MR2 with paddle shift, friend's project

[jlee]

He has a Mk2 n/a MR2 with a 1MZ V6 swap (going twin T25 turbo). At first you may think meh, but then I saw a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdWLc039S8

Microcontroller programmed for the shifting will be interfaced with a Haltech standalone for fuel cut on upshift, could also do RPM/VSS calculation to shift when speed/RPM lines up for the gears to avoid forcing through synchros. A bit more complicated than I'd want to run on my car, but shit like this is what he's in school for...pretty awesome stuff.

 

[manimal]

sick! seriously sick!

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

wow! Thats pretty cool how it uses compressed air to shit. heres another video
Would he be able to market and sell this as a Vendor? Or just WAY to complicated for the average bear to install?

 

[jlee]

wow! Thats pretty cool how it uses compressed air to shit. heres another video
Would he be able to market and sell this as a Vendor? Or just WAY to complicated for the average bear to install?

That's his proof of concept on an S54 n/a transmission - IIRC that had the ability to have two gears engaged at the same time, so he decided to use the factory H pattern / linkage but control it with pneumatics. Here's his thread:
http://www.mr2.com/forums/general-technical-discussion/Toyota-MR2-88583-paddle-shifted-mr2.html

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

Can't wait until he has it up and running. Pretty sweet mod I'd say.

 

[manimal]

Ask him if the thinks the suddenness of the shift will affect synchro life dramatically?

 

[Harrod]

Pretty cool, sound like my autococker paintball marker.

I have a friend out in San Diego that works for a company that was doing these systems for disabled people. He said that one of the companies was based out of Rome and he was able to go over there for a few weeks to do some training a few months ago.

 

[JCH13]

Ask him if the thinks the suddenness of the shift will affect synchro life dramatically?

Needs moar flow control! Easy enough to do.

I would love to see this done with electrical solenoids instead of pistons... but weight/packaging gets to be really crappy really fast.

Still, very awesome!