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If you had two identical cars, say Holden VE SS utes, one with automatic transmission the other with manual, which one would have the quicker take off power?

Answered by CarsGuide

23 March 2010

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If you take-off at the stall speed of the torque converter the auto will have the quicker get-away because of the torque multiplication of the converter. At speeds below the stall speed the manual will get away quicker because the torque converter is, in effect, slipping during the initial phase.

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