Ade
29-07-2009, 04:51 PM
So at the 'Ring, I just left the SMG in S4. Never had any issues with finding the change too slow.
Then before leaving, I stopped through Black Falcon who run CSLs in the VLN race series. I asked them about the SMG, and their Chief Tech says that they NEVER run the race cars in anything faster than S3 !
He says they have datalogged the cars in all the different SMG modes, and he says it makes absolutely no difference except for the psychological effect of the 'slam in the back', and the need to rebuild the gearbox and driveshafts when in anything higher than S3.
So as an experiment, I decided to run the car in S2 on the way home, and true enough I found that I was making progress no slower, and the car seemed even happier in the slower S-mode. In fact, it was so much better, I think I'll probably just leave it in S2 from now on.
There's no doubt that I wince each time I feel an S5/6 gearchange, so perhaps there is truth to what Black Falcon say?
Then before leaving, I stopped through Black Falcon who run CSLs in the VLN race series. I asked them about the SMG, and their Chief Tech says that they NEVER run the race cars in anything faster than S3 !
He says they have datalogged the cars in all the different SMG modes, and he says it makes absolutely no difference except for the psychological effect of the 'slam in the back', and the need to rebuild the gearbox and driveshafts when in anything higher than S3.
So as an experiment, I decided to run the car in S2 on the way home, and true enough I found that I was making progress no slower, and the car seemed even happier in the slower S-mode. In fact, it was so much better, I think I'll probably just leave it in S2 from now on.
There's no doubt that I wince each time I feel an S5/6 gearchange, so perhaps there is truth to what Black Falcon say?