Re: alfa-digest V8 #340

[Dennis Lou <dlou@domain.elided>]

>Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:48:31 -0800 (PST)
>From: Scott Fisher <sfisher71@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: CVT vs Selespeed
>
>Not Audi's, not on any of those counts: better fuel
>economy than a manual, lower overall drivetrain weight
>due to the lack of a torque converter, better
>acceleration by 0.1 sec to 60 mph, and currently in
>use in vehicles with 220 bhp/221 ft/lb of torque (the
>most powerful engine available in their FWD range;

One interesting thing about Audi's implementation is that they
programmed it to get rid of some of that "slipping clutch" feel.
If they hadn't done that, performance is estimated to have been
a lot closer to the 6spd manual if not better.

-Dennis
Sunnyvale, CA
'85 GTV6

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