KOENIGSEGG simplifies the Powerglide Trans...
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Knowing machining and material costs this looks uber expensive.
No wonder they had to develop it themselves.
No wonder they had to develop it themselves.
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Those sure were some pretty welds on that unit.
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Those sure were some pretty welds on that unit.
Didn't see a weld anywhere. All machining.
Konigsegg is definitely leading edge.
Those sure were some pretty welds on that unit.
Didn't see a weld anywhere. All machining.
Konigsegg is definitely leading edge.
Packard did similar, single speed trans, torque convertor, lockup clutch. With a hybrid system it makes sense. VW was looking into similar, no torque convertor but the ICE would be used above 35mph or so.
I wonder how much abuse that Koenigsegg unit can take. From heat under slippage that is. How many hard pulls before something gets too warm? Then again, perhaps it just never stays in a high slippage region long enough--2.8 seconds 0-60, after all.
I wonder how much abuse that Koenigsegg unit can take. From heat under slippage that is. How many hard pulls before something gets too warm? Then again, perhaps it just never stays in a high slippage region long enough--2.8 seconds 0-60, after all.
TQ converters are interesting beasts. Badly made units slip all the time, like big slippage numbers (>25%). But full race 5K stall units from COAN, and others, can get to below 15% slippage at full throttle high RPM passes. And they are steel and they take endless full power launches.
Hughes makes some real good street converters like the Tow-Master that have pretty good stall numbers (2,200 RPM...), yet get to less than 15% slippage once underway
Each MFG has their secrets to the fin angle and clearance and stator vaning, etc. Koenigsegg has just upped the ante
Hughes makes some real good street converters like the Tow-Master that have pretty good stall numbers (2,200 RPM...), yet get to less than 15% slippage once underway
Each MFG has their secrets to the fin angle and clearance and stator vaning, etc. Koenigsegg has just upped the ante
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Interesting, I thought it was going to be a variable or switch pitch design.
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