My car came with steering in sports mode.
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ihatepotholess said:My car came with steering in sports mode.
no it doesnt save it like that. if you enable sport mode which is holding the brake depress the tcs botton twice it will take the steering to sport and it turns advanced track down some and traction control but both are still on. its in the boss owners manual I believe.CaliMR said:So it saves the steering settings individually for the traction modes?
I thought it made all the settings a little stiffer for the steering, but I don't remember where I heard that.
Cali,CaliMR said:"Track use only" is just so it would get CARB cert, you will never use the regular key again. Just put good gas in it, at least 91 octane from a station where it doesn't get stale from sitting (ie don't buy gas at the station on Skyline). No issues running it on the street, just a little more engine braking, no skip shift (unless you have a 13), better noises.
Straight from the V2.0 TK instructions:MakeMyDay said:Cali,CaliMR said:"Track use only" is just so it would get CARB cert, you will never use the regular key again. Just put good gas in it, at least 91 octane from a station where it doesn't get stale from sitting (ie don't buy gas at the station on Skyline). No issues running it on the street, just a little more engine braking, no skip shift (unless you have a 13), better noises.
I've heard 2 different takes on the 13 Boss. One story goes that the 13 does not have skip-shift anymore. The other story is it has skip-shift and cannot be disabled even with the Trac-Key. Do you know what is the real deal?
Thanks,
MMD
I was wrong on that so sorry for the confusion. You still have the Sport option with TK.boss2511 said:I read over the trackey operators instructions a few times and dont see any mention of steering modes. only mention of steering is about when you take it out of pit lane mode.
I have just read the instructions you linked to and I read this twice and I can interpret this 2 ways. I can see how someone might think that skip-shift is present in the 13 but cannot be disabled with track key now (which isn't the case with the 12's). Not clearly written IMO.5 DOT 0 said:Straight from the V2.0 TK instructions:MakeMyDay said:Cali,CaliMR said:"Track use only" is just so it would get CARB cert, you will never use the regular key again. Just put good gas in it, at least 91 octane from a station where it doesn't get stale from sitting (ie don't buy gas at the station on Skyline). No issues running it on the street, just a little more engine braking, no skip shift (unless you have a 13), better noises.
I've heard 2 different takes on the 13 Boss. One story goes that the 13 does not have skip-shift anymore. The other story is it has skip-shift and cannot be disabled even with the Trac-Key. Do you know what is the real deal?
Thanks,
MMD
"Skip-shift disable (2012 only)"
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CFkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fordracingparts.com%2Ftrackey%2Finclude%2FTracKey_Customer_Instructions_V2.0.pdf&ei=zbC3T5iTF8aciALeocTkBg&usg=AFQjCNETjsne2-8q4nCDitJb1n7LbasdKg&sig2=JOHeYLeApFs3WoHXXnWd4Q
CaliMR said:Someone with a 13 just needs to granny shift at 18 mph and see if it skip shifts, then we should know what the answer is. Though not having skip shift could explain the drop in mpg rating (I seem to remember there being one, but it should only affect city mpg).
try what I did. linger in 1st like you are going to super shift to second to create a burnout for the gods. thats when it would come on for meTheMarco said:CaliMR said:Someone with a 13 just needs to granny shift at 18 mph and see if it skip shifts, then we should know what the answer is. Though not having skip shift could explain the drop in mpg rating (I seem to remember there being one, but it should only affect city mpg).
So far, even when I try to drive as fuel-efficient as I possibly can, it hasn't come on for me. Ever. 1000+ miles on it now. I really am wondering whether the car even has the feature....
TheMarco said:CaliMR said:Someone with a 13 just needs to granny shift at 18 mph and see if it skip shifts, then we should know what the answer is. Though not having skip shift could explain the drop in mpg rating (I seem to remember there being one, but it should only affect city mpg).
So far, even when I try to drive as fuel-efficient as I possibly can, it hasn't come on for me. Ever. 1000+ miles on it now. I really am wondering whether the car even has the feature....
BossJockey said:A few questions for the guys that have been using Trackey for a few months.
1. Gas mileage with Trackey. I fill up the car before getting the Trackey. Then I drove about 100 miles with Trackey, more aggressively and with more idling that usual. I fill her up and my gas mileage was about the same as I normally get. Have you guys noticed any change in gas mileage with the Trackey?
2. Idle RPM. My car idles 100 rpm higher with Trackey than it does with the silver key. It does this either with or without the lopey idle active. Do they all do that?
3. Launch Control. Is it better to use the Launch Control with the traction control on or off? I did one test at 2500 rpm with the traction control on and it still put down two 15ft black stripes. The instructions say for best results to turn off traction control. I may do an autocross next weekend and I was wondering what has been your experience with it.
Wow you're not having any fun with your Boss. I'm usually in the 13 MPG range with either key.Boss #2452 said:1) I have noticed worse fuel efficiency when using track key. Mainly I find this on the highway: driving in townI am getting around 21.5 MPG with either key.
5 DOT 0 said:Wow you're not having any fun with your Boss. I'm usually in the 13 MPG range with either key.Boss #2452 said:1) I have noticed worse fuel efficiency when using track key. Mainly I find this on the highway: driving in townI am getting around 21.5 MPG with either key.
That's better. You have more will power than me to shift at 2,000 RPM's. Enjoy your Boss.Boss #2452 said:I try not to have too much "fun" while I'm driving around town. It is tempting to run the engine out too much just because it sounds so damn good, but I try to keep shift at 2000 RPM to save fuel. I drive the car almost every day, so I'd like to save my discretionary funds for going racing on the weekends isntead of racing stop-light to stop-light like the rest of the idiots (You know, the ones in Toyota's with cellphones on their ears).
That said, I just placed second in class at a local autocross last weekend. I found the fastest way around the course was side-ways in a cloud of tire smoke. Sound like fun to you?