04-30-2008, 11:36 AM
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Location: Where the Sewer Meets the Sea, CA. USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lil bastard
Having the Tip S transmission is a reason NOT to go with the 'S'.
This is because in low gear and in second gear, an auto transmission acts as a torque multiplier.
Low gear, the gear used when getting under way, climbing a steep hill, or sometimes when pulling a very heavy load, has a torque multiple of around 3:1.
Second gear has a torque multiple of about 2:1.
In High gear, used at highway speeds, the transmission uses a direct drive gear, meaning that there is no torque multiplier.
And if you have a car equipped with "overdrive," like 5th gear in the Tip S, the torque ratio is in the neighborhood of 0.8:1.
Every auto transmission establishes its multiples with slight differences, depending on what the designers determine to be the most efficient torque multipliers for a given engine in a specific car.
You'll feel less torque in a Base w/ manual transmission than you will with a Tip S.
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Good info, Thanks Jim... I mean Lil_bastard.
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