Paddle shifter article in the new STREET RODDER mag.

[race-rodz]

not to jack the tread...but how is my quick release shrifter doin?

[MODO Innovations]

...would rather buy from someone I know and trust, like Steve.

I agree with Mike, although I wouldn't know Steve if he ran into me, I do know him from this site as well as pt.com.
When you read a bunch of posts from people on this and other sites you begin to get their personalilty. From what I have read I wouldn't have a problem buying his product (if I only had an electronic tranny). He always seem to know his stuff. Steve, I hope you sell a bunch of them.

[Steve Chryssos]

Originally Posted by race-rodz

not to jack the tread...but how is my quick release shrifter doin?

Haven't touched it Chris. Just busy. But I can jump on it if you're ready to sort out your steering column. How's the truck coming along?


Thanks for the kind words Shannon. It's still fledgling but starting to grow. This paddle shifter stuff is hard to explain. Same with electronic transmissions. Any transmission can make a hard 1-2 WOT upshift. But for every other set of circumstances, the computer really shines. I've "tuned" a bunch of these things on the phone with customers as far away as Denmark. But I was lucky enough to tune Bill Howell's car in person. After just a few keystrokes on the laptop, Bill really came to appreciate his decision to go electronic. The smile on his face was priceless. I really need to video tape that process.

[trapin]

Steve...is it possible (in the future) you might offer a complete transmission conversion package much like "Classic Chevy 5 Speed" and "ATS" do with their 5 speed and 6 speed manual packages? You know like, the Tranny, Shrifter, Converter, All wiring and electronics, etc. As it is I wouldn't know where to start looking for a 4L80E or 6L80E. Who sells them?

[race-rodz]

Originally Posted by streetfytr68

Haven't touched it Chris. Just busy. But I can jump on it if you're ready to sort out your steering column. How's the truck coming along?.

actually im still busy with the motor, tryin to get it sorted out and dynoed so i can get tranny built. just tryin to get some off the small things done between my driver project and the "job thing"

i really dont need it....so yet....just keep lookin at it

[4mm]

Originally Posted by trapin

Steve...is it possible (in the future) you might offer a complete transmission conversion package much like "Classic Chevy 5 Speed" and "ATS" do with their 5 speed and 6 speed manual packages? You know like, the Tranny, Shrifter, Converter, All wiring and electronics, etc. As it is I wouldn't know where to start looking for a 4L80E or 6L80E. Who sells them?

I was thinking the same thing, it's hard to sort it all out. I am sure you get plenty of calls asking you where to start.

[Steve Chryssos]

Yup. We can supply complete TCI Transmission/Converter/Computer packages. But there are two more important elements to your kit list: Calibration & Shipping Weight. So for that reason, it's best for you to pick from our tiny but growing list of recommended transmission builders/shops that I will recommend for complete packages. Every region of the country will have a dealer so that you can either minimize shipping cost or bring your car in for installation / calibration. Calibration is a piece of pie, but some folks just want to have it done.

Tony,
Speed Inc. is currently doing an install and Bowler Transmissions has done numerous electronic transmission hop ups including the Poison Dart project. Both are in Illinois. If you have a sharp trans shop in Michigan, get me their number and I will contact them

I'm also gonna test a multi-disc lock up converter after Power Tour. This will allow the powertrain to be locked up under almost all parameters. If I blindfolded you, lied to you and took you for a spin, you would believe that you are driving a DSG or sequential manual.

[Bill Howell]

I can not talk the technical jargon about all this, so let me try to put it in layman's terms.
First, trying to make a paddle shifter work with say a 700R4 would be like trying to hook up a F.A.S.T. computer to metering block on your Holley. The two just do not mix.

Second, I have both a 700R4(in my malibu) and a 4L80 in the goat. The trade off you have in a 700R4 is to get the 1st-2nd shift right, you give up the 3rd-4th shift at the right time. There is no fine tuning the shifts, just a compromise at best.
Now, on the 4L80, Steve has fine tuned each shift point, for each gear change. He absolutely had the laptop on, and adjusted the shift points while we were riding down the road. It was the real time adjustments that made the final outcome perfect. There is no guessing to it, just adjust, with the laptop, until you have things exactly like you like them. Until you have done this, there is no way to explain the experiance. Honestly, the paddle shifter is icing on the cake, but the ability to fine tune your shift is just unreal. Not only can you adjust it to shift at a certain speed, you also adjust the firmness it shifts. Then, if you change your mind, no problem, just retune.

Hopefully, this helps

BTW, if this sounds like a shameless plug for twist machines, it is!
Since I know Steve, trust his judgement, along with the fact that HE is a sponsor here, there is no way I would buy from the other folks, regardless of price. I feel that if there is a problem down the road, Steve can help me thru it, since he invented the technology in the first place.

[Stuart Adams]

I agree Bill. Fine tuning the shift point on the road is to me the HUGE advantage and often overlooked, people always focus on the shifter but the computer fine tuning is where its at for me. And to have Steve do it for U, you lucky goat!!

[Steve Chryssos]

Thanks guys.

Stuart, you know I'm always looking for a good excuse to eat at the Javelina Cantina.