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Originally Posted by torqueaddict
True, but they also allow better use of the powerband, so there is a performance benefit as well. For a performance car, performance will be the priority.
In the average family car, the TCU/ECU will try to get to the highest gear as possible as quickly as possible. For performance, that's the last thing to you want. You want the most appropriate gear to stay in the powerband, and you want to hold that gear as long as required. That will cost some mileage.
Sure, you can hold the gear in manual mode, but the computer will be a lot quicker at choosing the right gear. Just my rambling 2 cents.
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Wouldn't the truck applications hold the same logic then? they would want to keep the engine in power band to make towing/hauling easier? The trucks saw improvement didn't they? Not trying to be argumentative, just seems odd it would lose. If no improvement I would have expected it to stay the same.
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Originally Posted by ssmike
So much for the Flowtie, made it worse!
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haha!