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      03-27-2008, 05:17 PM   #140
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Originally Posted by swamp2 View Post
Others: Correct my mistakes and predictions and let's keep the discussion going.



P.S. Thanks for the info on IVT, I am always keen on the emerging technologies. Some reading and research needed here for sure.

I have read the entire thread including Enigma's accelerometer readings on his SMG2 M3.

My ONLY area of contention with your estimates has always been your assumptions around shift times.
  • You right surmised the compressed cycle of SMG3 over SMG2 but I think your X & Y axis assumptions for MDCT are too aggressive.
  • On the X axis, I firmly believe 0.1 to 0.15 seconds will be the total shift time (I offer you a wager on this).
  • On the Y axis, you don't show the acceleration to drop below 0.0 Gs. There must be a finite time where one clutch disengages and the other clutch engages, this means there will be that finite period of time where the acceleration is negative (wind resistance, drivetrain losses etc). However small this finite period of time, the G's must dip below 0.0 Gs.
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