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Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 19:32
by Sierra117
Anybody watched the vid of the Agera setting the speed record? My brother and I noticed something and I'm hoping someone can give some possible explanations - if you listen closely, you'll notice that when the car changes gears, it sounds like a normal manual transmission - the delay sounds exactly like someone pressing a clutch and changing gears. I'm not formally educated in engineering so it would be nice to know.

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 20:57
by hurril
It does change gear pretty slowly.

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 21:25
by NoDivergence
Sierra117 wrote:
17 Nov 2017, 19:32
Anybody watched the vid of the Agera setting the speed record? My brother and I noticed something and I'm hoping someone can give some possible explanations - if you listen closely, you'll notice that when the car changes gears, it sounds like a normal manual transmission - the delay sounds exactly like someone pressing a clutch and changing gears. I'm not formally educated in engineering so it would be nice to know.
They use a single clutch gearbox. At this power level and with this much torque, they don't want to slam the shift to protect the gearbox components.

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 08:00
by Sierra117
NoDivergence wrote:
17 Nov 2017, 21:25
Sierra117 wrote:
17 Nov 2017, 19:32
Anybody watched the vid of the Agera setting the speed record? My brother and I noticed something and I'm hoping someone can give some possible explanations - if you listen closely, you'll notice that when the car changes gears, it sounds like a normal manual transmission - the delay sounds exactly like someone pressing a clutch and changing gears. I'm not formally educated in engineering so it would be nice to know.
They use a single clutch gearbox. At this power level and with this much torque, they don't want to slam the shift to protect the gearbox components.
But the Agera RS uses a dual-clutch system, no? Though your explanation makes sense regardless!

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 09:48
by sosic2121
Sierra117 wrote:
18 Nov 2017, 08:00
But the Agera RS uses a dual-clutch system, no? Though your explanation makes sense regardless!
They don't use "real" dual clutch gearbox.

"The Cima 7-speed gearbox is another new item. It is basically an automated manual, but it incorporates an additional wet clutch-brake to slow down the input shaft during upshifts. This speeds up rev-matching hence gearshifts. Trickily, Koenigsegg calls it a dual-clutch transmission."
I copied this from autozine.org

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 11:48
by Sierra117
Ah, so the delay is for rev-matching. Thanks everyone.

Re: Agera RS Transmission

Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 19:40
by NL_Fer
So upshifting is apply the clutch and apply the torque brake. But how does it upshift? Blip throttle and apply clutch?