Re: Quattro Spyder??

[Steve Powers <spowers@spdg.COM>]

Eric adds:
> 
> >On a related note, the last time I went to my mechanic I saw a Dodge
> >Stealth (aka Mitsu 3000) twin turbo 4wd (!) in there.  He told me that
> >it's got a German tranny.
> 
> That would be a Getrag box.....

gawd help 'em... Getrag makes the trannys for BMW motorcycles. Two words
come to mind here.

    bulletproof, yet clunky (3, I lied)

There was a writeup in BMWMOA magazine about them which described in
great detail the lengths they had gone to to actually _increase_ the
clunky feel. In particular, they were describing the downshift into
first gear and their wanting to make it more _positive_. They described
how the gear slid on the various shaft, etc. Somewhat dry, but certainly
humorous.

The trannys do work and you can really jam them into gear. After all,
you have to.

the tranny in the Stealth isn't sequential, is it?

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steve powers                         stratos product development group
spowers@spdg.com                     seattle, washington