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11-21-08, 12:05 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC  | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | hyundai genesis with a 8 speed tranny
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11-21-08, 12:25 AM
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Lexus did it first. |
11-21-08, 12:55 AM
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Semi trucks have 16+ gears.
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11-21-08, 01:15 AM
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11-21-08, 01:16 AM
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11-21-08, 07:02 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 1999 White Diamond STS with Sirius, 2001 Silverado | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chapel Hill, NC | | | Re: hyundai genesis with a 8 speed tranny
8 gears is dumb. The time lost for shifting so many times hurts performance numbers. You're 0-60 in a 4-5 speed has the 1-2 shift around 35-40mph, and can hit 60 in 2nd gear, 6 and up run the chance of having the 2-3 below 60mph, adding a few tenths to the time.
Hunting for gears while maintaining speed on a hilly road could be trying. WHAAAA up the hills and hardcore braking going down them because the transmission isnt doing a thing to slow the car.
5 gears is ideal. 4 well spaced gears and an overdrive. The northstar tranny could use a fifth gear. 2500 rpms cruising down the interstate is unnecessary. add a gear and get it down to 1500-1800. I'm sure the engineers had their reasons, mabe not enough tourque that low, i don't know |
11-21-08, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tman2093  5 gears is ideal. 4 well spaced gears and an overdrive. The northstar tranny could use a fifth gear. 2500 rpms cruising down the interstate is unnecessary. add a gear and get it down to 1500-1800. I'm sure the engineers had their reasons, mabe not enough tourque that low, i don't know | My Northstar is coupled with a transmission that has 6, and it could use a 7th for the highway.
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11-21-08, 08:57 AM
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Simpsons did it. |
11-21-08, 10:27 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1995 FTS | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dover, DE Age: 26 | | | Re: hyundai genesis with a 8 speed tranny
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Originally Posted by tman2093 8 gears is dumb. The time lost for shifting so many times hurts performance numbers. You're 0-60 in a 4-5 speed has the 1-2 shift around 35-40mph, and can hit 60 in 2nd gear, 6 and up run the chance of having the 2-3 below 60mph, adding a few tenths to the time.
Hunting for gears while maintaining speed on a hilly road could be trying. WHAAAA up the hills and hardcore braking going down them because the transmission isnt doing a thing to slow the car.
5 gears is ideal. 4 well spaced gears and an overdrive. The northstar tranny could use a fifth gear. 2500 rpms cruising down the interstate is unnecessary. add a gear and get it down to 1500-1800. I'm sure the engineers had their reasons, mabe not enough tourque that low, i don't know | Main reason for having an 8 speed is for better fuel mileage. It's not for a "performance" sedan. The last 2-3 gears will be OD's which in turn will net the car better gas mileage. |
11-21-08, 10:35 AM
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CIWS: I forgot they mated the northstar to the 6 speed in recent years.
Blackout: Well that actually makes logical sense. It felt like initially the companies were throwing around these high numbered transmissons trying to say they're better just because their transmission has more gears. |
11-21-08, 10:51 AM
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Coming soon: 160hp Miata gets 14 speed tranny.
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11-21-08, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by The Tony Show Coming soon: 160hp Miata gets 14 speed tranny. |
And it gets a whopping 74.6 mpg on the highway!
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11-21-08, 12:56 PM
|  | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: hyundai genesis with a 8 speed tranny
Like Blackout already mentioned, the extra gears are not for performance - they're for fuel savings. There's nothing wrong with having an 8-Speed transmission. The people here who joke about it are just like the people at GM who joke about it - who are usually the last F'ing idiots running around like chickens without heads trying to put it together because they're last one to the party. It's the "standards of the world" who innovate with things like an 8-speed transmission in a luxury sedan.
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11-21-08, 01:04 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1995 FTS | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dover, DE Age: 26 | | | Re: hyundai genesis with a 8 speed tranny
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Originally Posted by tman2093 Blackout: Well that actually makes logical sense. It felt like initially the companies were throwing around these high numbered transmissons trying to say they're better just because their transmission has more gears. | Many people view it just as that but with the new CAFE standards coming up in the not to distant future, automotive companies have to find any and all ways to get their cars to get as good of gas mileage as they can. I really wish we had diesel hybrids over here in the USA because that would make people say "Prius what?" |
11-21-08, 03:11 PM
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