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racy · 03-04-2007, 01:46 AM

I was not a fan of Saab's Sentronic. Not that its a brad tranny. I just don't feel anything special about it. The gear ratios are about as perfect as can be. And mated with the 2.8 Turbo, they make a very nice combo that continues to impress me with every drive. However, the shifting quality is just not there. Its not a software issue either. It is as if they made the gear transition *too* smooth. In an effort to achieve comfort, they went too far and lost performance. On a spirited WOT run, the shift transitions will take so long and lose so much torque that the nose will dive and momentum gets lost. The result is that it takes an additiona 2 seconds to get back to good torque and pull.

03-04-2007, 01:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
racy 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,643	Re: New Powertrains: I'm A Believer I was not a fan of Saab's Sentronic. Not that its a brad tranny. I just don't feel anything special about it. The gear ratios are about as perfect as can be. And mated with the 2.8 Turbo, they make a very nice combo that continues to impress me with every drive. However, the shifting quality is just not there. Its not a software issue either. It is as if they made the gear transition too smooth. In an effort to achieve comfort, they went too far and lost performance. On a spirited WOT run, the shift transitions will take so long and lose so much torque that the nose will dive and momentum gets lost. The result is that it takes an additiona 2 seconds to get back to good torque and pull.