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[insamoufonyx]

not too sure is i spelt it correctly but how do i convert to triptronic gearing system?


cheers

[Dan]

Buy a different car.

[Sprocket]

[nev_payne]

Or as the uber hackers say:

pwn3d.

[Bungle]

Buy a different car.

no do it the hard way and fit a different engine and gear box to your mini

[Big_Adam]

Why would you want a flappy paddle jobbie?

[Jammy]

Why would you want a flappy paddle jobbie?

The Audi version (kind of) is a baffing good system!

[Big_Adam]

Why would you want a flappy paddle jobbie?

The Audi version (kind of) is a baffing good system!

Doesn't seem right, not for a mini anyway. Imagine the work involved.

Is the flappy paddle that good then Mr Jammy? Ye' olde top gear crew never seemed to like it....well not on anything other than a £100,000+ sports car.

[Jammy]

The Audi one is the decent (generally) one though, when they tested the Audi TT (that has it as an option) they said it works at least (I don't think they like paddle shifts in general, so didn't want to big it up too much).

It works by having two clutches, one to hold the gear your in, and one holds the gear it thinks your next going to need. So when the time comes its almost instantaneous - 8 milliseconds to upshift! I believe it takes about a tenth of the time to shift when compared to rival designs from Ferrari, Porsche, etc!

About.com - DSG

Your right though, to do an engine conversion with the Audi TT engine would be quite a lot of work!

[Sprocket]

What would you do with your shiney KAD copy quick shift stick?

Mind you, having a paddle would help you out of the creek

[Dog]

The BMW paddle is good too!!

Don't belaive everything the telly tells u adam...

[*DJH*]

We have a Ralliart Galant that has a Tiptronic gearbox but instead of the flappy paddles, the gear lever moves over to one side and you can use it as a sequential gearbox

[roofless]

fit an R1 conversion and use an air shifter ?

[minimadjonesy]

The Audi one is the decent (generally) one though, when they tested the Audi TT (that has it as an option) they said it works at least (I don't think they like paddle shifts in general, so didn't want to big it up too much).

It works by having two clutches, one to hold the gear your in, and one holds the gear it thinks your next going to need. So when the time comes its almost instantaneous - 8 milliseconds to upshift! I believe it takes about a tenth of the time to shift when compared to rival designs from Ferrari, Porsche, etc!

About.com - DSG

Your right though, to do an engine conversion with the Audi TT engine would be quite a lot of work!

Almost right Jammy, It actually has two clutches that are constantly spinning the gear one for the odd geras and the other for the even. Thatway whatever gear you are going for is already up to speed! Is an amazing system, was very impressed when i took my old boss's A3 out for a spin, you can just keep you foot flat to the floor and shift! no lag whatsoever! It's so good that when they built the Bugatti Veyron they put one of the audi DSG Gearboxes on it!

As for teh mini, someone did do a sequential box a couple of years ago and it was for sale but it was something like £6k!!

[not so mini dan]

Could you fit a sequencial box to an A series lump? Would be interesting......