Good point, but in all my years of making cars go faster and dealing with the motoring industry, I've never encountered terminology that refers to a torque converter as a clutch!
Do you guys in the US call a torque converter something different? I'm sure I've heard another name for it, but I'm not sure.
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Clutch between engine and transmission - YES! You have to separate transmission from the engine somehow to enable gear shifting. Clutch pedal in the cockpit (cab) not necessarily - it depends on the system, both 2 pedal and 3 pedal are used. 2 pedal automatic is used mainly in passenger cars and light pick up trucks. 3 pedal automatic is used mainly in heavy trucks.
If your vehicle is an Audi or Volskwagen with six speed electronically controlled gearbox the answer is yes, have two cluch.
Twin cluch and twin three speed gearbox make an six speed gearbox called DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox).
Cluchs and selectors are controlled by an computer circuit. You can see PRNDS when S is sport mode. The gear control can have plus and minus by switch gears "manually".
This gearbox is made by Borg Warner and appears in Audi TT, VW Vento, etc.
I have printed version of basic internal diagram. If you wish it, email me at tecnologia@arnet.com.ar
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