TC's and manual trans (was: Re: Smooth strategy)

[Greg Hermann]

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>> > Don't recall whatinell they called it, but for a while Porsche used a
>> > fluid
>> > coupling AND a vacuum operated clutch (which was triggered by a
>> > microswitch
>> > on the manual shift lever) in front of a manual tranny in the 911's. The
>> > fluid coupling ran in engine oil, IIRC. (A fluid coupling does not
>> > multiply
>> > torque, has only two elements, called pump and turbine.)
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>TipTronic
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>Clive

BINGO!!! Greg