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Samsonsworld wrote:

wilber1 wrote:

Samsonsworld wrote:
Shift speed doesn't matter. The gears aren't what slips. The torque converter acts like a clutch. If you've ever been in a vehicle with a shift kit, you'll understand. No slip = very hard shift.

ZF 8 spd

All sequential upshifts and downshifts with this design involve just releasing one shift element and engaging another. In engineering literature, this is referred to as a “clutch to clutch” shift. Many skip shifts are also possible in the same way, e.g. a shift from Eighth to Fourth involves releasing brake A and engaging brake B while leaving clutches D and E engaged. This transmission therefore shifts very quickly. If the torque converter is replaced by a launch clutch, this transmission would be equivalent to a dual clutch transmission.

Yeah...so?

So this.

If the torque converter is replaced by a launch clutch, this transmission would be equivalent to a dual clutch transmission.

Shifts are clutch to clutch, the torque converter isn't involved.