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Porsche to buy DSG???
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:29 pm
by Riz_RS4
Anybody heard the rumor`s?
Porsche are trying to buy this system off Audi???
Must be a good system? [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img]
Roll on RS3!
Re: Porsche to buy DSG???
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:29 pm
by Paul-RS
sounds sweet, but come clutch time it will be two clutches to replace.... i wonder who much that will set people back?
a single dual mass(whatever that is [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] ) S3 MTM clutch is somewhere in the region of £700 notes IIRC, and thats cheaper than the audi option!
so id imagine DSG clutches to be more....
Re: Porsche to buy DSG???
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:09 am
by sitas3
Audi didn't develop the DSG system - it is in fact licenced from Borg-Warner, who invented the dualtronic system which VAG uses in the R32 and TT. It is most probable that Porsche will licence the technology/product from Borg-Warner.
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Re: Porsche to buy DSG???
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:52 am
by toasty
sounds sweet, but come clutch time it will be two clutches to replace
Not sure they'll need changing, or at least it'll be a case of changing the whole gearbox when and if they do [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
Automatic gearboxes have multiple clutches inside them as I understand it, and they don't seem to need changing.
Perhaps with a computer controlling the clutch it isn't subject to so much abuse and so lasts lots longer?
Re: Porsche to buy DSG???
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 7:42 pm
by Riz_RS4
Perhaps with a computer controlling the clutch it isn't subject to so much abuse and so lasts lots longer?
That`s what i thought, do auto gearboxes wear clutches? has anybody had there`s changed due to clutch wear?
Remember that auto boxes run within a controled condition, where a manual box has alot of abuse to cope with depending upon the driver???