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Originally Posted by Daox
The CVT is a different beast than traditional transmissions. It is capable of loading the engine before increasing engine rpm which is a big efficiency benefit. Automatics increase rpm (and load) as throttle is increased. Manuals increase load as throttle is increased.
Still, good testing, thanks for doing it!
It would be interesting to see what load the engine is at at those rpm ranges.
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So this means that with a CVT if you throttle it higher, the engine will first increase load at a relatively steady slowly increasing RPM and then depending on power demand indicated by throttle position, increase RPM by shifting gears if necessary? If that's true we really do need a guaged "engine load" reading rather than the butt dyno, no? Maybe a throttle position reading too?