Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Sequential manual boxes -- practical in street cars??

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

Crash box, straight cut gears, dog clutches......that kinda
sequential. Think motorcycle transmission...

Clutch pedal needed (at least for starting)...

No torque converters, or automated single/dual clutch.

FG

On 7/26/14, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> Ever driven a tiptronic Porsche in manual mode?
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Fellippe Galletta
>> <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a thing lately for sequential transmissions.....never knew much
>> about them except the general shift pattern of up/down. They are
>> mighty fast and look like fun.
>>
>> Curious besides cost why we haven't seen many in high end sports cars?
>>
>> Is it really that much of a maintenance issue, or is it maybe not smooth?
>>
>> I get it for a BMW 3 series, but what about a cost no object Porsche or
>> Ferrari?
>>
>> The new Zonda or Huayra has the option for a dual clutch semi-auto,
>> H-pattern manual, and sequential.....very cool! I believe sequential
>> was considered for F40 or at least setup so a conversion was
>> practical.
>>
>> I saw the Autocar video for Caterham 620 with the sequential......was too
>> good!!
>>
>> I don't like to trust the internets on this one.....too many rookies
>> out there. If sequential is avoided because most people cannot drive a
>> regular H pattern stick, that would be sad indeed.
>>
>> FG
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