I'm at almost 4000 miles with my MT car and I think my review is a little different than everyone else here.
First and foremost my opinion is based on the numerous shifters I've had over the years. I've done a lot of part swaps and my experiences are with the following:
- GR STI with all the...
yeah 100%.... I cant think of a car that doesn't have a subframe directly under the oil pan. On the M3 I just took the subframe and motor mounts loose and supported the engine with a support beam on the strut towers and let the sub frame sag down.. drops 4-5" and provides adequate room to get...
I'm sure they're all different... the DSG requires very strick service intervals and the fluid "deteriorates" aggressively so depending how that car was maintained may have made your experience sub-optimal.
I had a 2015 GTI from 0 to 60k and did the service at 30 and 60 and it always drove...
They came in 2 flavors of tuning. The VW DSG would "creep" very aggressively when you lifted off the brake and occasionally had abrupt downshifts slowing down. The BMW DCT would require throttle input and it would "feather" (slip) the clutch to take off then would lockup and stay locked...
Could also just have been debris on the crush washer.. i'd just take the bolt out and bite the bullet and see what you're looking at... I cant imagine dropping the oil pan is that big a pain on this car... my M3 oil pan was pretty easy when I did my S55 crank hub.
Automatic transmissions have power loss over a manual regardless of the design. They have hydraulic pumps and a lot of moving pieces that create parasitic drag. The converter lockup is hydro power, the clutches are hydro power.. the valve body is hydro power.. its constantly pumping fluid to...
I just rolled 1200 miles with my MT and it seems like the ECU is doing less torque limiting around torque peak. If the MFG is doing any power limiting its definitely just a peak torque limiter down low in the RPM where the stresses on the motor are really high.
I have a pretty involved...
I just swapped to the E9x slave and can tell you its a vast improvement over the delay valve setup. The slave is: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-clutch-slave-cylinder-21526785964
Immediately noticed that engagement is actually in the pedal feel and not smoothed out after the fact... 1st...
So what you're experiencing is mostly the PID control of the ECU moving the throttle blade at a slower rate. Basically think of the throttle blade as a constantly moving target and the ECU is always trying to get it to the requested angle as quickly as it can. In sport and normal modes these...
Its such a waste.... they're having zero problem moving B58 cars yet they want to waste production on a lower margin 4 cylinder thats literally not a good value...