Chipped 535d on the Track
05-15-2005, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SG535d' date='May 15 2005, 04:26 PM
Took my chipped 535d onto the track yesterday (East Fortune, near Edinburgh). Being the only diesel, and the heaviest car there, I think it did pretty well!? 
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Very cool video
What was the light blue two-door car you were following most of the time? I watched the long video and I kept thinking you were going to get by him, but in the end he passed the dark blue and you did not have time to get around that one. Was it a Honda S2000?
05-15-2005, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by derrickj' date='May 16 2005, 02:48 AM
Very cool video? What was the light blue two-door car you were following most of the time?? I watched the long video and I kept thinking you were going to get by him, but in the end he passed the dark blue and you did not have time to get around that one.? Was it a Honda S2000?
What was the light blue two-door car you were following most of the time?? I watched the long video and I kept thinking you were going to get by him, but in the end he passed the dark blue and you did not have time to get around that one.? Was it a Honda S2000?[snapback]129017[/snapback]
05-16-2005, 12:06 AM
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Nice footage. Looks like you could have done with Hobi's gear shift paddles mod though!
05-16-2005, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by clived' date='May 16 2005, 09:06 AM
Nice footage. Looks like you could have done with Hobi's gear shift paddles mod though!
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Biggest problem was when dropping gears to slow for the corner, half way round the corner the car would go up a gear. So I get it into 2nd, half way round it goes back up to 3rd. I had to keep one hand on the wheel, and the other on the gearstick, so yes, Hobi's mod would be great! That, and maybe a remap for the steptronic
or an SMG conversion 
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Were you approaching the limiter then to make it go back up?
If you were that high into the rev band taking the corner (which I assume you were taking pretty much flat before the apex?) why not just do the corner in 3rd and be bang on the torque for pulling away?
If you were that high into the rev band taking the corner (which I assume you were taking pretty much flat before the apex?) why not just do the corner in 3rd and be bang on the torque for pulling away?
05-16-2005, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by clived' date='May 16 2005, 11:24 AM
Were you approaching the limiter then to make it go back up?
If you were that high into the rev band taking the corner (which I assume you were taking pretty much flat before the apex?) why not just do the corner in 3rd and be bang on the torque for pulling away?
If you were that high into the rev band taking the corner (which I assume you were taking pretty much flat before the apex?) why not just do the corner in 3rd and be bang on the torque for pulling away?
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I need to study the footage to compare the same corner in 3rd and 2nd.
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Nice work. Great quality video and driving!