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CVT Subaru
At work today a Justy came in with ECVT written on the back. I asked onea the techs what that stood for, wondering if it possibly had a cvt(continuously variable transmission)...turns it did/does. I had no idea that cvts in cars that long ago. Whats the big deal with the Audi, Saturn and whoever else has one now? I've seen all these articles focusing on cvts as if they're something new. The tech said it sucked in the Justy and was only good for about 70,000-100,000 miles (sounds familiar)...afterwhich the car was pretty much rendered useless as the repairs would be well over the value of the car. He also mentioned something about Fuji Heavy Industries having the patent on the technology used for incorporating cvts into automotive applications. I'm not very familiar with patent laws but is it possible that Subaru had the patent on it but their patent has since run out, hence the recent surge of cvts in cars?.
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the big deal with the newer cars is they have CVT's that can actually handle some power. originally, CVT's just couldn't support much horsepower. the Justy was a candidate for it.
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it's the same way a transmission works in a snowmobile.. pretty cool idea.. you can put yourself wherever you want in the rev band for as long as you want..
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i'd love to drive one - must feel strange. didn't one of the manufacturers (Audi?) have a mode where it "simulated" shifting so it felt a bit more conventional?
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The Audis could have the option of setting your own vurtial shift points. So it could be set up like how ever many speeds you want (10 gear?) with any number of ratios.
The CVT idea originally appered in some wierd car from the 60 or 70's. I belive it had a drive shaft that ran to the back of the car and then to an axle with two pullys on each end that acctually had belts running to rear wheels. Not sure how it work, put i'm guessing not to well.
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Re: CVT Subaru
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Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances. -- Albert Einstein, The Reporter, November 18 1954 |
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didnt i build a go-kart like that.......
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I actually saw an ECVT Justy on Saturday - it looked exactly like mine, except fot the ECVT sticker.
I figure that if I could tune it (and if it could handle more power) the ECVT would be great for autocrossing.
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When was the first FWD in America? Cord used FWD in the 1930's and Oldsmobile sold the 425ci 350hp Toronado with FWD starting in 1966. Later increasing it to a 385hp 455ci motor in 1968. Seems a 350+hp 4500lbs front wheel drive vehicle was a little superior to a 75hp Subaru 3600 or a 80hp Honda Civic.
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Well bob, we are talking about two different things. The 1915 Citroen was FWD. Can't find anything earlier. The 1903 Mercer used a planetary gearbox to send power to the front axle. Don't know if that qulaifies as FWD. The technology used to drive a 4500lb car with a 350hp V-8 was superior to using a 75hp 4 cyclinder was what I was refering to. We all know we've come along way since the 60's. As for Olds, it's a damn shame the idiots at GM killed off America's oldest car company due to poor management. Yes Olds was the oldest still in production, starting in 1897.
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Yup - I gotta say that my old '70 Cutlass sedan was about the most indestructable vehicle I've ever owned (235K on original engine & tranny). I remember the DAF from my days in Europe in the '60s. Nice website. Note that the production numbers of these little cars greatly exceeded the SVX. Anyone remember Goggomobile (sp?) & the Glas Coupe? Ron.
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