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No way really?a manual version of the same car will be significantly slower than the dct...
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No way really?a manual version of the same car will be significantly slower than the dct...
speed (presumably straight line on a prepped surface) isn't remotely on the criteria list or interest to a person looking/needing a H-pattern manual.a manual version of the same car will be significantly slower than the dct...
Just as there were/are people that wanted an auto in a GT350.There are a lot of GT350 owners in here who had their eye on the GT500, and are not interested in a DCT or any other flavor of automatic.
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It was the quickest vote in PCOTY history. A unanimous choice that should be obvious by now. The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is a true triumph, and one of the all-time great pony cars. A genre-redefining epic that brings a little Trans Am to the street and makes you feel like a hero on the track. There are so few cars like this, a willing partner thoughtfully designed and engineered to be a track rat and a back-road demon alike, an ultra-high-performance brute that’s useful in all kinds of weather. Even without our car’s optional Track Pack, the GT500 is beyond capable.
My son has owned a 2013 GT500 Glassroof with all options for 5 years in Cali.I always wanted a 2013-14 500. I just don’t think I could tolerate the handling and fit and finish of those cars after being spoiled to a 350 and taking a lot of looks at current 500’s. I still would love to have one for a few months, just not long term.
If you follow any real track racing you will see that most track cars ie: GT-3 and GT-4 that use DCT transmissions, there is no comparison to a transmission that can shift gears in milliseconds. There's no nobility in rowing the gears to a slower cause. I get it, you like playing with your stick, but you will go slower compared to a DCT. Speed itself is more fun than shifting your own gears.speed (presumably straight line on a prepped surface) isn't remotely on the criteria list or interest to a person looking/needing a H-pattern manual.
Just do a Jedi-mindtrick on yourself. The DCT is by every substantive definition a manual. It's just that Ford stole the stick and put those paddle thingies on the steering wheel. There's enough room to mount a faux H-shifter in the console and hit up your local computer weenie to program a Pi to signal teh same as paddles. A clutch pedal can be bolted to the floor I should think. Who says you have to hook it up to anything?
But really anyone driving a GT500 should know that sequential transmissions are the only proper and fitting application for a "pretend" race car and not only does a toggle joystick take up less room, the programming is even easier since it literally can only shift up or down and at one gear at a time. Just like the paddles.
First application of the shifter or clutch pedal simply actives 'M' mode and you get to 'row' your own gears till you get tired of that and expressly re-select 'D' with the rotary knob. How hard is that?
sure, but racing for money has only 1 focus and will leverage any technology that leads to wins. It won't be long before they just dispense with the driver because admit it, the driver is slow, pathetic reflexes, gets squashed, can't handle G forces and makes an incessant string of stupid errors in judgement such that they can't help but put themselves and others into the wall in the first 3 corners of a race. See any F1 race for evidence. Hell soon I expect F1 will prevent a driver from turning the wheel in the direction or degree that would cause a collision with a car overlapping their own.If you follow any real track racing you will see that most track cars ie: GT-3 and GT-4 that use DCT transmissions, there is no comparison to a transmission that can shift gears in milliseconds.
People who want to row their own don't care a whit about milliseconds to shift one gear to the next. They are far more enamored with the analog task of "getting it right", the joy of dancing on pedals and practicing the skill needed to do it well.There's no nobility in rowing the gears to a slower cause
They're manual shifted sequential. Not DCT. And yes there is a huge difference. One being rules of IMSA for that matter. No dual cutch shift systems are allowed. They're also heavier and less reliable than sequential shifted boxes.If you follow any real track racing you will see that most track cars ie: GT-3 and GT-4 that use DCT transmissions, there is no comparison to a transmission that can shift gears in milliseconds.
Start doling out the twat waffle awards for the ones that still want to debate it, lolYou want a manual GT500? Tough. End of story. NOT. HAPPENING.
Damn, losing my edge over here!Start doling out the twat waffle awards for the ones that still want to debate it, lol
I agreeI think this may be the only Mustang Ford offers one in.
what happens when it starts popping up all over the place? Like in the Camaro, a special-spec S660, or the F150 Raptor? Ford likely bankrolled Tremec to come up with their first design, it'll damn well be used in as many future applications as possible in order to recoup R&D. I am surprised Tremec hit such a homerun on their first try. Then again they had a few other failures to study how not to do it.I feel that what makes the GT500 really unique and special is the DCT
Ford and GM paid for it:what happens when it starts popping up all over the place? Like in the Camaro, a special-spec S660, or the F150 Raptor? Ford likely bankrolled Tremec to come up with their first design, it'll damn well be used in as many future applications as possible in order to recoup R&D. I am surprised Tremec hit such a homerun on their first try. Then again they had a few other failures to study how not to do it.
I wouldn't be surprised if VW was also a silent partner and it'll show up in 2-3 years in a US-market Audi RS5 instead of using a ZF-sourced part.
When I said unique and special, I was referring to the mustang line up. Again, I don't think you will see the DCT in any other mustang besides the GT500. As far as seeing it in other brands, the C8 essentially has the same transmission. To me that doesn't take anything away from the GT500. It's still a bad ass Mustang with a DCT.what happens when it starts popping up all over the place? Like in the Camaro, a special-spec S660, or the F150 Raptor? Ford likely bankrolled Tremec to come up with their first design, it'll damn well be used in as many future applications as possible in order to recoup R&D. I am surprised Tremec hit such a homerun on their first try. Then again they had a few other failures to study how not to do it.
I wouldn't be surprised if VW was also a silent partner and it'll show up in 2-3 years in a US-market Audi RS5 instead of using a ZF-sourced part.