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Forget BECs, you want a Drenth DG400...
zilspeed - 13/4/08 at 06:51 PM

Went to Kames today for the Sprint as mentioned last week by V8Kid (nice to speak to you incidentally).

Anyway, I saw the DAX Rush IRS as mentioned by Athoirs las week. This one. Apart from going like the wind and outclassing most things around, it had the most fantastic gearbox, a Drenth DG400. Seamless changes like you wouldn't ever believe.

A bit dear right enough. I believe 8,900 Euros is around 7 Grand.....

What a tool the whole car was really.





[Edited on 13/4/08 by zilspeed]

matt_claydon - 13/4/08 at 08:04 PM

Plus another £8-900 for a bellhousing! Lovely bit of kit though; 260 bhp duratec with one of these behind would do nicely thank you

http://www.drenth-gearboxes.com/

Volvorsport - 13/4/08 at 08:17 PM

or , one of these .

http://www.tractive.se/?id=02

and theyre a bit cheaper

D Beddows - 13/4/08 at 08:21 PM

Oh I don't know, according to a recent thread apparently you can get a type 9 to do all that fancy sequential shifting for about £50 and a couple of weekends work..............

Sorry, cynical mode deactivated

grub - 13/4/08 at 08:34 PM

nice one

jono_misfit - 13/4/08 at 08:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Oh I don't know, according to a recent thread apparently you can get a type 9 to do all that fancy sequential shifting for about £50 and a couple of weekends work..............

Sorry, cynical mode deactivated


Im guessing this is directed at me then.

Goodbye forum.

D Beddows - 13/4/08 at 08:48 PM

Oh for heavens sake lighten up a bit!!!!

MikeRJ - 13/4/08 at 09:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Oh I don't know, according to a recent thread apparently you can get a type 9 to do all that fancy sequential shifting for about £50 and a couple of weekends work..............

Sorry, cynical mode deactivated


No need for cynicism, with the right knowledge and skills it's certainly possible to make either a purely mechanical or eletro-mechanical mechanism to do this. However with a synchro box you will never get the lightning fast changes that a dog box will give you so it's not really worth while if that's your goal.