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RedGTS
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I swore when I bought my G I would never do FI on it, but FI is like crack I guess, and the G chassis is so sweet all it needs is a good power injection to be darn near perfect, and well, insert your own excuse here, what can I say.
So I'm exploring the issue, and am most interested in how the E-gear system has held up in the TT cars. I'm assuming that the E-gear poses an additional risk that the manual cars do not, but how significant does it appear to be? Is there a particular power level at which E-gear problems seem to appear? And if problems do appear what are they likely to be and what's involved in fixing them?
On a similar note, what about the ESP? Does it still work at 700-800 rwhp? 1,000 rwhp? And if it doesn't work, what happens--does the car drive like it has no ESP but normally, or does it do weird things?
I'm going to do a search too but any feedback from people who have E-gear cars with twins would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Have you asked that question to a dealer or bank/credit union? I don't know how the current economic crisis has affected auto lending (and particularly lending on exotics), but it can't have been good for it. And "messed up" isn't very specific. If your credit score is 6XX that's one thing, and 5XX or lower may be very different.
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Well, the stock Italian Framm battery finally bit the dust. For those of you getting ready to replace your battery, I replaced mine with a Group 65 battery from AutoZone, their
"gold label" (most power). Fits great with the stock hold down clamp. There is a secret in getting the rubber molding on the "trunk tub" back in easily.......don't screw down the tub until you get the molding put back in. Also, don't forget to undo and redo the trunk light bulb!
Sounds like good tips; is finding the various screws/bolts to remove the tub to gain access to the battery difficult? I have a feeling my battery isn't going to last much longer based on how fast it seems to drain if I don't drive the car.
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I got a black car and ordered the bumper.
It's still noticeably more aggressive. The only difference is you lose the contrast with the black cf insert, but that's not a big deal IMO. I'm sure there are people who would rather the insert have been body color to start with. -
Now, how do you clear bra this thing?
That's a good question. I would think a 560 pattern would probably work, but might require some trimming or leave a little more gap around certain edges (maybe where the hood joins the bumper?). Hopefully RSC can clarify.
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I know what he was asking. My point is that there is a safe way to do it and that ain't it. You cannot adjust the jacks all that well, the lift interferes with the base, and it is real easy to drop it too hard on the stands, and yes I own a drive on lift. I guess if you can afford a Lambo and a lift, I sure as hell would probably use the jack and do it safely.
Not sure what you mean by "safe" (I assume you mean without damaging the car), but I jacked the car up pretty much exactly where I circled today by lowering the car onto jackstands and it worked fine. Very stable and no marks at all on the underside (I used small flat pieces of wood on the top of the stands and have some flat top stands with rubber pads on the way). You are correct you need to carefully align the stands while lowering so you wind up in the right place on the car and also don't hit the stands' base with the lift ramps, but that's not a big deal. I think anywhere on the angled flat area ahead of the triangle & rectangles (the part that's yellow in the diagram) will be fine as a jack point.
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Ok, I just talked to my dealer, and the person I spoke with seemed very familiar with the underside of the car and told me that they use a point much closer to what I asked about originally and circled, only even further inboard there where the angled roughly 6" wide flat portion we've been talking about comes together with the crossmember to which the A-arm attaches. So I think my proposed jacking point should be fine, as is probably any place on that angled portion shown in yellow on the diagram. I'll probably put it somewhat further inboard than where I circled though as he seemed confident it was even stronger there.
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That's what it looks like to me as well. It seems reasonable to think that the jack point that you want to use would be acceptable as long as you avoided the red and green areas, but I would wait till someone verified it. Maybe your dealership knows?
Maybe if I can get someone on the phone who knows without having to refer to the workshop manual!
TWG I thought that's what you meant in your first post, i.e., I understood you to be saying the captions under the photos were incorrect, not the diagram. Although I now think they are both incorrect, at least as far as the front lift points go.
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I agree that the diagram is confusing, when I first saw it it took me awhile while laying under the car to see were to jack. The rear is easy it has a big circle indented in the sheet metal. The front is just as the photograph shows it from the manual. My car also had marks from the dealerships hoist so it was easy to verify. If would have been nice for them to place a circle or a area with arrows of something that shows the area clearer on the actual sheet metal for the front.
Do you agree that the place where the front lifting point is shown in the picture of the actual car is yellow in the diagram and not red? It's pretty clear to me, but I want to make sure I'm not seeing things. I think they screwed up the lines pointing to the front lift points as well as the front/rear references under the pictures.
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Thanks for the helpful post!
RedGTS- It looks like your placement is out of the recommended area. I'm interested as well, as my brother has the same type of lift you do and I would love to be able to place my car on stands there when I go visit.
I agree, but as noted if you look closely at the diagram I'm 99% sure the pictured position is also out of the recommended (red) area on the front. The triangle and rectangles on the underbody make it pretty easy to tell that the place where the support in the photo is positioned is yellow, and the red area would be in the area of the front control arm (which obviously makes no sense).
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Thanks for the info. That is one confusing diagram. In addition to the error you pointed out with reversing front and back, the arrows in the diagram that purport to identify the front "support boards" are pointing to the red areas in the diagram that appear to me to be in the wheel well area and not where the support is actually positioned in the photograph. Both the photo I posted and the one in the manual show the jack support positioned on the angled yellow portion of the diagram, and the place I circled above where I was proposing to put mine is on that same yellow area just further toward the inside of the car. The rear "support boards" on the diagram appear to be a similar yellow angled portion, which makes me wonder if the arrows are incorrect for the front. Does anyone know what the red areas on the diagram signify?
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Calling Rick (Doltmo)
I don't think there should be any problem.
Yeah I think doltmo was the one who posted it, so maybe he'll weigh in.
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I found the photo below on another thread which uses the photo to illustrate an acceptable front jacking point. My problem is my car sits on a drive-on lift, and the easiest way to jack it up is to simply lower it onto jack stands using the lift. But the stands can't be directly below the drive-on ramps, obviously, they have to be inboard of them, so the jacking point used in this photo (more or less directly behind the front wheel) is out. So my question is, would the area circled in red (where I could place a jackstand) also be acceptable? Thanks.
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Skokos - a master with girls and reposts.
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Put me down as well. Thanks.
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Speaking of upkeep and durability on a TT, what driveline parts are the TT cars using? I'm assuming most are using an aftermarket clutch, but what else? Is the stock tranny and other parts up to the increase in power?
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By "two launch buttons," do you mean ESP off and Sport mode on? I have an '04 and wasn't sure if there was a different "launch mode" for later cars. I'd be interested to hear what you find out about your E-gear light.