Originally posted by Tom Larkins:
No expert on the issue of the F1 tranny by any means. Spent some time at one of the few shops the works on them in town as I would like to have one on a lift above my nsx and have done checking into the service issues. They were nice enough to show me in detail some of the concerns w/the 6spd and F1 as they had 3 of them up on racks w/schd. maint. underway. They indicated the F1 was a tranny that is amazing, capable if gear changes in 1000th's of a second, but its at the mercy of fingers on the paddles and takes some getting use too. While it automatically adjusts to decrease travel w/its components they wear at a greater level do to the lack of driver ability to change clutch imput manually. Its hard for me to explain this verbally, but I assume they slip in a fashion to make up for manual imput from the driver in exact movements or the trans. is so advanced it doesn't like what some do to it. Funny thing is from what i've learned that the 6sp and F1 have both had issues in instances and other drivers w/the same cars have none concerns at all, so who can nail the problem down other that to say it must be the people driving them thats the problem. Do a search on f-chat under 355f1 and you'll see what I mean if you havn't already. Again, congrats and keep us posted on your impressions and share any past issues you have learned about it, if any. At the price you payed for it, these things are getting within reach, and no stickers please.