I'm building an 11-speed gearbox for my Mustang. I figure I can take a 5-speed from an '09 and the 6-speed in my '11. I'd also have two reverse gears!

Busting knuckles taking bolts out on a 63 Bug restoration, only having to end up cutting them out with a Sawzall :p

The song "like a g6"

Posted By Chris H on 12-02-2011 05:11 PM
The song "like a g6"

 

X2

To be fair I hate all pop music but that one is definatly at the top of my list....Of all the cars to make a song about why the g6?!

I have really been getting annoyed with people not having cab fair lately, and then having to leave all of their trash bags full of clothes and what not as collateral. Oh and people still complaining about Lebron James.

Posted By Chris H on 12-02-2011 05:11 PM
The song "like a g6"

Ha... I actually like the song.  Partially because they're asian  

And it's refering to the G6 private jet.

Posted By Dusty Duster on 10-03-2011 08:23 AM
I'm building an 11-speed gearbox for my Mustang. I figure I can take a 5-speed from an '09 and the 6-speed in my '11. I'd also have two reverse gears!

That would be crazy. Put them in series and that would be WAAAAY more speeds than just 11. You'd have 11 reverse "gears" technically, and if my sleep deprived brain and lazy "do it in my head" math serve correctly you'd have 31 forward gears. Though I would imagine that the number of useful gears would be around 10 if even that. You'd have a 9.90:1ish 1+1 gear to start with and a ~0.40:1ish 6+5 gear for highway cruising.

Back on topic though, I hate automatic transmissions and their valve bodies and electronics! Wouldn't it be easier (and more fuel efficient) for manufacturers to just make a mechanically self shifted (though computer controlled) sequential manual gearbox for people too lazy to shift? Maybe even ditch the synchros and possibly the clutch in favor of computer controlled rev matching.