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RE: 100% absolutely off topic - but can u techies help
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: RE: 100% absolutely off topic - but can u techies
help
- From: REB.Barnett@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:29:02 +0100
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> What I'm trying to get across is that the Alfa etc are REAL
> manual boxes (ie
> no torque converter and a proper clutch) that are
> mechanically operated like
> an F1 car.
>
> Not sure whether F1's are sequential or not (like a motorbike).
Modern F1s are sequential, as is the Caterham Blackbird, Westfield
Megablade
and the humble MCC Smart car.
Mark - just to confuse things even more - there are a couple of tiptronic
style implementations kicking about that use manual boxes coupled to torque
convertors - the benefit being they are less jerky.
Ferrari's semi-automatic gearbox is reputed to eat clutches in a few
thousand miles. Not heard whether Alfa's implementation (which uses the
same
technology) is any better...
Ray.
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