[Tigers] Power Shifts

[Owain Lloyd]

David Higgins once told me he never uses the clutch except for starting
off.  Even with a synchromesh box.  This was several years ago and I since
have started doing that a lot in some cars. If the engine is responsive and
the gears close together and you are intimate with the car it's quite easy.
  Depending on the box, it's often possible to shift extremely quickly.

Of course, dog boxes are designed for that and you just bang the gears.
I'd be surprised if Tom Patton's car doesn't have a dog box.  If you've
only ever experienced synchromesh boxes, a dog box is quite a shock.
Sounds and feels like the diff is going to fall out every time you shift.
It's a wonderful mechanical feeling!

On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Robert
>         If you watch races from the UK and Australia you will see
> sequential
> gear box shifting.  The shifter is pushed forward or pulled back to change
> gears.  I believe some of those racing gear boxes do not require clutching
> just a blip of the throttle is enough to change gears.
>
>         I once saw a magazine article that put a round plate on an American
> 4 speed with cams and slots to make it into a sequential type shifter.
> This
> seemed too complicated to be race worthy but who knows.
>
> Tom Patton probably has a short throw shifter set up.  I don't believe
> sequential gear boxes are allowed in GT2 but I'm not up on the rules for
> that class.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Robert D.
> Hogan
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 9:59 AM
> To: 'Tiger's Den'
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Power Shifts
>
>
> In watching the You Tube video on Tom Patton's GT2 race at either Grattan
> or
> Gingerman raceway, the speed of his shifts look like a sequential shifter.
> Is there a quicker shifting alternative for road racing than using the
> conventional clutch upshift / downshift?
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