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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
Up to this point, that's dragstrip thinking, as long you're not too worried about the shock breaking anything. That shock represents a momentary impulse - or more accurately a recovery of torque from decelerating everything ahead of the clutch disc. Rotational inertia times angular deceleration becomes a torque applied against the now slower-rotating clutch disc - which is then additive to the basic amount of torque coming out of the engine. It's a very brief effect, but it's enough to win a few races that might be lost otherwise. Chevy's NLS is more in line with speed shifting and powershifting.
But this line of thought is consistent with road course and most street driving where avoiding unnecessary driveline shock is far more important in the long run.
Norm
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The benefit to me aside from not having drivetrain shock was keeping the throttle blade open to avoid blowing off all the boost getting into the next gear. It seems like the way the NLS feature is being described here is exactly how how any car with a manual would work if you shifted it without lifting lol. I'm not seeing how its any different than taking a 1995 civic out and no lift shifting it except that the Camaro apparently holds it like 200 rpm's from redline