Sequential Shifter, or H pattern

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Mar 27, 2007 | 09:06 AM

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Re: Sequential Shifter, or H pattern

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Mar 27, 2007 | 10:13 AM

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Re: Sequential Shifter, or H pattern

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Mar 27, 2007 | 02:07 PM

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Re: Sequential Shifter, or H pattern

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Originally Posted by Fabrik8

The shifting is only slower if the SMT system sucks. Ferrari's setups shift in 50-150ms (car/mode dependent), which is really fast. You're not going to beat that with your hand, I don't care who you are. Again, the MR2 setup is garbage, and really slow. Some of that is mechanical, some of that is the shift controller electronics. I'll take a nice, shift by hand sequential system. I'm not too into paddles, and most of the sequential manual trannies in the world don't have paddles, but most all of them are $$$ race trannies.

...and you're right, for the most part, however (and I could be wrong) my understanding is that the Ferrari and similar setups are designed solely for performance, but not longevity. So, that's crap from a daily driver standpoint*.

(*never met anyone who has a Ferrari as a daily driver though either.)

From my understanding, the MR2 SMT setup is probably the best for longevity and "decent" performance for its design; at least as compared to the typical auto-sport shift anyway.

I do know, the MR2 SMT utilizes the same tranny is the regular Manual Transmission cars, just with extra electronics and pumps. I'd venture to say that: "if someone took the time to hack it the right way, it could be substantially faster, but at the sake of reliability". I highly doubt it could compete with the Ferrari, etc setup, but faster than it currently is - I'm just not sure it'd be worth the effort.