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158: No Compromise? Why the 8HP Might Be the Ultimate Transmission

Tuned In by High Performance Academy

Mar 25, 202699:13Education

Having a silky-smooth automatic alongside a quick-shifting manual transmission capable of handling 1000HP in the same transmission seems impossible—but the ZF 8HP might just achieve it. Andrew Astley from 8speed joins us...

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