7AT 1st Gear NORMAL Whine: Curious

macaddict111

Hey there! There's nothing wrong with my Z, but I was curious about the really cool whine the 7AT makes in 1st gear. There is a very distinctive, cool sounding higher-pitched (in the whistle range) whine that the transmission only makes in 1st, which is proportional to engine speed.

Ironically, the first time I heard a similar sound was the 1st gear whine in a 90s Ford Explorer (which sounds EXACTLY the same) and the Crown Vics (police cars) make it too, and I always thought it was the coolest sound.

Hopefully other 7AT members will know what I'm talking about. It's very distinctive and easy to hear. All the other threads I could find were talking about whines where something was wrong.

Do any transmission savvy members know exactly what that is? I'm sure it's just gear whine, but it's so distinctive and common to other auto's in 1st gear only that I thought I would ask out of curiosity. Hopefully one of you will know something about it I can geek out on. Thanks!

EDIT: This is exactly the sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saMXBroGed0

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