Discussion
I know all the magazines think the F1 is not up to scratch. (Compared to the M3 or the Vanquish). Some people even say that you can change gears quicker in the manual than in the F1 version. What do you guys think ?
From My experience the F1 was FAST. Full stop. You can drive it faster and harder into all the corners and deeper into the braking zones than the manual,
The car spends less time in neutral so you don’t have all that front shuffle when you dip the clutch in the manual, as the car goes from full acceleration, to nothing and then back to full acceleration.
You can visibly see other cars stop accelerating as they change gear.
In the F1 bikes, were game… in the manual, you need to work a little harder.
A tubi on an F1 sounds just likes like a Formula 1 accelerating. Shrill, then the tiniest punctuation then that shrill again.
Okay down side is it overheats in traffic and you have to be very careful milling about in first in traffic, plus needing a new clutch after 8 thousand miles. :-0
Why is the Enzo only offered with the F1 box ?.
From My experience the F1 was FAST. Full stop. You can drive it faster and harder into all the corners and deeper into the braking zones than the manual,
The car spends less time in neutral so you don’t have all that front shuffle when you dip the clutch in the manual, as the car goes from full acceleration, to nothing and then back to full acceleration.
You can visibly see other cars stop accelerating as they change gear.
In the F1 bikes, were game… in the manual, you need to work a little harder.
A tubi on an F1 sounds just likes like a Formula 1 accelerating. Shrill, then the tiniest punctuation then that shrill again.
Okay down side is it overheats in traffic and you have to be very careful milling about in first in traffic, plus needing a new clutch after 8 thousand miles. :-0
Why is the Enzo only offered with the F1 box ?.
I had the 360 F1 for a year and changed it for the 360M. After four months of manual gear changes I think most cars will have some sort of sequential based system.
I do Heel and toe and have been working to improve my gearshift… The clack as the gears go in is nice… And the take off in the manual is just a peach…. But the F1 from 2nd gear to top was better… as long as you lifted a millimetre on the gas after you pulled the lever on the upshift change.
The F1 needed two clutches about 8 thousand miles a piece , but I have to say I drove it hard.
Seems the F1 shift differs from car to car but if Ferrari / Sach or who ever makes the clutches get it sorted out then will the benefits of the F1 shift…. Stability , speed, accuracy (have missed a gear or two in full flow in the manual) start to outweigh the benefits of the manual shift.
Another slant is a straight sequential gear shift, with or with the clutch. That would off the best of both worlds …
There has to be a reason the Enzo doesn’t come with a normal shift… that was what got me thinking..
I presume you don’t have to keep the engine on the boil all the time with 600 odd bhp on tap any gear will do….
I do Heel and toe and have been working to improve my gearshift… The clack as the gears go in is nice… And the take off in the manual is just a peach…. But the F1 from 2nd gear to top was better… as long as you lifted a millimetre on the gas after you pulled the lever on the upshift change.
The F1 needed two clutches about 8 thousand miles a piece , but I have to say I drove it hard.
Seems the F1 shift differs from car to car but if Ferrari / Sach or who ever makes the clutches get it sorted out then will the benefits of the F1 shift…. Stability , speed, accuracy (have missed a gear or two in full flow in the manual) start to outweigh the benefits of the manual shift.
Another slant is a straight sequential gear shift, with or with the clutch. That would off the best of both worlds …
There has to be a reason the Enzo doesn’t come with a normal shift… that was what got me thinking..
I presume you don’t have to keep the engine on the boil all the time with 600 odd bhp on tap any gear will do….
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