A preselector gearbox is a type of manual transmission mostly used on passenger cars and racing cars in the 1930s, in buses from 1940–1960 and in armoured...
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Semi-automatic transmission (redirect from Flappy paddle gearbox)
requiring the driver to manually shift gears. This contrasts with a preselector gearbox, in which the driver selects the next gear ratio and operates the...
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Manual transmission (redirect from Manual gearbox)
Freewheel Gear train Non-synchronous transmission Overdrive (mechanics) Preselector gearbox Torque converter Transmission (mechanical device) Wikisource:Popular...
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Sequential manual transmission (redirect from Sequential manual gearbox)
A sequential manual transmission, also known as a sequential gearbox or sequential transmission, is a type of non-synchronous manual transmission used...
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engine was at the rear linked through a fluid flywheel to a Wilson preselector gearbox and then a H-drive arrangement with prop-shafts to each wheel. Four...
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direct-shift gearbox (DSG, German: Direktschaltgetriebe) is an electronically controlled, dual-clutch, multiple-shaft, automatic gearbox, in either a...
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their patented fluid flywheel used in conjunction with a Wilson preselector gearbox from 1930 to the mid-1950s. Daimler tried to widen its appeal in...
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engine with preselector gearbox from 1934. A new small car, the Rapier came along in 1934 with a 1,104 cc engine and pre-selector gearbox. This lasted...
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unspecified preselector gearbox with four forward and four reverse gear ratios. The clutch is electro-magnetically operated and the gearbox is fitted with...
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Automatic transmission (redirect from Automatic gearbox)
meantime, several European and British manufacturers would use preselector gearboxes, a form of manual transmission which removed the reliance on the...
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× 4.33 in) straight-six engine and a four speed Wilson preselector gearbox. The chassis and gearbox were derived from the company's 1930s racing cars and...
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"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)", a song by Fall Out Boy Wilson gearbox, or preselector gearbox Wilson Ornithological Society Wilson's School, boys' grammar...
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feature of the Dingo's design was the transmission, which included a preselector gearbox and fluid flywheel that gave five speeds in both directions, another...
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130 lb⋅ft (176 N⋅m) of torque at 2400 rpm. A Daimler four-speed preselector gearbox with "fluid flywheel" was used. The Saloon had steel bodies weighing...
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Both clutch and flywheel are enclosed in a conical bellhousing for the gearbox. The friction material used for the clutch disk varies, with a common material...
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independent suspension all-round; revived postwar, it featured Cotal preselector gearbox and a front grille design apparently copied from the 1939 Buick....
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66 hp (49 kW) Rolls-Royce engine which was, along with the Wilson preselector gearbox and transmission, on the right-hand side of the tank. This left the...
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Dual-clutch transmission (redirect from Twin-clutch Gearbox)
enough to be practical, the Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe ('dual-clutch gearbox') (PDK) transmission was installed as a prototype in a Porsche 956 Le Mans...
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cylinder gasoline engine, producing 51 hp, coupled with a five speed preselector gearbox.[page needed] Steering was a combination of declutching the drive...
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More body variants were added over the next few years and in 1934 a Preselector gearbox was offered for £27 extra. The range was slimmed down in 1935 to...
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pioneering year for the marque, during which it first offered the Wilson preselector gearbox as an optional extra; it became standard issue on all cars from 1933...
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differential Manual transmission Manumatic Parking pawl Park-by-wire Preselector gearbox Semi-automatic transmission Shift-by-wire Torque converter Transaxle...
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Non-synchronous transmission (redirect from Crash gearbox)
A non-synchronous transmission, also called a crash gearbox, is a form of manual transmission based on gears that do not use synchronizing mechanisms...
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ranging from a Fiat Topolino, several Lancias, a Hispano-Suiza, a preselector gearbox Delage, and a special-bodied Jowett Jupiter. He made records like...
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available power needing a 6:1 rear axle ratio. It was available with a preselector gearbox as an option and most had coachwork by Carbodies. The supercharged...
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machine) Walter Gordon Wilson (1874–1957) – inventor of the Wilson preselector gearbox Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) – aerospace engineer turned philosopher...
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Fluid Flywheel coupled the engine and its Wilson pre-selector 4-speed gearbox. All new car sales collapsed in 1952 while the nation waited for the removal...
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were of conventional construction for the time with drive through a preselector gearbox to a de Dion rear axle. In 1952 and 1953, the Grand Prix races counting...
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four-cylinder engines that delivered 250 bhp through a four-speed preselector gearbox. The Type B made its debut at the 1955 Glover Trophy, where Tony...
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sections bolted together. The engine was connected to a four-speed preselector gearbox with right-hand change lever and the Girling system rod operated...
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