Just cut a paddle shift for the "Zil" man and thought it looked good enough to share.

keeping the KAWASYLVA Theme

Looks good!

I notice you've got upshift on the left paddle (and of course it can be rotated for upshift on the right). Is there a standard or convention for which paddle should go which side. I've been trying to work it out by Yahooing for images of major manufacturers paddle shifts and those I've found seem to be upshift on the right. Does anyone know?

[Edited on 7/1/09 by sucksqueezebangblow]

Upshift is always on the right in my experience.

With a push-pull lever there is some debate. Traditionally it would be pull back for up and push forward for down (like flying an aeroplane I suppose). I find this intuitive but many mainstream manufacturers are doing it the other way round when they have a manual shift position on their automatic cars.

audi a6 is left for down and right for up

I think push pull levers on automatic cars are "backwards" because it echo's the direction you move the lever to be between P, R, N, D, 3, 2, 1 etc so you pull towards you to shift down.

I wondered why this was the case for ages until one day I suddenly realised!

I agree though on a BEC it should be a right pull on a paddle and a pull towards you on a stick to upshift.

I would REALLY worry if I drove someone elses car with it backwards as unlike cars with auto boxes with override (or even proper automated manuals - DSG etc) there is nothing to protect you from downshifting at max revs when you meant to upshift...

[Edited on 7/1/09 by hobbsy]

Up shift is generally on the right on most tin-top paddle changes. There are a couple of cases of it being the other way I believe.

It's up to you how you do yours and I've seen both on kits (right = up, is more common). I like down on the left as I'm left handed and the down change is trickier than up (throttle blip, etc).

adrian

oh I'm so use to automatics, that would be a pain, forwards is up!

Rotated to meet popular opinion

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Oooh want one

That looks awesome well done How much do you charge for these??

Cheers,

O

That looks great. Particularly like the lettering cut-out

Phil

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That looks great. Particularly like the lettering cut-out

Phil

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Originally posted by Hellfire
That looks great. Particularly like the lettering cut-out

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It's sub zero, don't you think ?

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my paddle shift is the wrong way after 10 or so reminders to the builder that i want it right up - left down

thats the BEC centre for you though lol!

will be getting mine swapped and relocating the cable bracket and changing the gear selector arms position when i have a free day to take it to my welder buddy! also its currently chemical metaled on - fantastic!!

Where can you buy them from now, Pathfinders was very nice too and a good price, but from what i read he is no longer doing them.
Brad.