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Phil mcavity

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Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« on: 03 January 2008, 19:30 »
read on guys, found this in my new back Garden from my new friends in the passat forums.Wonder when it will debut in the GTi and R32..with my new love "Hill Hold" which is fab i have to say.
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22328
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #1 on: 03 January 2008, 19:34 »
This news has been around for a while. It's a dry box and won't be suitable for the more powerful Golfs apparently. At least not in its present form.
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #2 on: 03 January 2008, 19:36 »
Quote from: Phil mcavity on 03 January 2008, 19:30
read on guys, found this in my new back Garden from my new friends in the passat forums.Wonder when it will debut in the GTi and R32..with my new love "Hill Hold" which is fab i have to say.
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22328


Hi Phil - Happy new year.

I've read about this too, as it says in the thread it is due to be put in the lower powered car. This is because it "only" has a torque limit setting of 280nm as opposed to the 6 speed which is rated at 350nm.

It is good news though that VW are still pursuing different variations of the DSG box. IMO they may develop a 7 speed wet plate version which could have an even higher rating than the 6 speeder :drool: and ultimately have more fitting options.
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #3 on: 03 January 2008, 20:27 »
....All well and good but, quite frankly, 6 gears is quite enough in practice.
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #4 on: 03 January 2008, 20:30 »
Not for a remapped ED30 its not, I keep looking for a 7th gear because it pulls so well in 6th I think I'm in a lower gear :grin:
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #5 on: 03 January 2008, 20:34 »
....Mine pulls well in 6th too but there's so much torque that 7th would be a waste of time. At +125 mph (Autobahns) 7th is even less needed.
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #6 on: 03 January 2008, 20:44 »
Cheers Hurdy, happt new year to you too.
I keep an eagle eye on goings on here still, am really missing my olf GTi big stylie! :sick:

Keep up the good work Hurdy  :smiley:
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #7 on: 04 January 2008, 08:37 »
Quote from: Phil mcavity on 03 January 2008, 19:30
read on guys, found this in my new back Garden from my new friends in the passat forums.Wonder when it will debut in the GTi and R32..with my new love "Hill Hold" which is fab i have to say.
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22328


hill hold is great, aint it? I am glad I specced it on my car.  :smiley:
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #8 on: 04 January 2008, 09:40 »
If I recall correctly it is only good for 250nm so will be unsuitable for high performance applications.

The main reason for this box is to keep the greeny's happy and cut emmisions.
7 gears are good for fuel economy and emmissions as it keeps the gearing and engine loads down. As for performance cars, there is nothing you can do with 7 that you can't do with 6 gears if you know what you're doing. Companies like BMW can bang on as much as they like about their fantastic 7 speed box like in the M5, but the main reason they put that in is because that V10 has bugger all torque.
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Re: Dsg Goes 7th Heaven.......
« Reply #9 on: 04 January 2008, 12:08 »
Audi already have an 8 speed box thats available in the new A4 (2.7 TDI at first) (and the A5 i think) seen as its going into the derv to start it should be able to easily deal with the torque the petrols kick out.

didn't lexus unveil a 7 or 8 speed auto the other day too?
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