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Old 08-09-2022, 09:22 PM   #41 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Originally Posted by hayden55 View Post
I would imagine it is because they are noisy and clunky. I assume you could get the non straight cut gears to get rid of the hellacious supercharger whine they give off? But i wouldn't imagine people would put up with dog clutch engagement either
Lots of race cars don't have things like clutch springs. Could some springs make up for it?

The point wasn't that cars need to feel like a dragster, but that there are things that could be done to improve the manual transmission. Maybe put a torque converter on it? Maybe some other type of clutch for engaging gears?

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