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Old 11-05-2009, 06:51 PM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
The most efficient manual transmission is about 90% when they use low viscosity fluids.

Conventional ring and pinion differentials are fairly lossy.
I've read ~88-92% at high and low loads, and 95% at medium loads for newer manual FWD transmissions, er, transaxles technically.
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