Very interesting development. G65V12 will use 7 Speed tranny!!
03-20-2012, 10:21 AM
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Very interesting development. G65V12 will use 7 Speed tranny!!
This was considered insanity until now due to the monster torque but AMG must have REALLY beefed that thing up.
Bottom line....who cares about the G Wagon. That means we are ONE STEP closer to snagging a new one.....swapping out the TCU from the G Wagon (albeit modded for sure) and ditching the 5 speeds from hell for ultra tight shifting low 10 sec 7 speed E55's!!!! We gotta lose 1/4 sec to 1/2 sec easy on shifts down the 1/4 no?
Here is the info from press release on G65
Bottom line....who cares about the G Wagon. That means we are ONE STEP closer to snagging a new one.....swapping out the TCU from the G Wagon (albeit modded for sure) and ditching the 5 speeds from hell for ultra tight shifting low 10 sec 7 speed E55's!!!! We gotta lose 1/4 sec to 1/2 sec easy on shifts down the 1/4 no?
Here is the info from press release on G65
A source close to Mercedes told Auto Evolution that the G-Class will get a 6.0-liter V12, the same engine used in the S-Class sedan, CL-Class coupe, and SL-Class roadster. In those fine automobiles, the engine makes 612 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. The V12 is usually coupled to a five-speed automatic transmission, but the G65 AMG will get AMG’s Speedshift Plus 7G Tronic, a seven-speed transmission that was previously considered too weak to handle the V12’s immense torque.
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03-20-2012, 11:05 AM
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It also might help to have some serious stock ownership of some oil companies.... that thing might see double digits on the highway. 
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03-20-2012, 11:34 AM
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you dont loose as much time as you would think from shifting. You have to remember the car is still rolling while the shift is being made. I remember a test a few years ago showing that a dog box trans (no lift shifting and downshifting) was only .3 tenths a lap faster than the stock trans car i think it was.
03-20-2012, 11:37 AM
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This was considered insanity until now due to the monster torque but AMG must have REALLY beefed that thing up.
Bottom line....who cares about the G Wagon. That means we are ONE STEP closer to snagging a new one.....swapping out the TCU from the G Wagon (albeit modded for sure) and ditching the 5 speeds from hell for ultra tight shifting low 10 sec 7 speed E55's!!!! We gotta lose 1/4 sec to 1/2 sec easy on shifts down the 1/4 no?
Here is the info from press release on G65
Bottom line....who cares about the G Wagon. That means we are ONE STEP closer to snagging a new one.....swapping out the TCU from the G Wagon (albeit modded for sure) and ditching the 5 speeds from hell for ultra tight shifting low 10 sec 7 speed E55's!!!! We gotta lose 1/4 sec to 1/2 sec easy on shifts down the 1/4 no?
Here is the info from press release on G65
03-20-2012, 01:14 PM
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The new SL65 also uses the AMG Speedshift 7 speed.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/20/2...g-apple-debut/
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/20/2...g-apple-debut/
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