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  1. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!fmsrl7!slee01!tgl
  3. From: tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com (Tom Leone)
  4. Subject: Re: Increasing power?
  5. Message-ID: <Bs43q3.7Bn@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
  6. Sender: usenet@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (0000-Admin(0000))
  7. Organization: Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Labs, Dearborn, MI
  8. References: <1992Jul27.210810.22598@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
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  10. Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:37:12 GMT
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  12.  
  13. On a related note...
  14.  
  15. What's the net.wisdom on manual transmissions instead of
  16. automatics?  I know that torque converters are very inefficient,
  17. wasting perhaps 10-15% of engine power.  However, they are a good,
  18. repeatable way to get the engine up to high RPM.
  19.  
  20. Any actual on-the-strip experience out there?
  21.  
  22. Tom Leone <tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com>
  23.