I might be the outlier but I agree with OP. Stock power is tons of fun, especially if the suspension and aero hasn't been touched because let's be real, stock power is TOO much for stock chassis.
My favorite thing to do is make my wife be DD then have her take me on joyrides after a night out...
Yup even after the CDV delete it still clunks - more so in sport mode which I attribute to the throttle mapping being more aggressive. I've had some MT owners say their car clunks like ours, and others say theirs does not, so was just curious.
As for the overboost revmatch I get that as well -...
I have a 23 MT with 15000 miles on it, I've owned it since 8000 miles.
I've never had any issue with gear grind, not once. Either before or after I did the CDV delete (around 11,000 miles). And yup I drove the piss out of it before I did the CDV delete with multiple redline shifts at WOT...
I have a huge ass DO88 intercooler on my Rx7. It's a beautiful piece and works well at keeping my IATs in check even here in the Texas heat. Can't imagine you could go wrong with a DO88 manifold.
Of course auto is typically faster, because it takes one more element out of the hands of the driver (literally) and puts that responsibility onto a computer. Ever money shift mid lap and blow an engine? I had a student do just that and it was a very humbling moment for the guy.
BUT again, why...
To keep this thread from getting too serious, here's a true story of my hot tempered wife:
At the end of a wild night in downtown Austin, my wife and I were walking a busy street when we saw a flashy C7 convertible blasting annoying music, driven by two trust-fund looking bros. It was 2 a.m...