DSG - anyone have experience of these?

[Drago]

I found they were a bit less smooth than an auto but acceptable.

VW Transporter Vs XC90 MK1....

Oh aye, the 6 cog Aisin Warner in my old XC90 was wonderfully smooth. Change the fluid at 100k, then every 40k, last forever.

In fact the whole car was great, but I just didnt have a need for it.

 

[fossyant]

The 8 speed Aisin recommends oil change at 100k or 6 years. Specialists recommend 60k. Either way, I'll get mine done in a couple of years at a gear box specialist that isn't too far from where I live.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Not if the driver in front is a cock

What?

 

[Dadam]

Aye, im a big fan of a torque converter slush, but only on engines with proper grunt. The slush is a joy when tooling around in my T5 but was a sick joke in my Mum's old Chevette auto BITD.

Mind you, any car witn less than 300BHP isnt worth bothering with. May as well walk if you're that easily pleased.

Hmm I'd suggest there's more differences than just power between your T5 and your Mum's old Chevette back then.

My first ZF was in a 320D with a mere 184bhp and it was no slouch. 300+ would be fun but if I'm honest 258 bhp in the 330D is quite adequate.

 

[Drago]

I have to make do with 340 powers in the C70 and the missus has to rough it like a working class wallah with a mere 448 stallions in her Volvo.

Alas, the van is even worse, has only 110 BHP so I only venture out in it very late at night when Im not,likely to be seen.

 

[fossyant]

Alas, the van is even worse, has only 110 BHP so I only venture out in it very late at night when Im not,likely to be seen.

You need to get it mapped.

 

[Drago]

The base engine is capable of going to about 180, but mines got the Bosch ECU that hasn't been cracked.

Thata not to say that a very carefully concealed Tunit isnt lurking in there somewhere

 

[Jameshow]

I have to make do with 340 powers in the C70 and the missus has to rough it like a working class wallah with a mere 448 stallions in her Volvo.

Alas, the van is even worse, has only 110 BHP so I only venture out in it very late at night when Im not,likely to be seen.

340bhp C70 what you done to it?!

 

[Drago]

Map, bigger injectors, trick fuel pressure regulator, Japanifold. Thats about as far as one can go without either being silly and shimming the block

 

[figbat]

They are essentially automated pre-selector boxes. But yes, the insides are like a manual box which means a much simpler construction than planetary gear sets.

Interesting thing about oils for DCT boxes. When they first arrived there was a choice - develop oils from traditional manual transmission fluids (MTF) or start with an ATF.

The key thing about ATFs is friction management and since the DCTs had critical frictional requirements, ATF was the starting point for DCT fluids. This is because it was easier to take an ATF and make it work with the manual-type gears of a DCT than it was to take a MTF and make it work in the clutches and hydraulic systems of a DCT.