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      03-27-2008, 05:47 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by southlight View Post
Thanks for the graph, at which speed do you have to shift to 4th? The deceleration (of the car) swamp mentioned means mighty 0.3kph slower here...


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Right, I calculated about 0.4 kph but you are right, not an enormous effect. Do recall that you have to regain everthing you loose just to get back to "even". This effect will be smaller on a little aerodynamic Elise comapared to other cars. That was a really fast shift as well, 0.25 seconds. I bet you can't shift that fast! Lastly this effect is much larger when shifting at higer speeds.
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