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11 years ago
9-speed gearboxes save how much fuel?
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11 years ago
That probably is the case, or more correctly, we're targeting a narrower RPM band of the very highest efficiency.
I wonder how much of this efficiency is coming at the cost of reliability and durability however. I seriously doubt that these new multi-speed transmissions are built to the same safety margins as, say, an old TF727 3-speed... otherwise they'd weigh significantly more!
nate
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11 years ago
Perhaps. One engineer stated that gearboxes will not go above 11 ratios, as it is not feasible to squeeze more gears into a package that fits in a car.
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11 years ago
That's when you go with double gearboxes, or an adjustable differential, to multiply the number of actual gears.
OR, you go to a stronger metal for the gears so that they can be made smaller, although at this point I don't think we have a good one.
--scott
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11 years ago
have some faith in rags: cvt is not without shortcomings. coupled to a four banger that's all in vogue these days (thanks obama) that duo sounds in concert like your average dentist's drill
if you really perverse you could you the brave new world achievements from hybrid arena and pipe canned V-8 sound through the speakers though. don't like to have a stereo in your car? tough! have to have that shit these days for surrogate sound purposes