Thread: Downshifting
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      04-24-2020, 10:21 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Dwaynos View Post
It depends which gear the transmission is predicting you will change to next. If you're in 3rd and it has 4th waiting on the other clutch, then you change to 2nd it will have to change the gears before switching clutches, this takes a little longer.

If the gearbox predicts you'll change to 2nd and you do then its instant.

The gearbox predicts this by using various different inputs from the vehicle, speed and load etc.
This sounds like additional wear and tear on the clutch plates. No?
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