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      03-30-2008, 04:53 PM   #245
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Originally Posted by Wads View Post
No problem but whats wrong with taking the flat spot in the acceleration curve as the shift time? the acceleration will drop off when pushing in the clutch and the curve will only rise again when the next gear is engaged.....

Unfortunately I think it will be a while before anyone here will be able to test the DCT with any accuracy..... 100Hz sampling won't pick up a claimed sub 8 millisecond shift, I don't think even the industy standard VBOXIII could resolve that (the measuring gear I use is made by the same company and is within -/+ 1% as accurate according to their own testing)

Out of curiousity, were you Wide-Open-Throttle in your graphics? Also, did you back off after 70 mph?

Finally, SMG shifts are fastest from 3rd to 4th or 4th to 5th.....
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