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Originally posted by ZetecRacing:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Fastest drag cars made aren't 1 or 2 speed trannies w/o a reason. Turbo Tom is putting an atx in his white focus, so I'm pretty sure there's good reason for it. I think once you get a certain amount of power, a properly built atx becomes much more helpful than a mtx.
so why do the top fuel drag cars have a 3rd pedal in them?
and a shifter too
HAHAHA...Joe I was wondering the same thing. You know the most in car shots I see is with the guy pulling this lever thing that has separate levers for each gear I guess ....LOL, Guys it is all in how you drive it. Sure, you can get more consistancy out of an ATX but lets remember one thing, track conditions are seldom consistant. This is where I could have an advantage. Why? Because an ATX has to rely on fluid and torque to shift. The problem is this, you cannot tell a ATX that traction is going away...hence the term "backpedling". If you start to get out of shape, play with a clutch and you can sometimes fix that problem. Get out of shape on an ATX and you have to back out of the throttle and hope that the tranny doesn't up shift, then jump on it if it does....in that situation you would be own3d. But, anything is possible. So don't count the guy out with the ATX just cuz he has one. He could just take you for a ride.
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Rich
'04 Ecotec Cavi 140hp/150tq Fabbed intake. Header Coming, DRL's disabled, X-Drilled/slotted rotors coming....Man you really are fast. You were hauling a$$ when I passed you
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when you guys talk about "automacics" in pro drag cars you have to remember one thing: they are manualy shifted! the absolute best drag setup would be a hydraulicaly shifted manual, a la a wrc car, because those things can shift faster than any human on the planet.
Ohsigmachi '96 GL MTX Zetec
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Originally posted by ohsigmachi:
when you guys talk about "automacics" in pro drag cars you have to remember one thing: they are manualy shifted! the absolute best drag setup would be a hydraulicaly shifted manual, a la a wrc car, because those things can shift faster than any human on the planet.
yes, I want one...
don't they have this on formula one cars too...except that you have to manually downshift
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