As promised, a few vids here just to show you how awesome I reckon sequential gearboxes are, and maybe just to sway you ;)

 

Mk2 Escort and turbo bike engine 4mb

 

Dodge Viper racer 78mb

 

BMW Super Touring Car 19mb

 

Westfield/Caterham 1 4mb

 

Westfield/Caterham 2 12mb

 

Hope the rest of you enjoy them too. The BMW one is cool as he starts from the back of the grid and comes charging through :p

You just know im downloading these rob :D

bmw makes your ears bleed

bmw makes your ears bleed

 

Straight cut gearbox, makes it so there is very very little power loss through the transmission. Considering a good manual box will cause 15-20% loss, putting a straight cut box on will give you 10% more power at the wheels with out having to modify the engine meaning less stress.

eerrmmmm....

How many zedtonions we lookin at here fellas?

And has one ever been done on a Z?

My mate had a sequensial stait cut in his Skyline. Noisey aint the word. Also very difficult to engage the backwards gear. Sounded like it as going to break. Not ideal for a road car.

 

On the plus side, fooking great for racing ;)

 

Andy

That Bmw vid was awesome. Strange mix of cars - Bmw Compacts, 3 series, Clio's, Porsche 911's and were those others Maseratti's ?

 

It said 320i, but it was seriously shifting. He was outbraking, out accelerating and outhandling everything on the track

nope marcos's :D

 

regards,

alex

nope marcos's :D

yup...Marcos Mantis (normally found in the GT series

As promised, a few vids here just to show you how awesome I reckon sequential gearboxes are, and maybe just to sway you ;)

 

Mk2 Escort and turbo bike engine 4mb

 

Dodge Viper racer 78mb

 

BMW Super Touring Car 19mb

 

Westfield/Caterham 1 4mb

 

Westfield/Caterham 2 12mb

 

Hope the rest of you enjoy them too. The BMW one is cool as he starts from the back of the grid and comes charging through :p

 

 

Awesome vids Rob :bow: I really do think my car should have one but to be honest mate the noise from that Beemer would get on my tits :wack:

Awesome vids Rob :bow: I really do think my car should have one but to be honest mate the noise from that Beemer would get on my tits :wack:

Gooooooooo on Macca..u know it makes sense...

now that would be quick :bow:

Awesome vids Rob :bow: I really do think my car should have one but to be honest mate the noise from that Beemer would get on my tits :wack:

 

 

My mate has been in a Lancia Intergralé with a straight cut box. The responce is amazing, and the sound is really cool. For the first 5 mins, then it really gets on your nerves!

:bow:

 

I had a Jack Knight straight cut box in my (are you ready for this) Mini 1275GT, it was 10 years ago LOL

 

Sounded sweet, not as loud as the BMW obviously, but everyone knew when i was on my way!! :D

Awesome vids Rob :bow: I really do think my car should have one but to be honest mate the noise from that Beemer would get on my tits :wack:

 

Well. I believe Quaife do 'semi' straight cut. They are helical cut gears, but only a very slight angle. Purely to cut down on the noise. I guess they are a % or two less efficient, but if it keeps your sanity..........

 

As Stuart says, a manual gearbox looses about 15%?? I know for a fact (from our local BTCC team) that the Honda Accord Xtrac sequential box was guaranteed to have less than 5% power loss.................

 

So if maccas car is running a conservative 500hp on a syncromesh manual box, he is getting approx 425hp to the ground.

 

Running a sequential box with say 7% losses he is getting 465hp to the ground. All this without any more stress on the engine.

 

 

Food for thought???? ;)

LOL i'm glad the rest of you enjoyed them. The BMW STW is cool. I love that one.

 

So if maccas car is running a conservative 500hp on a syncromesh manual box, he is getting approx 425hp to the ground.

 

Running a sequential box with say 7% losses he is getting 465hp to the ground. All this without any more stress on the engine.

 

 

Food for thought???? ;)

 

 

That makes a lots sense Rob however......................................

Thats going to cost me 6k for only 40 more BHP :wack: ;)