Sequential gearboxes with the dog gears/rings are truly the most satisfying way to shift. It is so snappy and fast. Upshifting can be done clutchless, and even downshifting can be done with a quickshifter that’s up to the job. You get immediate feedback if you’re shifting right or not, and after a bit of practice you… Read more
So I’m a bad car enthusiast because I’ve never learned to drive a manual transmission car (competently). But I’ve always loved motorcycles and have forever wondered why cars stick to the H pattern rather than sequential shifting. You want to go up a gear? Click the lever UP. You want to go down a gear? Click the lever… Read more
This sounds like a really cool project! Can you put up some pictures of the car? Read more
I loved the sequential manual on my MR2. Typically, I don’t go for computer-assisted anything, but the rev-perfect downshifts in that car were amazing.
Read more
I had the opportunity once to drive a formula car at a Skip Barber school once, and it had a sequential race transmission. It remains the most satisfying transmission I’ve ever used. It had a certain weight to actuating it without actually feeling like it had a lot of mass. Hard to describe, kind of. In a way it was… Read more
I’d buy one, ...maybe I should try to start a Lada import business in Wisconsin.
Great write up. This may be because it weighs significantly less but I have routinely pulled a 60’ trailer behind a pickup and was told by employers that anything bigger would require a semi and professional license but I could pull that with a class c legally.
That’s nada lada changes. Read more
OK, former trucker and mechanical engineer here. I just wanted to address this kluge-job, and answer a few of your questions: Read more
Blame Canada! Read more
My guess is the drum is for tongue ballast. That thing is going to pull awful regardless, but sitting unweighted or pulling up on the hitch will be next level awful. Read more
Shuffling stuff around the yard is an entirely different animal than a highway. Read more
You see a redneck, but I see an innovator. Read more
Whats the tare weight on a 53 trailer? Read more
Something will happen and the US government will have access to these cameras under the guise of national security. Some people will not like that and start to vandalize the cameras on the cars. The US military will start having two armed recent high school graduates sit in while the car drives around. The year is now… Read more
At the risk of sounding like a party pooper, will this actually solve anything? Or just add to congestion, create new crime statistics, put more people out of work etc.
Read more