These DCT gearboxes are all the rage you know!

[golftdibrad]

IMHO if it has a torque converter its an automatic.

 

[Fuzzy]

IMHO if it has a torque converter its an automatic.

What does torque converter have to do with it.

DCT is automatic without torque converter. It AUTOMATICALLY changes gears without operator intervention.

 

[670cc]

IMHO if it has a torque converter its an automatic.

I suppose you could have a torque converter for torque multiplication and put a manual transmission/clutch after it. Then it would be a manual with a torque converter.

 

[buckshot]

I suppose you could have a torque converter for torque multiplication and put a manual transmission/clutch after it. Then it would be a manual with a torque converter.

If you feel like it, read up on Banks Sidewinder S-10 drag truck. The last article I read on it stated that behind the Duramax was a torque converter driving a Liberty 5-speed manual transmission. I'm not positive, but I think the tranny might have been a sequential shift unit as oppose to an H pattern. This allows the engine to rev under load at the line to build boost before actually leaving the line. Not possible with a normal clutch.

As for the guy who says torque converter = automatic, google this. Manual valve-body.

 

[golftdibrad]

I'm well aware how all these systems work. The difference to me is the physical connection to the crank and tire via the driveline not being broken by a fluid clutch. in other words, In My Humble Opinion.

the banks truck does as you say though. they use ice to cool the fluid, all that energy has to go somewhere!
http://www.trucktrend.com/roadtests/performance/163_0902_chevy_s10_banks_sidewinder/photo_02.html