Gearbox options/experiences
#263
My synchro box got a little upset when I one did a flatshift without the function turned on, the gear went in with a crunch (3-4 in a 5sp, full throttle and close to no clutch).
But if you cannot bang it out of gear without unloading, the neutral switch is useless, but the clutch switch can still be used.
#264
A while back I was talking to a dog box manufacturer. It was said for no-lift racing the simplest and quickest shift was a simple button to cut ignition. You preload slightly the shift ****, push the button and it'd slide into the gear. Quicker than wiggling the gas pedal to take the load off the dogs.
Along the same lines, when I went to the AEM's tuner school the instructor showed how he set up a load cell/strain gauge on the shift handle to trigger the Gen1 AEM EMS cut the ignition, for super fast dogbox shifts. That as trick.
Along the same lines, when I went to the AEM's tuner school the instructor showed how he set up a load cell/strain gauge on the shift handle to trigger the Gen1 AEM EMS cut the ignition, for super fast dogbox shifts. That as trick.
Last edited by hingstonwm; 04-01-2014 at 08:17 PM.
#268
Basically the strain gauge changes resistance with tiny deflections in parts, even the tiny ones you get from pulling on the gear lever while its in gear. The voltage divider converts that resistance into a voltage that varies from 0-5v typically. When the ecu detects the voltage gets to a certain range it activate the NLS. AEM has this function built in, so does haltech, and I'm sure most others. There's a lot of really cool **** you can do with strain gauges.
#271
ah. I like the idea of a strain gauge on the shifter that others posted. The lever won't move until the load on the gears is reduced sharply, but it will deflect by a few .000. The few times I drove a car with a dog box, it took a while to get accustomed to left foot braking. Once you get that down though, everything is faster and smoother.
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#280
My brain hurts!
In for results and people's thoughts though we seemed to have given up on throwing ideas around and instead of pulling the unicorn from our collective asses, we are looking to Emilio to pull one from his?
I have a semi truck and can drive it without a clutch so I feel the dog box would not be a problem to daily, but maybe I don't want to be the only one to drive my car on a long trip? At least for me, street manners matter.
I remember reading the Corky was working on a T5 conversion that wasn't suppose to weigh a ton more. Does anybody know what came of that? Even if he is slow to get it to market if that is a good option for the street car who is not looking to get every last bit out of it on the track like Sav, I will do the fab myself. Thoughts?
In for results and people's thoughts though we seemed to have given up on throwing ideas around and instead of pulling the unicorn from our collective asses, we are looking to Emilio to pull one from his?
I have a semi truck and can drive it without a clutch so I feel the dog box would not be a problem to daily, but maybe I don't want to be the only one to drive my car on a long trip? At least for me, street manners matter.
I remember reading the Corky was working on a T5 conversion that wasn't suppose to weigh a ton more. Does anybody know what came of that? Even if he is slow to get it to market if that is a good option for the street car who is not looking to get every last bit out of it on the track like Sav, I will do the fab myself. Thoughts?