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Originally Posted by speed2th
"Another reason is power. Manual transmissions and dual-clutch autos have difficulty handling extremely torquey engines which, with turbochargers taking over, are becoming more and more common"
Really? so the writer is claiming the automatic transmission is better than manual to handle high power and torque? I always thought it is the manual transmission can handle stress better ?
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Dragsters have autos. Not manuals. And if you read more, they looked at American manuals than can handle high horsepower and high torque . Like the ones in the Z06 and Viper. He said that they were heavy and that shift quality was awful. So, basically, they want lightweight manuals that can handle high horsepower and high torque and have great shift qualities. In a sense, they want a cheetah (light weight and fast) to handle very heavy prey (Cape Buffalo, giraffes, rhino, hippo, elephant) and not get hurt or winded. Which is almost impossible and makes no sense whatsoever.