Sequential gearshift

Sequential gearshift

Author
Discussion

leeclark

Original Poster:

27 posts

213 months

Sunday 16th October 2016
quotequote all
Anyone have any experience of this and would it work on our nobles. http://rallycarsforsale.net/ads/paddle-shifting-fo...

Adrian W

14,410 posts

235 months

Monday 17th October 2016
quotequote all
That looks very nice, there are a lot of kits out there, I don't think anyone has actually fitted one, I think the fragility of the gearbox sort of undermines anything else.

TuxMan

9,011 posts

245 months

Monday 17th October 2016
quotequote all
looks very interesting !!

mgbond

6,749 posts

239 months

Monday 17th October 2016
quotequote all
Very nice

Ian Perry

257 posts

163 months

Monday 17th October 2016
quotequote all
Transmissions have moved on significantly over the years ,I had a Golf R32 as a daily with the DSG box and being dual clutch is a fantastic upgrade on a conventional fluid flywheel auto box.

Currently using a BMW m3 E46 SMG as a daily and it's ancient compared with the DSG but I bet it was the dogs when it came out in the late 90's early 2000's.

I often wonder what a sequential shift/ h shifter in a Noble would be like. No doubt about it a modern dual clutch box is much faster than any driver it just comes down to the ultimate control when an automated system doesn't get it quite right .

andygtt

8,345 posts

271 months

Monday 17th October 2016
quotequote all
The clutch is the thing that slows the gear changes down in the noble.

Ive never broken a box and I do full throttle shifts etc.

umeerw

162 posts

202 months

Wednesday 19th October 2016
quotequote all
So is it worth upgrading the clutch and can jet stream do this ?!

U

andygtt

8,345 posts

271 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
quotequote all
Only if your main goal is to improve the speed of the shift... my clutch isn't nice on downshifts and require heal and toe for every downshift even on the road.

Of cause my clutch would be awesome along with this sequential shifter as it does the downshifts as well.... my point was this shifter wouldn't be that fast with the standard clutch.

wessexrfc

4,326 posts

193 months

Monday 24th October 2016
quotequote all
As Graham has found out, if you want a fast road/race car with all the modernday trappings, then buy a modern race car. Our cars are old and therefore have to be driven accordingly and have their limitations.
We drove for 1/4 of a race without the engine cut-out working and knackered 4 of of our 5 gears (albeit dog and not synchromesh) I just wouldn't bother wasting your money on this, (Andy is the exception!!!) One the basis the engine has to come out (unless you have adapted the frame) to get to the gearbox, this is sure fire way of burning money.

noosie

23 posts

163 months

Monday 24th October 2016
quotequote all
I imagine it would be good for a track car, but a road car? Possibly. It seems a lot of the motoring journo's at the moment rave about cars that go back to basics in terms of driver involvement. Porsche gt4 & 911 R. Renault rs16 (if they ever make it), golf gti clubsport etc. All manuals. We have it seems, exactly what people want. Why change that?