why would you let off? :confused:

one of the main benefits of a 7AT is being able to do no lift shifts lol

daily driving shifts depend on what i'm doing. just rolling through traffic leave it in 1, 2, or 3 pending gap in traffic. rolling out of red lights i'll just shift low around 3500 area since i blieve its almost 4k rpms to get it to go into 4th.

or if i need to be somewhere i'll shift around 7200-8000k :driving:

:driving:i also "love the paddle shifter" ... that's all im saying lol

Flappy paddles!

The paddles on a Z dont rotate with the wheel? WTF? Even on my car they do. How do you shift in a turn????

Paddles that rotate with the wheel are horrible. Shifting in a turn is very easy the paddles are very large.


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I thought you weren't supposed to be shifting in a turn anyway? Downshift under braking, not in the turn.

I get aggressive on this one intersection when Im behind other cars waiting for the light to turn green and go though the sweeping right. I usually get on it pretty good and go to 2nd halfway through the turn grabbing the open free lane. Im pretty much hauling *** by the time I complete it.

How does anything you just said address the fact that shifting in a turn upsets the car and you should do it before or after the turn? I thought you had track experience?

Exactly, especially if it's something you know you're going to have to do. If it's a random thing I could understand but... :shakes head:

That said, I would hope he's not anywhere near the traction limit on the streets when performing this maneuver.

LOL, on a circuit, of course, torque steer, balance, apex etc, etc. This is from a stop, immediately going into a right turn, getting on the throttle to have the open lane. What choice does one have? Turning right at 31 mph while you bounce off the limiter?

Edit: Come to think of it, when I had the 370, I did NOT upshift through this turn, it was a manual and I generally held 2nd cuz it revs higher than my Genesis.

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i like this thread because i get to battle the manual fanboys :yum:

and also i get to see the amount of people who just dont know how to drive the car well even with an automatic transmission.

makes me feel like a professional race driver when reading some of these statements.

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Rough shifting in manual is all user error. From my own experience I had the hardest time shifting under 3k for awhile. I had to rev to 4-5.5k in first to get a smooth shift. Now I can shift under 2k if I want to 'save' some gas for the spirited moments and it's smooth. Then again there are sweet spots too. Or I could be talking up my arse.

i've bounced the tach once on a slow redline (70%throttle or so)... never again. never again...:shakes head:


8krpm? did you tune to allow that extra 500 rpm of spin?

I thought so too... something about putting a dynamic strain on the drive shaft and tranny... although I do shift while turning if I wind out first a bit much...

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Lol.. shift in a turn??? HAIL THE DK You must drift every time you take a corner,

Paddles cover in the middle of 1/2 oclock to and 4/5 oclock. There's a lot of room 4 play You just get used having one of your hands at 9 and three. I really don't see the big deal.

Lastly I don't recommend shifting in the axis of a turn unless your goal is to either slide or cut power, depending which way you shift

yes. when i got the car tuned i had the redline raised.

but the power does drop off a bit after 7400rpm per the dyno sheets.