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Re: "R" manual slower than T-5 auto??? 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Ray Niblett on  Mon Feb 26 04:48 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I notice day-to-day differences in performance. The ECU might

allow more boost given the fuel, temperature, etc. on any

given day as it tries to give you the max power available for

the given conditions. Disconnecting the battery for a bit (resets

the ECU) can also make the car faster for about 10 miles as

the ECU goes to default settings and then "re-tunes" to the

fuel, temp, etc. (the default settings are not at all conservative,

as far as I can tell, since my T5M is a rocket right after an ECU

reset).

The T5 could also have an aftermark ECU.

My other thought is a manually tranny may take a bit of experience

to learn how to drive it fast. Floor it at 2000 RPM and not much

happens. Downshift a gear (or two) and floor it and it takes off.





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