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Originally Posted by nvr2fst
.....I was just a little leary after seeing a certain mustang not perform very well through the mastershift unit, but rumor has it that the driver was not used to or prepared for this shifting operation. .....
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And think about that car's engine. A twice blown small block has a less than predictable power curve. It's a moving target as far as calibration is concerned. A runaway freight train. If you're seriously considering a mechatronic manual, keep outside variables to a minimum. A torquey, predictable engine with a wide flat power curve and the right final drive ratio will go a long way.
That might blow your mind a little. Gotta equate shift time to rpm and power band. A 500 rpm window for shift time is fine. If the engine spins right to redline that window becomes critical. When a human misses a shift, or shifts too slow, the human says "Oops, my bad. Let's go to Starbucks and get a couple of double shot latte's". When an expensive computer performs in the exact same way, the human says "You #@$% piece of $%$#, I want my money back!"
An SMG BMW shifted faster than 99.9% of its human owners, but the system was criticized, nonetheless, for not shifting quick enough.
I always enjoy talking about this stuff. Sorry for blabbering.