Originally Posted by Dr.Chris

I've heard mixed reviews on "the place in the springs" for SST service. I'm actually considering driving my car down to Houston to have the clutches replaced. 62K miles, changed fluid and filter at 30k. I've had two instiences that the car would skip gears. The most recent was two days ago, so I'm afraid that the clutch fork is failing. Time to take it to the experts at Kozmic for me.

Hope to see you around Denver! Look for me at the local autocross or time attack after I get fixed up.

Originally Posted by Napalm_Enema

S Sport manual is recommended to prolong your clutch packs, as there is less slipping driving this method. Also you have the power when you need it, anytime. Additionally if you are modified it is not recommended to punch it (WOT) in sport or normal mode as it really stresses the clutches when you do so when modified and not in S Sport mode.

Honestly I prefer driving in S Sport manual all the time because I can now feel the clutches slipping more in Sport or Normal. Also the shifts are smooth and instantaneous which I prefer.

There is no 'overkill' for driving in S Sport, unless you put it in S Sport Automatic, then yes, that is overkill as you tool up to the stoplight with Molly McMinivan and your car is revving to 5k constantly down to 1st gear.

I know you have to replace clutch packs after a while, as it is a wear item, but I would rather reduce that interval as much as possible, so S Sport manual it is. (and it feels the best!)

P.S. I know the feels of losing power at altitude with a turbo car. Took my 05 WRX up to Colorado for a couple weeks and everything was one gear lower to get going than down here at sea level lol.

Originally Posted by europaul

It is estimated that we loose up to 25% of power for an AWD vehicle. Thankfully Evo has a great potential to compensate. As for driving with SST i did notice the difference between manual and automatic shifting. The manual shifts faster and smoother. The only problem i currently have is that i am still on stock exhaust and i can't hear and feel the motor so i need to occasionally look at the tachometer to know when it is time to shift. I didn't have that issue with my turbo back subaru. I am not sure if that is true but i think that my car which is the fully loaded touring model may have additional noise protection layers that make it almost too comfortably quiet inside the cabin. I am currently researching on the possible exhaust options-any suggestions?

Originally Posted by Dr.Chris

I've heard mixed reviews on "the place in the springs" for SST service. I'm actually considering driving my car down to Houston to have the clutches replaced. 62K miles, changed fluid and filter at 30k. I've had two instiences that the car would skip gears. The most recent was two days ago, so I'm afraid that the clutch fork is failing. Time to take it to the experts at Kozmic for me.

Hope to see you around Denver! Look for me at the local autocross or time attack after I get fixed up.

Originally Posted by Napalm_Enema

I think the Sakura street exhaust sounds great, is the main one I am eyeballing. I did get a chance to ride in a car with an Akropovik and it was almost as quiet as stock so don't bother drooling over that hyper expensive piece lol. Another one I liked a lot was the quad oval tipp Cobb. I am looking, when I get an exhaust, for something that isn't too over the top, but a nice sound and a bit more aggressive than stock.

Car is quiet stock, I have the MR fully loaded so it has noise dampening in it as well. I'm used to it by now so rarely look at the tac. As that poster above however showed, perhaps just Sport auto is fine 24/7 if he's at 150k with the stock clutchpacks lol.

Sakura:

http://1kaizentuning.rpmware.com/sak...i-2208437.aspx

Cobb:

http://www.cobbtuning.com/products/c...back-exhaust-1

Originally Posted by Napalm_Enema

I think the Sakura street exhaust sounds great, is the main one I am eyeballing. I did get a chance to ride in a car with an Akropovik and it was almost as quiet as stock so don't bother drooling over that hyper expensive piece lol. Another one I liked a lot was the quad oval tipp Cobb. I am looking, when I get an exhaust, for something that isn't too over the top, but a nice sound and a bit more aggressive than stock.

Car is quiet stock, I have the MR fully loaded so it has noise dampening in it as well. I'm used to it by now so rarely look at the tac. As that poster above however showed, perhaps just Sport auto is fine 24/7 if he's at 150k with the stock clutchpacks lol.

Sakura:

http://1kaizentuning.rpmware.com/sak...i-2208437.aspx

Cobb:

http://www.cobbtuning.com/products/c...back-exhaust-1

Originally Posted by ferrari99

I have the cobb single ovals - ended up painting them black to match my car. (heat paint basically)
The exhaust sounds great. Perfect level of sounds and deepness.