Let The Good Times Roll......

[Bealo]

I have one more shift to do then i'm heading home.

I fly back to the UK Friday, will get to Norwich Saturday lunchtime. Go pick up the CSL straight away (looking forward to trying the new diff). spend the rest of the day and night abusing the Blonde Chick.
Head to the hotel near Rockingham Sunday afternoon. Do Rockingham trackday Monday. Head home.
Do trackday at Snetterton Tuesday.
Head to London friday and fly to Bangkok Friday night. Land at Bangkok Saturday afternoon, straight out on the lash with mate, have a GOOD boys night out... ;). try to get a bit of sleep lol... get taxi at 5am Sunday, head to airport to meet the Blonde chick to start a FUN filled 2 week holiday with her.....

Let the good times roll.............

[bryce]

Snap! Nah not really, snowed under with fcukin paperwork :banghead::bigcry:

New ratio diff?

[sailorbaz]

That sounds like a hectic time of it mate. Good luck to you...so, how long is the Blonde chick home alone while you're in BK with your mate...:drool:

Interested in how you get on with the new Diff, nice mod as who wants to use to top end of the car anyway?

[Bealo]

Yes the diff has the 4:10 ratio's (whatever that means :hahaha:) all i know it will help acceleration and i'm looking forward to seeing by how much.

I will give a report on here after the two trackdays.

She has been home alone for nearly 2 months (i had a 3 week holiday in BKK before i came to the States) so one more day won't hurt :thumbs:

[glendog74]

Nice one mate - class itinery!

Looking forward to the report on the 4.10 diff as it is the only performance orientated mod that i will consider doing to mine now. :smt023

Looking forward to the Bangkok/Blonde reports too of course...! ;)

[NZ_M3]

Careful with the downshifts ... the only reason I never did this mod on my car was because you can now technically over-rev the car and go kaboom ... the SMG module on the over-rev protection works off the speed sensors - so unless you had that reprogrammed, mechanical overrev is a real possibility.

The lower ratio diffs is basically a torque mutiplier - so you hit redline a lot faster -albeit the car will still think you have a 3.62 final drive.

The auto mode also won't work very well either from what I have been told.

Should be fun accelerating though ... should shave about 0.1 of a second off the run to 100km/h

[bryce]

Would be good to see a standard CSL vs a diff'd-only CSL for comparison.

Its gonna feel fast either way after two months of not driving it! :smt055

[Andyk]

Why abuse the blond chick when you could be driving...:whistle:

[Bealo]

Glendog Full reports will follow :thumbs:

I will take care on the downshifts, i'm pretty careful on them anyway. Interesting to hear about not very good in Auto mode, i'll let you know what i find.

Can't wait to get back on track, first time this year....

I like the car Andy but a man has his needs and mine haven't been fulfilled for a month now :thumbs:

[NZ_M3]

Glendog Full reports will follow :thumbs:

I will take care on the downshifts, i'm pretty careful on them anyway. Interesting to hear about not very good in Auto mode, i'll let you know what i find.

Can't wait to get back on track, first time this year....

I like the car Andy but a man has his needs and mine haven't been fulfilled for a month now :thumbs:

I've read mix reviews about the auto mode - some say it's okay on the 4.1 but really bad on the 3.9 - whilst others say that it's fine in both. Do let us know - should be interesting.

The over-rev thing is real though - as it's all mechanical once you alter the FD ratio - I'd have to run the final drive calculator (from diffonline) to see what sort of extra RPMs it'll go to - might still be within tolerance and be okay. If I get some time today I'll see if I can get some numbers for you.

[Bealo]

I've read mix reviews about the auto mode - some say it's okay on the 4.1 but really bad on the 3.9 - whilst others say that it's fine in both. Do let us know - should be interesting.

The over-rev thing is real though - as it's all mechanical once you alter the FD ratio - I'd have to run the final drive calculator (from diffonline) to see what sort of extra RPMs it'll go to - might still be within tolerance and be okay. If I get some time today I'll see if I can get some numbers for you.



Thanks NZ_M3

I would appreciate that....

[NZ_M3]

I just used the calculator quickly to show the maximum speed difference - as you can see from the chart below - quite a big margin of difference:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/M3_Power/FinalDrivechart.jpg

When I get some more time I'll sit down and try and make sense of it all.
(theoratical speeds are in miles per hour)

[Bealo]

I'm actually running 275/30/19 tyres, i guess that will change things...

[glendog74]

Glendog Full reports will follow :thumbs:

Interesting to hear about not very good in Auto mode, i'll let you know what i find.


Cheers fella - looking forward to your first impressions. :smt023

What is this so-called 'Auto mode' you all talk of though? Does the CSL even have one? I thought that 'Auto' was the exclusive preserve of old men in their Volvo/Mercedes cruising/bimbling barges...! :gayfight:

[shimmy]

Cheers fella - looking forward to your first impressions. :smt023

What is this so-called 'Auto mode' you all talk of though? Does the CSL even have one? I thought that 'Auto' was the exclusive preserve of old men in their Volvo/Mercedes cruising/bimbling barges...! :gayfight:

although i have to say Auto mode 5/6 on track is pretty good, you should try it, i nearly keep getting overtaken by someone who uses it all the time!:whistle: