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Tranny Man — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:15:16 +0000

Pruis CVT Continuously Variable Transmissions

[/caption] Continuously Variable Transmissions have a low gear ratio and a high gear ratio with a mechanism that allows a seamless and infinitely variable amount of ratios in-between. One advantage of a CVT is the ability to keep the power plants RPM’s (revolutions per minute) in it’s most [...]

Part-4: CVT transmissions- continuously variable transmission

Tranny Man — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:28:53 +0000

Another transmission article on another version of the CVT transmission — the toroidal CVT system — replaces the belts and pulleys with discs and power rollers. Although such a system seems drastically different, all of the components are analogous to a belt-and-pulley system and lead to the same results — a continuously variable transmission. Here’s how [...]

Part-1: CVT- continuously variable transmission

Tranny Man — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:22:52 +0000

Some say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But the continuously variable transmission (CVT), which has been around, since DaVinci conceptualized it some 500 years ago. He had no means to make one and prove it..it is currently replacing planetary rebuilt automatic transmissions in some automobiles Since the first toroidal CVT patent was noted, in [...]