01E Paddle Shift Conversion, Would You?

[Hiduke73]

Found this researching trans info. Pretty interesting. Seems pretty legit. If it wasn’t so damn expensive I’d probably do it.

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http://www.mme-motorsport.com/en/pro...ift-conversion

[TylerT]

Pretty awesome ... I see this cutting down shift time considerably .. thus, making much faster passes at the track.

Who's pulling the trigger?

[christianb5s4]

I'd consider it down the road, for now having a manual is a fun component to driving the car and I'm happy losing a few tenths for the sake of enjoyment. Seems like a really involved install though.

[Hiduke73]

True, I do love rowing gears but if it were like more modern cars and be able to choose between the two? For instance in traffic? That’d be sweet

[Scotty@Advanced]

Unless you go with dog type engagement you run the risk of blowing up synchros using this.

[Silverex]

Even tho they say you can use it with a synchromesh trans I was thinking the same thing and wearing them out really quick

[christianb5s4]

Unless you go with dog type engagement you run the risk of blowing up synchros using this.

Scotty, with a dog type setup, how is long term longevity? Let's say the car sees street use and occasional 1/4 or 1/2 mile events?

[rguil]

Scotty, with a dog type setup, how is long term longevity? Let's say the car sees street use and occasional 1/4 or 1/2 mile events?

This setup wont blow syncros, it actuates the clutch during a shift

[rguil]

Im happy that someone had built this for the 01E, I like all the detailed pictures they provided so I can reverse engineer it and build my own

[kingofqueenz788]

I herd u also need to have the straight cut gears for this

[NOTORIOUS VR]

I herd u also need to have the straight cut gears for this

You don't

[slowSfaux]

No need for straight cut gears, but dog engagement gears I would argue is necessary. Otherwise shift speed will still be limited by the synchro.

[Scotty@Advanced]

This setup wont blow syncros, it actuates the clutch during a shift

Yes it will systems like this its easy to overshift a synchro box even with using the clutch.

I herd u also need to have the straight cut gears for this

There is a common misconception that straight cut gears = dog engagement which isn't the case. You can have one without the other and vice versa.