Does any1 know if u can have both paddle gearchange and standard stick change? Has any1 got this? Cheers lads

twice the hassle I guess. Handier to make it work one way!

i was thinking the other day that it would be possible to use something like a wiper motor to change gears, just by making it knock the shifter. Obviously the shifter would have to be free to move. And the motor would have to turn both ways.

The systems that I have built have been installed in cars that have both. I use solenoids to actuate the gear change and hence if there is no power supplied to the solenoid it will simply move if pushed (there is a spring but this is simply to ensure that the solenoid returns to the rest position) so in this method the is no reason why you should not have both.

Also if you just want a simple system it is incredibly easy using two relay to build a basic system. Although not very elegant and does not allow you to get the full benefits of such a system can offer.

I looked at using motors for the shift (the first system I built uses industrial servos and also controlled the clutch on a separate servo) I also looked in to using a wiper motor however decided against it as ultimately I could only thing of a way of allowing both a manual shift and the electric system that used two motors and this was a lot more expensive and heavy than two solenoids. Another consideration is that the actuation time of the solenoids ate much quicker that the motors I was looking at (both still fast though).

Blake

Nice1 will hav words in the future Blake