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Old 04-04-2021, 12:04 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Another explanation may have to do with American car enthusiasts' preference for drag racing. Once you begin to modify a large V8, you're likely going to exceed the transmission's torque capacity.
Drag racers used to skip gears, because the drop-out in power during the shift became too large a fraction of the elapsed time.
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