What air lockers are not exciting? Damn I must be a bit behind. LOL Thanks for the tip and the answer to my question. JG Help me support Autism research! Join my team! http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/
--- On Fri, 10/30/09, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Francis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Car buffs, help needed > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:50 PM > > Jeep and "gee-whiz technology" don't belong in the same > discussion :-) > > Twin-clutch transmissions are semi-automatic or full > automatic > transmissions that don't have a torque converter (which is > one > of the biggest sources of power loss in an automatic > transmission). > You need computer-controlled transmissions to make them > usable, > so although they were seen in performance cars in the 80s > (the > Porsche 956 & 962 in sports car racing, and the equally > dominant > Audi Quattro rally car), it's only recently that they > showed up > in cars in the showroom. They are mostly to be found in > high- > end performance marques (Bugatti, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, . > . .), > but Ford and VW use them in models for the consumer > marketplace. > > The benefit, for performance cars, is the very fast shift > times > that are possible (1/10 of a second or less). > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 04:55:19PM -0700, Sandra Hermann > wrote: > > Why in the world would you need more than one > clutch? Isn't one bad enough? > > JG > > P.s. I think Jeeps may be a great topic..... > > > > > > ?Help me support Autism research!? Join my > > team!??http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies > > ?http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/? > > > > > > --- On Fri, 10/30/09, John Francis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > From: John Francis <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: OT: Car buffs, help needed > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 3:31 PM > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 04:13:55PM > > > -0400, paul stenquist wrote: > > > > What's the latest gee-whiz technology in the > auto biz. > > > Looking for? > > > > topics that are unusual and somewhat > obscure. For > > > example the ceramic? > > > > brake disc is potentially a good topic, the > hydrogen > > > fuel cell? is? > > > > probably not. Any ideas will be greatly > appreciated. > > > > > > The place to look for cutting-edge technology is > often in > > > racing, > > > and typically in F1 and/or WRC. > > > > > > Currently F1 is using carbon/carbon brakes - > ceramics are > > > old hat. > > > > > > If you're looking for technology that's just > beginning to > > > show up > > > in cars driven by mere mortals, twin-clutch > transmisssions > > > might > > > be worth taking a look at. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
