Paddle shifted TKO500/600

[chicane]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

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Like that scares you.......

[71Nova]

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

My opinion...cool but kinda stupid....

Whats the point if you still have to push the clutch in ?? The "memory feature" sounds kinda cool but.....

So you depress the clutch and then push a button to shift rather than move a lever ?? big deal.....

Paddle shifter for an automatic is one thing, but this sounds like alotta cash for a pointless piece of technology.

I agree. It seems like paddle shifters would be a sweet setup with an auto tranny, but not a manual that still has a manual clutch. Not only does it seem pointless but it costs more than I spent on my entire t-56 setup. It might be cool of you could still shift manually if you wanted to, but you can't. It replaces the shifter. I would not want it even if it only cost $800.

[jannes_z-28]

I agree too,

To have a paddle or button shifter it has to interact with the PCM and clutch to be usefull. Otherwise it is just a gadget. The benefit to use it came from F1 and their reason was to save on time when powering the tires, pressing the clutch looses driving power. Also a reason why the Lenco transmission was used in dragracing. When it was allowed in Pro Stocks it cut 0.4 seconds of the ET.

I have been driving a Mercedes SLK 55 AMG with paddleshifter and it was a joy That car don't have a clutch, I guess it is some kind of automatic but it shifts like a manual when driven hard.

Just my opinion.


Jan

[kennyd]

I just talked to the company that makes this unit , we are trying to get one also.
they might get us a " test " unit for our camaro project .