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Today was my first track day with my 2012 LS
The car has 1500miles / The clutch + trans are stock (but removed the pedal spring).
Overall the experience was GREAT. I had great FUN ;D
but
I found out about the clutch and the trans issues the hard way after only 30min of driving...
1) Coming out of the last turn into the straight I was not able to shift from 4th (7000 rpm) into 5th...
It took several attempts to get it and sometime I even had to shift into 6th instead (but then you're far out of the powerband).
2) At the end of the straight, I had a hard time getting it to downshift from 5th to 4th...(although I did brake hard to get safely into 4th).
So what is the cure for this?
A new clutch would do? or a clutch + trans?
Then what to choose? A OEM GT500 setup? An aftermarket TREMEC kit?
Thank you for sharing your tried and true solutions!
Why did the LS not come with the GT500 trans? (like the 302S)
The car has 1500miles / The clutch + trans are stock (but removed the pedal spring).
Overall the experience was GREAT. I had great FUN ;D
but
I found out about the clutch and the trans issues the hard way after only 30min of driving...
1) Coming out of the last turn into the straight I was not able to shift from 4th (7000 rpm) into 5th...
It took several attempts to get it and sometime I even had to shift into 6th instead (but then you're far out of the powerband).
2) At the end of the straight, I had a hard time getting it to downshift from 5th to 4th...(although I did brake hard to get safely into 4th).
So what is the cure for this?
A new clutch would do? or a clutch + trans?
Then what to choose? A OEM GT500 setup? An aftermarket TREMEC kit?
Thank you for sharing your tried and true solutions!
Why did the LS not come with the GT500 trans? (like the 302S)