360 F1 bucking in first

I get that sometimes, 360 has a very touchy throttle in 1st gear. F1 trans. I am guessing?
Learning how much throttle to give takes a while, especially at take off to keep it smooth.

 

To preserve clutch life I always apply very light throttle and make sure I get full clutch engagement before applying heavy throttle. Just shift around 2-3k rpm to 2nd and then if you want to let er rip then go full throttle. You will also find if your car is warmed up, the shift from 1st to 2nd is much smoother if you shift at those RPM's. Also check that you have your car in sport mode, shifting speed and smoothness will be much better.

Glad I could help, post some pics of your upcoming road trip, it's really cold here so I can live vicariously through you until Spring arrives.

 

I get the same bucking in first gear at times in my 360. The action itself is caused by your foot moving out of sync with the acceleration/deceleration of the car. It's a driver induced oscillation of sorts. It's most prevalent if and when:

The F1 is cold. Once warm, this issue seems less likely.
You don't consciously hold your foot steady as a rock.
You position the throttle in one particular spot, that I have yet to reliably avoid at all times.
You start off on a incline or curve.

The solution is to immediately upshift or get off the gas. Upshifting leads to less embarrassment, ha!

Doug
2004 360 F1

 

yep.. happens in my F430 sometimes.. and in other computer controlled clutches I think.. coz it happened with my M3 SMG as well.

Just upshift or let go of gas as mentioned.. get out of 1st quickly.

 

The best way to as mentioned is to apply light throttle and even back off the gas pedal until clutch is fully engaged. With the F1 trans, clutches are usually eaten up to improper driving especially from a stand still. You should take a mirror and check that the trans mount has not torn because you will get more bucking when shifting at higher rpms. This will caused engine mounts to fail prematurely.

If it keeps bucking, then the clutch might be glazed or depending on when the clutch was changed, you might need a new one.

Ciao,
Jon

 

short shift into second. It's the only positive way I have seen for getting rid of that jerkiness on the 1-2 shift.

The throttle input from the pedal is only a suggestion with the DBW. The ecu still controls the actual throttle body and it actually wigs out a little right there even if you are constant on the pedal. I notice it much more now as it's also where the turbos start to spool.

Justin

 

I've driven a manual and F1 360 and experienced that in both cars. I figured maybe the first gear is smaller and therefore more sensitive and I just wasn't used to it???

 

I think this problem is fairly common with single clutch transmissions of all types. I have experienced this problem on a few occasions and even recently after the clutch was checked and had its sensor replaced. The bucking only occurs in first gear and stops if you let up on the pedal or shift to second. I have a theory that the jumpiness happens when you are slowing to a stop, then suddenly accelerate- just a theory. The same hiccup occurs in the other single clutch systems in the M series BMWs with SMG.

 

Ha! Its operator error!!! seriously, happens often.

 

When I let one of my friends drive my 2003 F-1 360, he had bucking problems too. His first time driving a 360.

I quickly suggested shifting to second gear which solved the problem.

Later he was in first again and had more bucking. Told him not to try to modulate to correct because that usually just perpetuates the bucking. That helped smooth things.

My guess is that you had forgotten how to drive smoothly in first gear since you had been away from the car, and not a mechanical malfunction.

 

Uh, the red one?

 

Lol, pretty easy when the cars around it were not 360's. An F430, a 458, and the one on the road was a 550/575.

 

You should always start out in full automatic anthen switch over to manual. If my memory jogs me correctly, the 360 CS did not have this option, but it is deffinatly on the SCUD.

 

No, no, no, not necessary. Bringing up the CS and or the Scud does not help the OP when he owns neither.