Good Point!
Guess I had quarter-mile et's on my mind, since that's what this group seems
to have concentrated on since I've joined.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: DML: www.dakotaperformance.com??
>I disagree that an auto would make the Viper faster though. It all
>depends on the application, and what you consider "fast". Top speed?
>Either one would probably be about the same. Drag racing? Here the
>advantage leans toward the auto. Road racing? The manual, no question.
>Check out the in-car cameras on Speedvision; I have yet to see an auto in
>these types of vehicles. (And this is the type of racing the Viper
>is aimed at.) Manuals are faster here, and will continue to be until
>an automatic can be developed which will see the curves before they
>arrive at them, and get into the right gear, taking into account
>the curve, the grade, and all of the other things going through a
>driver's mind. (This will probably never happen.) :-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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