Hi Jay,
For the second: Try and see how slow you can really go at 500 RPM in first.
For original Tigers with 2.88 rear end gears and the 2.32 first that's not
actually that slow, but any more recent vehicles can easily crawl along at
less than 10 mph in first without disengaging the clutch. I haven't looked
into the design details of the DSG gearboxes from all the vendors but maybe
they also incorporated a small torque converter to handle creep situations?
Theo
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> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jay Laifman
> Sent: July 23, 2013 9:18 AM
> To: Tiger's Den
> Subject: [Tigers] OFF TOPIC - modern starters and clutches
>
> You have been warned that this is off topic. So delete now if you'd be
> offended by non-Tiger emails.
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> There are two things about today's cars that has been baffling me. The
> first is the cars that shut down rather than idle. How the heck do
> starters and flywheel gears last from that overload of use? And, I
> thought starting a car is the biggest drain on the battery. How does
> the alternatory and battery keep up? I mean, if I turned off the Tiger
> at every stoplight and in traffic, I'm not sure my starter, battery or
> car would make it to the destination. [ok, see, some Tiger content]
> The next is the clutchless manual transmissions. I think the dual
> clutch/dual main shafts is genius, really genius - so simple, yet such
> a difference. But, how do those cars inch along in stop and go traffic
> and not destroy the clutch in a single day's drive?
> Any ideas?
>
> Jay
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