[02midevil]

I know Im asking about a german car, front wheel drive turbo thats a paddle shiftable auto.

And being a long time troll and not regular member might get me banned but....

WHAT in the world does someone use it once for auto crossing in this type of car?

leave in drive and not paddle shift and try to keep the revs up to allow turbo to stay under boost(about 3K revs)?

try to paddle shift the auto and try to stay in boost (about 3K revs)?


Im NO Michael S but on the street the paddles are a blast but seem to lag... but again its the street and you cant push it and plow through turns.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[CrashTestDummy]

As Matthew says, too much delay in the shift, usually. And that is with the upshift _and_ downshift. Additionally, a stock automatic almost never downshifts at the exact moment you want it to, so you will have to adjust your shiftpoint. Most autocrosses, you'll usually put the car in a gear (or upshift once) and just drive.

I think you'll probably have much better times by concentrating on your line and steering and throttle inputs than by any HP advantage you might gain by trying to keep the engine on boost. You'll probably also be rewarded by learning when to start to apply the throttle on corner exit. You'll want to start earlier than with an N/A car, in order to get the turbo started spooling up. You just have to time things right so the turbo is on boost as the front wheels are almost straight.

But I don't think multiple shifts, especially in an otherwise stock vehicle, will help much in an autocross situation.