Re: power shifting

[Matthew Yip <mgyip@yahoo.com>]

Actually Power Shifting is also a great money maker for transmission
builders, engine builders, the folks that manufacture Oil Dri and so
forth SO - no flame war, just an encouragement to folks to keep on
power shifting.

--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Not wanting to start a flame war, but... what the hell.
> Power shifting is generally for somebody that has more money than
> sense
> (at least as applied to street cars). It's incredibly abusive to
> the
> tranmission and engine with few exceptions. By definition, there is
> nothing smooth about it.
> Speed shifting, at least, doesn't risk the engine, but again, there
> is
> nothing smooth about it, which is the antithesis of going fast in a
> road
> race setting. Just picture what happens to a tire's lateral grip
> when a
> torque spike is fed to it!


=====
Matthew

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