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Old 10-09-2011, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by dave the viking View Post
When you are in S it tells the computer in the car to change to a different set of parameters(stiffen the rear shocks if it is a v8, to increase the throttle response, to hold a gear shift to be longer, to increase the pulls with on the injectors, to give a bit more timing and to increase the voltage to the coils). With the Mx5 it will give it another 50-100 hp.
This isn't an X5M with an M button being discussed here, it is simply the transmission shift mode (standard, sports, or manual) on the automatic transmission. It just affects the transmission shift points.
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