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Originally Posted by Zeke.Malvo
You sound like you're regurgitating a media press release without applying some critical thinking. The difference in ratios between the A8 and A10 are minute at best, other than the addition of a gear between 5th and 6th, which is in the 100mph range.
.....A10.....A8
.....4.70.....4.56
.....2.99.....2.97
.....2.15.....2.08
.....1.80.....1.69
.....1.52.....
.....1.28.....1.27
.....1.00.....1.00
.....0.85.....0.85
.....0.69.....
.....0.64.....0.65
Yes, that added gear may help on the top end a smidge, which is where I think it'll help add .05-.10sec / 0.5-1mph on the top end. But as for basic acceleration 0-100 or so, the difference in gearing is the same as going from 2.77 rear gears to ~2.85 = zero difference in the real world.
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Nah, I just pasted part of it for the wording. Better than having to re-type it. As for the rest, it's going to help a lot more than you realize. If there was only that smidge of an improvement, GM wouldn't have even bothered to consider doing this for the Camaro. They also wouldn't have done it just for a minor 1/2 mile per gallon pick up.
They put a completely brand new, untested A10 in their halo muscle car for a reason. It works, and it works well. We've seen the results in the new GT's as well. The transmission produces results, is pretty stout from a reliability standpoint (thus far), and is good on fuel economy to boot.
The real truth is that extra gear will continue to help the Camaro charging down the strip where the previous one was starting to shut down. There's legitimately not much difference between a current Camaro and a current GT. They're roughly the same dimensions, the Camaro is a hair lighter, the GT a hair more power (roughly 10-15hp).
I fully expect to see a much more 11.9-12.0 run from the Camaro with this new transmission. Why? Because if you can knock off a tenth at launch and perhaps a .1-.2 down the track, the car could easily do that. We've already seen many repeatable low 12.1-12.2 out of the Camaro with the A8. And I really hope we see them running it cooler weather to boot, only because that's what the Mustangs did.