Kimerik wrote:hey guy's and gals
quick q about the MR
sister in law's mr has a dead spot when you put the foot down on the accelerator, to the point where they wait for a bigger gap in traffic then i need to in the vr from a corner!?!?!
any help would be great, hopefully will have the MR at the Jan 3 meet in Mt Gravatt also
I'm sure this has been covered before, reglardless I'll explain is anyway as it's something I get asked just about every week.
What you are describing is a trait of the SS-T gearbox (which again is a MANUAL gearbox to make sure there is no confusion) and you need to understand why it exhibits that trait and how to work around it.
There is a mechanical delay going from a neutral position to first gear. This is an actual mechanic delay which is a clutch engagement on the first gear on one of the input shafts, more importantly there is a delay that is electronic which is a safeguard allowing information to be relayed making sure everything is happy before it engages a gear.
Think about this when driving a car with a normal Hyrdraulic pull type gearbox. As an example, picture being at a T intersection stationary waiting to turn into the flow of traffic, you see a small gap up ahead after the next car passes you, so you pre-emptively depress the clutch pedal, go from neutral to 1st gear and lightly find the rlease point of the clutch and feather until the car passes, then you accelerate and go. This is what people do everyday with a manual gearbox, it's just second nature. It's a no delay procedure, and it's here where the SS-T will let you down... IF you dont understand it.
I'll go back to the trafic example.
Alternately, you could wait for the car to pass, then go from neutral, clutch in, select gear and go which will in effect take 1 or 2 seconds of a process rather than being pre emptive. Sound Familiar?
The thing is, you can counteract this with an SS-T gearbox. All you need to do is very lightly depress the accelerator while holding the brake, and I mean just enough to engage first gear, you'll feel it change if you pay enough attention. You'll then find the car will be very spritely off the mark in those situations and without delay as it will be in gear as you accelerate. While you can manage this then, It's not all good news as every time you hold the car 'in gear' with the brake, there is friction on the two faces which isnt ideal, hence why I said earlier that you would do this very lightly. I rekcon the SS-T is the type of gearbox that needs some education to those who drive it as it can behave so differently.
Gear to gear there is no doubting the SS-T is a good thing, it's blinding quick and it can do things that can't be duplicated by a human with a hydraulic pull type gearbox in any situation with upshifts or downshifts.
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