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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
The act of shifting is itself quite inefficient: the flow of power and thus acceleration is interrupted, the throttle snaps shut and all the engine's whirly bits have to decel then "recel", similarly the flows in the engine's tracty bits have to slow then restart. Best to avoid that as much as possible, I think.
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No wonder the AMTs, including DCTs, are usually based in a non-synchronized gearbox, thus allowing them to be shifted without the use of the clutch.