ari (audiless)

Great stuff! I've been wondering how much the pro vs amateur shifting affects 0-60 times. You definitely could have cut time off by running to redline. A bit of practice and you can reliably shift just before the limiter/cutoff kicks in. As an aside, my chip moves the rev limiter up about 700 RPM which I discovered by accident at the track 2 weeks ago when I was concentrating so hard on hitting a braking zone right that I forgot to upshift a quarter mile up the straight. Since I learned this, I have experimented once or twice with launches and can (possibly my imagination?) notice the difference it makes to avoid the 2-3 shift in the 0-60 sprint.

dug01

Probally more like a 1 to 1.5 second slower with tip--MT did 0-60 in 5.9 with 6sp in A6 2.7t

Auto Union Jack

is 3.5:1. 2nd in a Tip is 1.999:1 and in a 6 spd, it is 1.889:1. 0-60 in a Tip will be attained part way in 2nd in a Tip. At WOT in D the Tips higher 1st gear doesn't auto shift at 2K but screams to redline and does a redline auto shift. Could this make up for a .6 second difference in 0-60? Hell yes. One shift which is faster than human engagement may make up for the slight weight disadvantage. If 6 speed guys want to dump their clutch at 5K to get the jump out of the whole, by the tenth launch from 0-60 something will be burning and slipping; unlike the normal "D" launch of the Tip. I wonder at what 0-60 test measurement the 6 speed times would start to increase for good.

Andy@Ross-Tech

<center><img src="http://andy.smith.net/vwfiles/060c.gif"></center><p>Also, you can get nice, even time increments on your plot by selecting "XY-Scatter" as the plot type. Here's an old run that I did.<ul><li><a href="http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/option_screen.html">http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/option_screen.html</a</li></ul>

Singletrack

Very cool.