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      02-20-2017, 02:23 PM   #23
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Upgrading the clutch just change the weak point. You have no idea if the gears or anything else inside the DCT box can handle that much torque.
Yeah, that's true.

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Also, the main concern is safety issue which must be taken to the account. The broken transmission at high speed is a disaster and no one wants to take that liability without enough homework. There is a huge difference between a well known auto maker and those people who tune their car at their own responsibility...
That well known auto maker you speak of has no problems letting me drive around with a suspect front drive shaft...

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M-Car without DCT (or MT) is a joke!
X5M/X6M are heavy cars and to be honest with you I have no idea why they are carrying M badge but AT may work on those SUVs but not sport cars like M5/M6
M used to be a philosophy and made a few cars, Today it seems it's more about business and the bottom unline unfortunately.
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