>manual transmission
>7 forward gears
What the fuck were they thinking?
>>15365744
to trigger gtr fangirls
>>15365744
>What the fuck were they thinking?
How to make a car lose at Ford and Nissan.
>corvette engineers
>having the ability to think
lel m8
Because of reverse odd numbers fill out a gated shifter. It's getting a little ridiculous though. Reverse on a 6 spd is on the passengers ballsack
>>15365744
Acura has a 9 speed trans. And ford is making a 10 speed for the 2017 mustangs
> Chevy takes their truck engine and Throws it into fiberglass
> 50 years ago
> almost nothing fundamentally different besides vvt and electronics and suspension
> still the king of sports cars on an everyman budget
We all should have vettes and not Miatas and sport versions of non sports cars
>>15366356
weebs are afraid of vettes
>>15366363
>>15366356
>>15365744
At least you can get that sweet HWY MPGees while still getting good 0-120mph times.
All about numbers...
>>15366388
What happens if you change range while moving in reverse?
>>15365744
>THE FUCKING DRIVER LOOKS WORRIED
>THE FUCKING CAR LOOKS PISSED
>ITS FOGGY AS FUCK
>SUN IN MY EYES
PLZ MAEK IT STAHP
>>15366593
Same shit that would happen in any gear. There is a Hi and Lo reverse, but I'm not quite sure when you would want high speed reverse. Either way, the gears won't change from Lo to Hi when you flip the switch. You would have to be in Lo, flip the switch up, go to N, and then go back into R Hi.
If you are in 3rd and filp the switch up, it won't jump to 8th. You could try to go back into N but you would never catch 8th without picking up a ton of speed in N somehow.
>>15366341
*Ford and GM made a 10 speed for their trucks and pony cars
>>15367066
*Ford and GM made a 9 and 10 speed for their trucks and pony cars
>>15365744
"we need to meet CAFE standards"
>>15365744
Your statement seems to imply you do not agree with the vehicle having a 7 speed gearbox. Perhaps you could tell us why this new paradigm has your panties in a bunch?
In the stingray you don't really get to use 6th and 7th at high speeds, because the car runs out of juice a bit before 5th gear redline. They are there for highway cruising. I guess you can probably use 6th in the Z07 if you have a big enough straight, but 7th is a cruising only gear for both cars definitely.
>>15366606
maybe he wishes he was driving something else
>>15366336
>i haven't driven a 6 speed
it's usually a locked gear on the first gear position.
>>15365744
Aston's s 7 speed arrangement is a lot better. Dogleg into first, with a positive lockout. The other six gears (the ones you want for actual fun driving) are perfectly accessible. Porsche and GM should really copy this pattern.
>>15366341
There's a difference between manual and automatic in terms of how much soeeds are practical.
>>15366356
>Valve order switched around
>Aluminium block
>Aluminium heads
>Higher compression
>Direct injection
>Electronic fuel injection (instead of mechanical injection or carbs)
>VVT
>Cilinder deactivation
>Factory supercharging
>Siamese bore blocks
>Computer-designed manifolds, ports, all other airflow parts
>Closed loop ECU with fully variable ignition timing
>Short skirt pistons
>7 speed manual/8 speed auto instead of 3 spd manual/2spd auto
Sure mate, almost nothing different besides VVT and electronics.
>>15365744
2 overdrive gears because to reach top speed in 6th the csr would be over red line so they added another gear.
>>15367583
Wrong
>>15369768
Not that any normie would actually get to top speed in their car
>>15365744
>What the fuck were they thinking?
'If we use a narrow power band, we can tune for more power in that band. We can just compensate by using more gears.'
>>15366336
Lol so how many 6 spds have you driven brah
>>15370094
>LT4
>narrow power band
Nope. It gets peak torque at 3600RPM, and peak power at 6400. Not exactly a narrow power band.
