Seems the Vette will soon get a 7-speed manual. And you know once that happens it won't be long before it trickles down to the Camaro. And if the Camaro gets it, you know the Ford boys won't let the Mustang be down a cog for too long... yep, get ready to start rowing through seven.
the only reason to have so many gears is with a narrow power band.
is it really just Marketing(?)
with 7 gears, why stay in 3rd, 4th, or 5th ?
dragsters have 1 gear.......
That makes sense, but with many/most engines there days able to spin up over 6,000 rpm that isn't the case. The added gear(s) is mostly about squeezing out more MPG.
Nope, again, it's mostly about more MPG.
More gears means less/easy work for the engine.
That's because of their massive torque. They don't need to multiply it, the effort there is putting it down. (They're still slipping the clutch near/at the 1/4 mile point.)
Patrick
Auto crossing! Now that I have an automatic, it's not as fun, but sometimes I go anyway just to race around legally.
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