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Jun 17, 2008 | 08:12 AM

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boca996tt

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would be nice to find out if the power launch is bad for the transmission or not.. from a transmission shop/builder.

Jun 17, 2008 | 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by boca996tt

would be nice to find out if the power launch is bad for the transmission or not.. from a transmission shop/builder.

100% sure that is not good for the transmission

Jun 17, 2008 | 08:32 AM

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i really think that this is bad for the tiptronic i had some problem with the torque converter and now i don't any other problems with the gearbox !
from second gear wot and thats it !

alex55,
This is the first time that I heard of torque converter problem with this launch; maybe just happened that you have a bad torque converter at the first place???
Either way, I really don't do this much... only to see what my car could do.

Jun 17, 2008 | 09:09 AM

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this was my problem : https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...d.php?t=126989

Jun 17, 2008 | 09:23 AM

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this was my problem : https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...d.php?t=126989

Sorry to hear what you had to go thru.

Jun 17, 2008 | 09:54 AM

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now is ok !!

Jun 17, 2008 | 10:02 AM

#22

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Originally Posted by Harold

Unfortunately that is the case. Did 4 runs on a 996tt tip with no left foot braking, and runs were between 6.1 seconds and 5.8 seconds for the 0-60mph, all taken off a Performance Box.

Definitely a result of turbo lag. I am trying to convince a friend to lend me his TT tip for another test just to confirm if the test car was stuffed. My standard 993 Carrera 2 manual did the 0-60mph in 5.7 seconds (needed to dump the clutch to get that figure). Go figure. Pretty sad huh. Anyway, 0-60mph times are pretty redundant in the real world.

Curious what turbos you have; refering to the "slightly over 600hp"? Do you think you have more lag than stock? When you do a power launch with brakes, how high is the rpm? Thanks

Jun 17, 2008 | 06:41 PM

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Curious what turbos you have; refering to the "slightly over 600hp"? Do you think you have more lag than stock? When you do a power launch with brakes, how high is the rpm? Thanks

Yup, running bigger turbo's. For me I need to get the revs up high which worries me- I remember that Sharkey had a modified torque converter on his ex car that could take bigger RPM launches and I am thinking of getting that for my car. My gearbox has no mods at the moment other than an external cooler.