What does it mean when the RPM does not change
10-09-2004, 03:33 PM
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Okay, I am going to take an educated guess...
Could it be the Hyundai Tiburon?? They sell a 5speed and 6speed for the v6 model. I don't know if Hyundai would spend the money to develop a different transmission for it to fit the the same engine of that model car.
Could it be the Hyundai Tiburon?? They sell a 5speed and 6speed for the v6 model. I don't know if Hyundai would spend the money to develop a different transmission for it to fit the the same engine of that model car.
10-09-2004, 04:52 PM
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Just name the damn car already. 
I've never driven any car that does that. Even on some of the older automatic cars with the over-drive button, the RPM's drop when the button is engaged into overdrive mode.
I've never driven any car that does that. Even on some of the older automatic cars with the over-drive button, the RPM's drop when the button is engaged into overdrive mode.
10-09-2004, 05:23 PM
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I hate to be a jerk, but since a lot of people seem to be taking this testimony at face value, I have to call BS. I mean, come on. It wouldn't cost any less to put two identical cogs into the car than it would to put two different ones, and it would be significantly more complicated to engineer a shift lever that felt like it was going to a different cog when it was in fact going to the same one.
My guess is that either (a) this is a strange, six month late April Fool's joke, or (b) the ratios of fifth and sixth on this mystery car are fairly close together. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Steve
My guess is that either (a) this is a strange, six month late April Fool's joke, or (b) the ratios of fifth and sixth on this mystery car are fairly close together. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Steve
10-09-2004, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteS2k,Oct 9 2004, 03:01 PM
No, it is not a joke. I did not want to name the car because I did not want to get into a discussion of the particular car itself. All I can say is that it is a current model sold in the US.
10-10-2004, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteS2k,Oct 9 2004, 07:01 AM
I did not want to name the car because I did not want to get into a discussion of the particular car itself.
J/K. Come on, name the car. No one will fault you if it turns out not to be true-- sometimes ratios are very close.
10-10-2004, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Oct 9 2004, 08:23 PM
I hate to be a jerk, but since a lot of people seem to be taking this testimony at face value, I have to call BS. I mean, come on. It wouldn't cost any less to put two identical cogs into the car than it would to put two different ones, and it would be significantly more complicated to engineer a shift lever that felt like it was going to a different cog when it was in fact going to the same one.
My guess is that either (a) this is a strange, six month late April Fool's joke, or (b) the ratios of fifth and sixth on this mystery car are fairly close together. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Steve
My guess is that either (a) this is a strange, six month late April Fool's joke, or (b) the ratios of fifth and sixth on this mystery car are fairly close together. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Steve
Consider this also....
If I bought a "6 speed" I'd expect 6 different forward ratios. If I found out that the 5>6 shift put me back into the same cog, or same ratio I'd want the manufacturer to buy the car back.
Think of the brouhaha created by Madza, Nissan and Fords issue with HP ratings.
And they were mis-statements or defects!
Spill the beans on the vehicle you are referring to so we can either examine the ratio specs or drive one ourselves.