Videos of Super Sport Shrifter in action

[ubervic]

How well does it handle downshifts?

I'd love to see some in-car footage going around a race track. Doesn't even have to be anything close to 10/10ths driving.

[Steve Chryssos]

Yeah, 10/10ths and shiny paint do not go together well. But 8/10ths is plenty fun. The manumatic is decidedly different than a manual. It takes some getting used to, but it is still plenty fast as the video shows. At present, you downshift to solely to select the proper gear for corner exit--not to slow the car down. In automatic mode, the computer hunts under these circumstances. It doesn't know if you are about to power out of a corner or stop for a school bus. It gets confused. With the manumatic, you tap down to select the proper gear for corner exit and when you get back in the throttle, it's in that gear. It doesn't think about it or hunt--second gear is second gear.

The new MuscleDrive converters have beefy lock up clutches that will maintain direct drive to emulate a manual. We'll soon find out how well they work. I have a race in July, but I'll post street video as soon as possible.
Thank you for your interest.

[tyoneal]

Steve:

Thanks for posting the two new videos.

I really like what you are doing with the Shrifter. There very well may be one in my future.

Ty

[ubervic]

Where this really may be beneficial, as far as competition driving goes, is in autocross. Continuous power is very important because of the fast transitions - lifting the throttle to shift can upset the car's balance. There are several nationally competitive cars that run automatic transmissions with manual valve bodies. A swap to an electronic transmission with one of these shifters could be pretty trick as your hands would never have to leave the wheel to make a shift. Something to think about.