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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

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Old 01-17-2011, 06:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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.
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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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