Comments on: A shifty idea http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9654 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kirk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9654/comment-page-1#comment-26518 Kirk Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:20:17 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9654#comment-26518 Does Robert Langdon know about this? Does Robert Langdon know about this?

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9654/comment-page-1#comment-26437 CGHill Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:00:23 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9654#comment-26437 There's serious, and then there's <em>serious</em>. The current Nissan Maxima comes only with a CVT, and it has 290 hp. Not enough for a Kenworth, obviously, but several ponies up on the usual family sedans. Then again, Audi, which had CVTs in the past, seems to have decided that the dual-clutch manual with automatic shifting is preferable, perhaps for <a href="http://www.dustbury.com/archives/2130" rel="nofollow">reasons like this</a>. There’s serious, and then there’s serious. The current Nissan Maxima comes only with a CVT, and it has 290 hp. Not enough for a Kenworth, obviously, but several ponies up on the usual family sedans.

Then again, Audi, which had CVTs in the past, seems to have decided that the dual-clutch manual with automatic shifting is preferable, perhaps for reasons like this.

]]> By: Jeffro http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9654/comment-page-1#comment-26436 Jeffro Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:50:43 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9654#comment-26436 CVTs haven't changed in concept from the old variable speeds on equipment - a belt between two sheaves. They've certainly been fine tuned but I understand even the current designs are still to weak for serious horsepower. It will be interesting to see how the designers squeeze more gears into those boxes - the big rig thirteen speeds are basically five speed main boxes with two speed auxiliary (with a slight overdrive as well) mounted on the rear. CVTs haven’t changed in concept from the old variable speeds on equipment – a belt between two sheaves. They’ve certainly been fine tuned but I understand even the current designs are still to weak for serious horsepower.

It will be interesting to see how the designers squeeze more gears into those boxes – the big rig thirteen speeds are basically five speed main boxes with two speed auxiliary (with a slight overdrive as well) mounted on the rear.

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