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Originally Posted by BelugaaF22
hi guys,
I was wondering for those with a 228i manual transmission, do you notice the car not reacting fast enough to your shifting when shifting from one gear to another? I would shift and then get on the gas but the car takes a while to catch up then resumes accelerating. is it just the nature of the stock tranny? any way to improve this lag time?
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It's an issue with gearing - basically you lose boost when shifting and it takes the car time to build up revs and for boost to build. What rpms are you shifting at? During max acceleration I think you would want to shift close to max revs to land you above 3k rpm after the shift.