that anything that makes you faster is best...be it ABS, traction control, semi-automatic gearbox, etc. On a lap without issue, the S mode may not add much, but on a corner when things are not smooth, it might help keep a bad situation from getting worse. Just like ABS. On a good lap, not difference. But if you hit oil/coolant/etc, you will like having it.

That's fine. Maybe I am half a driver. Don't see how that makes my opinion wrong. But you make a good point on what your suggesting about anything that makes you faster helps. But S-mode is not going to do that. A LSD will. It will help on a lesser experienced driver, I admit. But how in the world if you run through oil,coolant, and etc have to do with S-mode. These things are traction issues. Not rev matching. Also you don't have to know how to heel to toe to be faster. It's about methods.

ProfessorDave · 01-17-2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Island_370

For me, it was not the bigger brake rotors but the fixed caliper. I prefer the pedal feel of a fixed caliper over a floating caliper. Track use or street use, the pedal feel is what I wanted. And even a so-so lsd is better than an open diff.

Good points. I'm sure I wouldn't even know the difference between a floating and fixed caliper!

I couldn't agree more about the LSD.

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Originally Posted by red6spd

S-Mode plus my non-resonated FI exhaust=Sexyness...

WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU SAY RED?! COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THAT LOUD BUT ALSO INCREDIBLY AWESOME EXHAUST!

red6spd · 01-18-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfessorDave

Good points. I'm sure I wouldn't even know the difference between a floating and fixed caliper!

I couldn't agree more about the LSD.

WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU SAY RED?! COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THAT LOUD BUT ALSO INCREDIBLY AWESOME EXHAUST!

LOL

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