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sequential gearbox
I started taking interests in sequential gearboxs after my friend and I were talking about it. Has anybody here worked with them? Are they made for specific race engines? Are they universal fitment? I looked for information but it's pretty general. I wanna hear some personal experience. What this is for is an old school audi (easier on the pockets when you screw up 
), we're thinking of making it into a rally starter car. I'm in way over my head Just something to experiment with, and no with unlimited $$$$ you can fit anything into a car answers!!! That's the easy way out. 
), we're thinking of making it into a rally starter car. I'm in way over my head Just something to experiment with, and no with unlimited $$$$ you can fit anything into a car answers!!! That's the easy way out. 
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Some big shop outfitted a Turbo GTi with a sequential box... I think the gearbox was more than the car was. Like $22000 or something rediculous like that.
I'm sure there's a way to just make a sequential linkage that will work a conventional box (just a ratchet action that keeps shifting up the gears), but the big part of it is the hydraulic computer-operated clutch. Thats where your money is gonna go. Its a major option on even the factory cars its available on. Ferrari charges an extra $15K for the F1 sequential option. BMW doesn't beat you up too much for it, but still $2400.
It depends how much custom work you want to do. If its a box for Quattro drive, you're probably looking at a pretty specific gearbox. I'm sure the gears are somewhat universal as long as you get the ratios right, but you'd need the shafts to fit the clutch then the final drive to work with the drivetrain of the car. I'm really not sure how the clutch is operated. Leaving the clutch to be human-operated would certainly simplify things. Otherwise you'd need a computer to do it and it would get overly complicated for a beater rally car in a hurry.
I'm sure there's a way to just make a sequential linkage that will work a conventional box (just a ratchet action that keeps shifting up the gears), but the big part of it is the hydraulic computer-operated clutch. Thats where your money is gonna go. Its a major option on even the factory cars its available on. Ferrari charges an extra $15K for the F1 sequential option. BMW doesn't beat you up too much for it, but still $2400.
It depends how much custom work you want to do. If its a box for Quattro drive, you're probably looking at a pretty specific gearbox. I'm sure the gears are somewhat universal as long as you get the ratios right, but you'd need the shafts to fit the clutch then the final drive to work with the drivetrain of the car. I'm really not sure how the clutch is operated. Leaving the clutch to be human-operated would certainly simplify things. Otherwise you'd need a computer to do it and it would get overly complicated for a beater rally car in a hurry.
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