west

AlexFW, I did not notice something in upshifting time- no, though there may be some difference that I'm not noticing.
The Quaife IS smaller and lighter- yes. The OEM feels heavy and looks ugly compared to the Quaife.
Yeah, I'm not on an SMG tranny, so that might be why you feld the difference, I couldn't say. You got different gearing as well though, correct?

socale39

So when are we going to see some donut videos

west

Oh man. Absolutely love it. The rear end came out from under me a few times yesterday while learning how to turn corners at moderate speeds. The rear end swings out much easier than the OEM rear differential which is sort of scary, but could be considered fun for some people. It rained last night, so the wet roads of Seattle probably didn't help. Look forward to taking it to the track to get a feel for how to take turns in a more controlled environment where I won't get a ticket. To be honest, I'm not all that comfortable gassing the car too much on turns just yet because I haven't figured out how much speed is too much and don't really know what sorts of signals indicate the car will initiate a drift.

socale39

Yeah, and I imagine the wet road conditions in your area don't help either.....

or maybe they would

west

Figure a status update is in order. Took the e60 in today for oil and the technicians inspected the rest of the vehicle. They found that three of the bolts that hold the rear axles to the rear differential were missing! For all of you out there that have had your differential pulled/installed, make sure those bolts are torqued down really good. A bit of thread lock probably won't hurt either.

pradden

YIKES!! Good thing they caught this before the last one fell out!