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September 19th 16, 01:26 PM
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What's the precursor of the modern(?) slushbox ?
I believe in the 40s there was a transition period before automatics started to rule
the north america what was the hydraulics that used to mask the mistakes of the driver with a stick shift and how come it's not employed today? 
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September 19th 16, 08:19 PM
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What's the precursor of the modern(?) slushbox ?
> wrote: > I believe in the 40s there was a transition period before automatics started to rule > the north america > what was the hydraulics that used to mask the mistakes of the driver with a stick shift > and how come it's not employed today? I assume you're talking about the basic "fluid coupling" that was used before the modern and much more efficient "torque converter" was developed? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_coupling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_converter
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September 21st 16, 12:54 PM
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What's the precursor of the modern(?) slushbox ?
On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 10:20:00 PM UTC+3, Sanity Clause wrote:
> > wrote: > > > I believe in the 40s there was a transition period before automatics started to rule > > the north america > > what was the hydraulics that used to mask the mistakes of the driver with a stick shift > > and how come it's not employed today? > > I assume you're talking about the basic "fluid coupling" that was used before the modern > and much more efficient "torque converter" was developed? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_coupling > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_converter Yes. Fluid coupling it is. Thank you.
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