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03-05-2017 07:53 PM |
Nice sounding and looking car, but he needs to sort out his ride height / rubbing issues. That had me cringing all episode.
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Originally Posted by Hotrodz
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I just watched Ignition on Motor Trend on Demand and the ZL1 review. Randy did his side by side comparison of the two an the manual was faster. Now that is a pro race driver diving. I think for the masses auto is always going to be faster in late model vehicles.
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That has to do with the gearing of the 6 speed manual vs the 10 speed auto and how they match up with that track. It's the same in the standard SS Camaros with the 6 speed manual vs the 8 speed auto. On some sections of track the auto just falls on its face because its too busy shifting gears to be putting power down.
What's funny is in the Corvettes the auto is actually a little faster around the track than the manual, again because of the gearing of the 7spd manual vs the 8spd auto.
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Originally Posted by Hotrodz
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Sorry, itis not public yet!
I have heard several top leve race driver say in reviewing late model sportscars is that they may be slightly fast in a manual but there is more opportunity for error when doing so and the auto want make those mistakes.
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Just about every pro level racecar uses some sort of auto blip, clutchless or sequential setup on the "manual" transmission cars so it would still be a far cry from rowing through the gears in a street car. That's why GM, Porsche, BMW, etc offer auto rev match functions for their manual cars, since it's the number one thing people screw up at the track. |
