APT Evo- Geartronics Paddleshift up and running, with dyno footage :)

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:45 am

thanks guys,im in a good place with car now,as you prob can see i enjoy as much the developments/new toys as driving it

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:56 am

blacky wrote:Is the Drenth shifter now gonna be free to good home???

Swap it for some cake and biscuits???

It's not much use without the Drenth box to go with it, unless there's something you're not telling us/Lindsay.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:46 pm

haha....doh!

No more cash to be spent on gearboxes for me!!
All this talk of cheap Impreza's is making me feel ill how much I've spent already!!

Removed the Ohlins yesterday, and it now has a rusty set of Tanabe coilovers on it...tis slammed....booom!

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:44 pm

As promised, a photo of the Drenth selection barrel-

At it's base is the rachet mechanism that rotates the barrel in segments to get the five forward gears, along with neutral and reverse-

Along with the nerdy joy that having carbon flappy paddles gives, the Geartronics system also allows a fully automated shift- changing up at a pre-defined point, as well as giving the the driver the option of 'queuing' a number of downshifts to be performed as soon as possible without causing an over-rev situation. The (old) video below explains it better-

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Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:20 pm

Love the idea of queuing the gears

Thought that this was a six speed though......or was I thinking of the Maktrack one?

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:50 pm

Drenth only do a 5-speed 'box for the Evo, and yes, it's Maktrak who do a 6-speed version.

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:11 pm

just adding a few old vids to youtube

heres first run at combe
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gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:34 pm

totb practice runs

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Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:51 pm

As per facebook mate, the acceleration on the Combe video was just ridiculous! Almost like you can't get through the gears fast enough

Bit of luck that the brakes and grip are so efficient otherwise that would be a recipe for disaster!

TOTB course designers need to accept that opening the handling track up will improve the contest for everyone involved, including spectators.

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:02 pm

yeah mate, its savage

heres better one of combe

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