2012 RENNTECH CLS63 beating my CTSV
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It was delaying from 3rd to 4th and it wouldn't shift at all to 5th. This was happening to me against everyone one I raced. It makes a huge difference. 1 race vs a modded e60 m5 I started pulling at a very good pace and it gets stuck and you can see my car bounce in the video from the momentum. The m5 starts coming and I stop his pull and start coming again and then it didn't shift at all to 5th. You can hear and see it.
The tcu tune is supposed to make it shift faster than stock. That delay and momentum killer turns into a fast shift and it's going to look different.
The tcu tune is supposed to make it shift faster than stock. That delay and momentum killer turns into a fast shift and it's going to look different.
What I was trying to say is if you are doing roll races from 40ish then you are running all the way to 130mph before you are worried about your shift problem. By 130mph you should know which car is faster unless you like racing to 180mph or something? You were also talking about shifting to 5th, how dang fast do you need to go to decide who wins?
I see the run you posted was kind of close so I guess you wanted to keep going to very high speeds, but needing to shift to 5th?
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What I was trying to say is if you are doing roll races from 40ish then you are running all the way to 130mph before you are worried about your shift problem. By 130mph you should know which car is faster unless you like racing to 180mph or something? You were also talking about shifting to 5th, how dang fast do you need to go to decide who wins?
I see the run you posted was kind of close so I guess you wanted to keep going to very high speeds, but needing to shift to 5th?
I see the run you posted was kind of close so I guess you wanted to keep going to very high speeds, but needing to shift to 5th?
Thankfully I never really ever had issues but that night I did and my car didn't run to its full potential. I wanted to give them their 160 run but car wouldn't shift to 5th for that. I agree most races will never even hit 160 but just wanted satisfy them. We'll do a rematch once its good. Just found oil in my garage today so I have another issue :/
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05 White Pano E55, Cadillac CTS-V
Which M5 from the list you had of cars going was that one? Did you run any other cars and how were the outcomes, anything win easily or everything close?
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I raced the cls63, LP560 and the V and shift problems or not all 3 are faster. That 1 run with the m5 and I tried vs the fbo 335 and I couldn't shift at all from 1st to 2nd with him when it was shifting most of the night. I was going to race them all and just stopped. Everyone agreed there was no reason for me to keep racing cause it as clear at times I wasn't moving at all.
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@ e55amggg04 does the car shift better now have you try it?you said you find the oil in the garage! That sounds to me maybe from the tranny! Hope im wrong
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Not sure yet. Didn't get a chance to take it on the highway. Now with this leak I won't take the chance to see if it shifts until I see where's it's coming from. I'm hoping its just the vavle covers
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Yea man take it to mechanic and make sure everything is ok then test it out but I'm sure she is ok your e55 was always running strong just let us know how everything goes
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I have 58k miles. I'm not sure what it is yet. I know when I get on it that it's spraying oil upward it even gets on my hood right above the valve cover which makes me believe that it's probably coming out of there somehow.