Can anyone help? MC - Shift F1 box. Differences- did anything change on the Facelift Sport vs the S? Or is the clutch set up different ?

Sam McGoo

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Leading on from my thread here
https://www.sportsmaserati.com/inde...-it-again-another-granturismo-mc-shift.30386/


I said this.....
Noise;

"Now....this is important to me, and part of the reason I've gone MC shift again.....BUT.....the 2013 car is not as good on that front as the 2011 was.
I noticed this on the test drive, but thought it was just because I'd just got out of my 2011 with x-pipe. However, when I went down to collect the 2013 a week later, I had removed the x-pipe so got out of one standard car and straight into another, and it was missing something. It hasn't got that very pronounced Rev 'blip' when changing down gears that the early MC shift has. It almost sounds like the MC Auto. It's also missing some of the pops compared to the earlier car.
I don't know if its a software difference in the cars, or the way the clutch has been set up in my 2013 car, but the 2011 DEFINITELY sounds better!
I'll be fitting the x-pipe asap, and will ask someone in the know about the clutch/ software setup, if it could be something that can be altered.
It does seem to change down gears quicker, due to not taking the time to rev in between, but I'd rather have the noise from the throttle blip.
Changing up the gears and at WOT, it pretty much sounds and behaves the same as the earlier car. "



So this is a question for the experts, or anyone else that's had both and early S MC-Shift and Sport MC-Shift.
The later car is definitely missing the rev blip when changing down gears.
Is this a software difference?
A clutch setup issue?
Something else?
And can I get it changed?

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.
 

Sam McGoo

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That's what I'm thinking, but why would Maserati remove one of the biggest attractions of the MC-box?
 

Rwc13

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The facelift MC Autoshift has a fantastic downshift blip so I can’t imagine why they would have removed it on the MC shift. A fault?