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TIL what the first line of "Greased Lightning" means.
by ghkbrew 3y ago
TIL what the first line of "Greased Lightning" means.
- gweinberg 3y agoMy thought also. But who races in an automatic?
- aeneasmackenzie 3y agoLots of people, if they weren’t banned from F1 for being too good. The drivers are just shifting gears to keep the audience from getting bored since 1994.
- msisk6 3y agoDrag racers. The current trend is very high-horsepower turbo-charged engines with lots of torque and a two-speed "auto" is all they need and there's only one shift in a 1/4 mile run. I put "auto" in quotes because the automatic function is usually removed and you have to shift it manually.
- userbinator 3y agoThe torque converter effectively provides an additional extra-low gear right at the launch which is very helpful for acceleration, and there's also no interruption in power during the shifts.
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- winrid 3y agoThey're usually superior in dirt for FWD (dirt track, rallycross)... the torque converter helps a lot.