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Nickoz said:
Specing my car next month and decision between tip and manual is bugging me. My Boxster S and old Carrera 2 were both manuals which I enjoyed driving immensley. I've never owned a tip Porsche before. Originally wanted to spec my 997TT as a tip because of faster 0-60 time, also because the car will be a daily driver 50% of the time (the rest of the time is long distance touring in the Aussie outback. Joy!). A no brainer or so I thought. Now I learn that the tip kickdown switch can sap performance if not handled exactly right, and that you're going to cook the torque converter if you do this type of thing more than once or twice anyways.
I HATE it when people beat me away from traffic lights, and that's a big rationale for getting this car, but it sounds as though for everyday quick get-aways and a long lived transmission I'm better of sticking with the manual, and forking out for a PDK turbo in a few years. Any opinions gratefully received!
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Nickoz said:
Specing my car next month and decision between tip and manual is bugging me. My Boxster S and old Carrera 2 were both manuals which I enjoyed driving immensley. I've never owned a tip Porsche before. Originally wanted to spec my 997TT as a tip because of faster 0-60 time, also because the car will be a daily driver 50% of the time (the rest of the time is long distance touring in the Aussie outback. Joy!). A no brainer or so I thought. Now I learn that the tip kickdown switch can sap performance if not handled exactly right, and that you're going to cook the torque converter if you do this type of thing more than once or twice anyways.
I HATE it when people beat me away from traffic lights, and that's a big rationale for getting this car, but it sounds as though for everyday quick get-aways and a long lived transmission I'm better of sticking with the manual, and forking out for a PDK turbo in a few years. Any opinions gratefully received!
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cannga said:
"The saga continues." More interesting info from Todd of Evolution MotorSports, in case you don't check 6speedonline:
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Thank you all for your questions, responses and interest in this thread.
I have done some more detailed research and found that there is no switch in the pedal. After purchasing a 997TT pedal and dissecting it, the "switch" that offers resistance against the pedal is just a spring loaded stop with some detent springs. It has nothing to do with the communication with the transmission computer. The communication comes from the potentiometer on the accelerator pedal when it moves past this point. I will be comparing the values from the Tip pedal to the 6-speed pedal shortly to see the differences as well as the possibility of using the 6-speed pedal. I have a 997TT Tiptronic in our shop for our EVT-610 tuning system that I will be using to get this project completed.
I apologize for not responding sooner and I will answer all of the questions that I have answers to individually.
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