I did *sigh*
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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horse power is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you." -
Alrighty - I had this stuff put in last night.
My existing oil in the gearbox was very old and black - definately needed to get this done!
The Motul competition oil was very thick and blue in colour.
A lesson to others is that 2X 1L containers will actually do the job. I barely even used 0.1 of the 3rd bottle!
When first driving off I was surprised that the gear change was quite firm.
Not notchy mind you - but firm. I was expecting it to be a fair bit easier.
It was the same this morning when I first drove off.
I guess its the fact that its a thicker oil - It takes a while to heat up.
There is no problem when its cold - everything still works better - but the change requires alot less effort once the car has warmed up.
After some intense driving - the oil warms up and the oil feels in its element - you can definately see its designed to operate at medium - high temperatures. Gears grab easily and dont need to be forced in - especially at high rpm.
All in all I am happy with the oil and I think will be flawless once on the track.
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As for the brake fluid - I have noticed a definate increase in brake feel.
Wasnt expecting the pedal to stay so consistent in feel especially once heated up.
There is slim to none brake fade - although what became more apparent is my shuddering brake discs.
That is another issue altogether!
I guess that when the brakes heated up the pedal travel became too great for me to push the brakes to a higher temperature as I lost confidence and the fluid boiled.
Now there is little fade so higher temperatures are achieved. Hence the shuddering is more evident.Comment
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