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      07-12-2019, 06:46 AM   #88
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Originally Posted by pbar View Post
Spot on... the Audi/VW dual clutch had this problem too. Very fast shifts (they claimed 60ms or similar), but you pull the paddle and then cross your fingers hoping that it's going to get the gear change done in time.
It would seem to me that a shift speed measurement should be a measurement of the time between the selection of the gear and the engagement of the gear.

When Audi and other manufacturers are claiming 60ms shift times how are they arriving at that figure?
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