18 -20k I guess I better go order one.

YOU can afford it!

Jody

I was thinking you were going to buy me a belated birthday gift.Seriously though I wouldnt spend 20k on a transmission even if i could afford it which I can't. :D

so my question is.... with the quaife 15g 5/6 speed trans.... with the super close gears, would clutch usage be optional.... like a bike? blurp the throttle for up/down shifting?

i think i need one of these..... scrap prices are way up.... i just might have $13k worth of crap i can haul off. i can always donate blood....take cans back...stand on the street corner...etc

That is correct, The clutch is only used when taking off. With the 5 or 6 spd, You could dyno the engine, find its peak power curves and build this geabox to fit those RPM's..
Really if you think about it, I wonder if we are looking at these gearboxes the same way most of us look at a set of golf clubs??? 275.00 to 400.00 per driver aka our 20K-50K on the engine) but most of us have a 30.00 putter in our bags!! And we use the putter more then the driver!!! :_paranoid (our trans are most important pieces of equipment to our cars. Catch my drift?
I cant justify the 15k to 20k price for a street driven car, But if there was a circuit for these things and some money to be made, I would be all over one. orif they could get the cost to under 10k. It just seems funny that some of the guys that have 100k to 150k in there cars, dont have one. (Maybe i will sell a pace car to buy one??? NOT :eek:

no... i actually want it for for race use.... my project is more like a track whore shop truck than a "normal" pt car.... i absolutely must have a manual trans, even though i did think long and hard about a paddle shiffted auto... but decided against it for a few reasons. i really like the idea of 6 speeds to get to 1:1...... i kinda gave up road racing bikes and started my truck project.... im seeing lots of pros with the seq gearbox... and the only "major" downfall being the price..... but i just sold my track bike....so im 3/4 there :unibrow:

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=1120


that would be the thread for my truck... for those who dont know it

When are you going to send me some pics so I can put a webpage together for you? :thumbsup: That's a cool project.

well... i have been absolutley hammered with the harley painting thing..... been averaging 1-2/week. but im on my last one... sold most my other money pits (track bike, banshee, etc) so hopefully it will be a full time project here soon... and i will be able to update the pics... only got a few monor things done since the last posts.... 13" brakes, some int tin, sront suspension semi finished up.... btw the new engine choice will be an SB2... hopefully one of these seq gearboxs.

ix-neh the 5 spd seq box..... wont hold up to the hp/trq.... besides...what i have of the $13k would better suited to the motor cause.

HOWEVER... i did find this... and the idea of running a bulletproof modded M22 has re entered my head. linky