Discussion
356Speedster said:
Keith, you must be getting old if you're talking about autos ;-)
I switched out my master cyl a few mths back and it's made a big difference to the weight of the clutch, it's much nicer now. I did 300 hard miles around Wales on Saturday without my left leg giving up, it was bliss
Har-har!I switched out my master cyl a few mths back and it's made a big difference to the weight of the clutch, it's much nicer now. I did 300 hard miles around Wales on Saturday without my left leg giving up, it was bliss
I swapped out my master cyl before IVA, and yes, it made a difference... but it is still very heavy...and of course, you need longer travel to disengage.
I have a twin turbo box, and the clutch is single-plate, with, I suspect uprated springs..
I do have a remote servo knocking around however, so I might try that!
Having driven a McLaren and several Porsches, I miss the instant and fast changes, and I do know that some on here a few years ago dallied with such alternatiuve mechanisms. I know it's going to the "Dark Side", but with technology changing all the time with more of this stuff around, I wondered.....
356Speedster said:
Keith, you must be getting old if you're talking about autos ;-)
I switched out my master cyl a few mths back and it's made a big difference to the weight of the clutch, it's much nicer now. I did 300 hard miles around Wales on Saturday without my left leg giving up, it was bliss
Ha Ha, I have chest pains on my right side after changing gear all weekend in Wales with my 6 gear right hand shifter box. It was a work out! Need to go to the gym to toughen up. Now coming down from last weekends adrenalin rush I switched out my master cyl a few mths back and it's made a big difference to the weight of the clutch, it's much nicer now. I did 300 hard miles around Wales on Saturday without my left leg giving up, it was bliss
3Dee said:
Har-har!
I swapped out my master cyl before IVA, and yes, it made a difference... but it is still very heavy...and of course, you need longer travel to disengage.
I have a twin turbo box, and the clutch is single-plate, with, I suspect uprated springs..
I do have a remote servo knocking around however, so I might try that!
Having driven a McLaren and several Porsches, I miss the instant and fast changes, and I do know that some on here a few years ago dallied with such alternatiuve mechanisms. I know it's going to the "Dark Side", but with technology changing all the time with more of this stuff around, I wondered.....
Maybe discuss with someone like AB and see if they could mod / get a 997 box to work?I swapped out my master cyl before IVA, and yes, it made a difference... but it is still very heavy...and of course, you need longer travel to disengage.
I have a twin turbo box, and the clutch is single-plate, with, I suspect uprated springs..
I do have a remote servo knocking around however, so I might try that!
Having driven a McLaren and several Porsches, I miss the instant and fast changes, and I do know that some on here a few years ago dallied with such alternatiuve mechanisms. I know it's going to the "Dark Side", but with technology changing all the time with more of this stuff around, I wondered.....
macgtech said:
MarkWebb said:
Use the clutch in town/traffic. However noise and cost a big issue.
I think you would generally struggle to hear the box over the engine - the AGB10 trans has been fitted to a few road cars without any issues on the noise front.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goTN0AL2mB8
If so the tranny is the most intrusive noise on the vid IMO.
F.C. said:
we are talking about the same transmission as here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goTN0AL2mB8
If so the tranny is the most intrusive noise on the vid IMO.
No, this is the ST6, I am referring to the AGB.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goTN0AL2mB8
If so the tranny is the most intrusive noise on the vid IMO.
I would add that this was filmed with one of the new V3 GoPros, which are rubbish at picking up base - as such it picks up the gearbox noise a lot but no engine/wind noise. If you watch our video 'Snetterton Race start...' it is much more representative as it was filmed on the V2 GoPro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnSoUzwce0
This is very disappointing when reviewing races with the surround sound on!
The AGB10's start at £12k, and rated to 1000Nm+...
macgtech said:
The AGB10's start at £12k, and rated to 1000Nm+...
Out of curiosity would you guess on how long would such a unit would last before a rebuild if used for road and trackdays only? I presume that the loads would be much less given no slicks etc...i.e. is it a viable investment?
3Dee said:
Out of curiosity would you guess on how long would such a unit would last before a rebuild if used for road and trackdays only? I presume that the loads would be much less given no slicks etc...
i.e. is it a viable investment?
I would not expect these units to ever require a rebuild - if it did become necessary, there are MUCH fewer parts than the Porsche boxes.i.e. is it a viable investment?
As an example, on our G96-50 we stripped 3rd and 4th gears, and the repair cost was over £3.5k excl VAT. A similar bit of work on the AGB would be around a 1/4 of that.
UltimaCH said:
Interesting comparison. Should something happen needing spare parts, are they available at short notice or do they need to come up from down under?
We generally get parts across in a week with priority delivery - and have managed sooner when the need arises at short notice.macgtech said:
No, this is the ST6, I am referring to the AGB.
I would add that this was filmed with one of the new V3 GoPros, which are rubbish at picking up base - as such it picks up the gearbox noise a lot but no engine/wind noise. If you watch our video 'Snetterton Race start...' it is much more representative as it was filmed on the V2 GoPro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnSoUzwce0
This is very disappointing when reviewing races with the surround sound on!
The AGB10's start at £12k, and rated to 1000Nm+...
Ok. serious bit of kit that, If I were building new it would be on my shopping list. I would add that this was filmed with one of the new V3 GoPros, which are rubbish at picking up base - as such it picks up the gearbox noise a lot but no engine/wind noise. If you watch our video 'Snetterton Race start...' it is much more representative as it was filmed on the V2 GoPro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnSoUzwce0
This is very disappointing when reviewing races with the surround sound on!
The AGB10's start at £12k, and rated to 1000Nm+...
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