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      03-25-2013, 09:14 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by CanAutM3 View Post
Interesting that you say that, the overall gearing in 2nd gear is almost exactly the same on DCT and 6MT cars. DCT starts getting the benefit of gearing as of 3rd gear.
Well, I know why that is then. The car I drove had a full catless exhaust and tune.

So we had the same gearing but 6MT had more power. In 3rd the DCT gearing must have made up for the extra power.
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