2006 Paddle Shifter Performance????
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2006 Paddle Shifter Performance????
Has anyone seen a performance comparison of the 2006 6 spd manual and the paddle shift auto? 0-60, 1/4 mile, etc.
Does the C6R have paddles?
Would you expect to see this as an option on the 2007 Z06?
Does the C6R have paddles?
Would you expect to see this as an option on the 2007 Z06?
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Originally Posted by whitlitng
Has anyone seen a performance comparison of the 2006 6 spd manual and the paddle shift auto? 0-60, 1/4 mile, etc.
Does the C6R have paddles?
Would you expect to see this as an option on the 2007 Z06?
Does the C6R have paddles?
Would you expect to see this as an option on the 2007 Z06?
Yes you can shift an automatic and we do teach this at HPDEs. But it is not really for shifting like the manual.
The C6R has a stick shift in the normal manual location connected to an 5 sp X-Trac sequential transmission. There is no gate for the stick shift. move the stick shift forward once it upshifts one gear, pull it back once it down shifts one gear, pull it back twice it down shifts two gears. The clutch is only needed when the car is started and put into first gear.
I think lots of ppl would love to have an X-Trac trans, I know I would, but the cost of this transmission alone is almost as much as a base C6 whole car.
Last edited by AU N EGL; Oct 19, 2005 at 07:50 AM.
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
...I think lots of ppl would love to have an X-Trac trans, I know I would, but the cost of this transmission alone is almost as much as a base C6 whole car...
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Originally Posted by EHS
I believe the "true manual sequential " paddles on other cars (BMW, Ferrari, etc.) start at about a $3,500 upcharge.
I think the 'true manual sequential' are more electronicly controlled. Most ppl are not too happy with them and use the stick instead as the stick is more precises and shifts when YOU shift, not when the computer says it is the correct time no matter when you press the button or leaver.
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I agree, but they are making strides. I think the current generation is better than when they first came out. The Quattroporte has it almost down pat now.
I would pay the upcharge to get a "true" sequential, especially if it came with unrestricted launch control (I think BMW limits you to a few before they void the warranty?).
I would pay the upcharge to get a "true" sequential, especially if it came with unrestricted launch control (I think BMW limits you to a few before they void the warranty?).
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Guess who the first originator and developer of the sequential trans was???
a subsidary of GM 20 years ago then they sold it to Ferrari.
a subsidary of GM 20 years ago then they sold it to Ferrari.
Then again, the Ferrari transmissions (with F1) are NOT sequential transmissions, but manual transmissions with hydraulically actuated computer controlled manual transmissions.
A sequential transmission is a manual transmission where the gear selectors are actuated by a rotating shaft with multiple cam actuation points on the shaft. Each actuation point controls a dog splined to the output (or input shaft) that can enguage 1 of 2 gears through the dog teeth.
So a sequential transmission with computer controlled actuation would have a 8 position selector shaft and 7 throughout points on that shaft. Whereas the Ferrari F1 transmissions have 4 actuators (reverse-neutral, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6) that have 3 positions each (left, disenguaged, right). So, in a causal sense one might consider the F1 transmission to be sequential (click up; click down), but when you look at the pieces involved, it is clearly not.
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