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Author fancy a paddle shift sequential?
AK
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11th Feb 09 at 21:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I do.....

dribble dribble

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=875

You must be able to have so much more control lining a car up for a corner or keeping it on the track exiting full pelt. Dread to think the cost of the setup though. The box along is >10k i think, then you have all the gubbins to make the airshifter work, then the rest
Ste L
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11th Feb 09 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
for the lazy people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXXGl61IYqw
FlamingCorsa
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11th Feb 09 at 21:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats flipping mental, and very impressive!

cant help thinking its bit lazy,lol. must be stange not to go to change gear!
Colin
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weird how the stick moves as he shifts with the paddles.
BluKoo
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11th Feb 09 at 22:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've raced with a sequential stick shift and found it really easy (obviously), but i don't think i could get used to paddles that easily.
sand-eel
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11th Feb 09 at 22:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
exactly like WRC cars
AK
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i'd love it...

two hand on the wheel all the time...

Esp in the wet... a bit sideways underbraking, with transmission lockup too... It must be a lot easier with two hands.
BluKoo
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I suppose its a bit like anything; use it enough, and it become second nature.
tez162003
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holinger sequential box = £12k + not something i could afford thats for sure! The car im looking forward to seeing this year is the phase 2 Norris Designs 3 Door Evo, that too now has a holinger box, transverse mounted engine too thus 950bhp out of a 2.3 lol
DaveyLC
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Talking of Sequential boxes.. Has anyone ever played around with the Corsa C 'tiptronic' box.. At a glance they look like a normal gearbox but with solenoids to control the clutch and shifting. I wonder how fast they can be made to shift up and down
Simon_16v
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12th Feb 09 at 09:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Try it Davey!
DaveyLC
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If the scrap dealer next door gets a crashed C in with a easytronic box I'll rip it out and have a play

I've never driven one.. Does anyone know how fast the shift it?

[Edited on 12-02-2009 by DaveyLC]
Half Pint
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i have driven both stick and paddle, and have to say that the paddle is amazing.... although the stick is a massive improvement over the stahdard box....


Stu
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Had a few vehicles with sequential boxes - My old F1 Kart, the MK Indy and the RS6!
The only thing I dont like about the steering wheel shifts on the RS6 is that the rack isnt the shortest so its hard to change gear when your using lock! To be fair its not that bad though cos most of the time Im in full auto and when I am giving it death Im not shifting mid bend anyway!
AK
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12th Feb 09 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the RS6 and Corsa arent Sequential!!! Just flappy paddle auto's
DaveyLC
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12th Feb 09 at 13:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep... Correct.. But you can shift sequentially
Half Pint
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Yep... Correct.. But you can shift sequentially


its how and what is changing gear, flappy autos are miles apart from race spec gearboxes...



[Edited on 12-02-2009 by Half Pint]
sand-eel
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manual and sequential gearboxes are totally different, eg a C2 vtr with paddle shift is just a manual gearbox with some solonoids and crap that makes it change with a button, thats why they are pish.

[Edited on 12-02-2009 by sand-eel]
DaveyLC
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I'm more thinking about getting a fast accurate gearchange

Don't worry I'm fully aware of the mechanical differences
sand-eel
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depends which gearbox it is, if it is the C2 one it is actually slower than a human changing.
If its say a bmw smg box it will be faster.
DaveyLC
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Yeah the BMW SMG models are faster than the manual equivilents.

 
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