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you have already spent a shit load on this car using the best parts so why not just buy the gear knob. im sure $1000 compared to what you have spent already is nothing. Plus its made to work with everything else am i correct?

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you have already spent a shit load on this car using the best parts so why not just buy the gear knob. im sure $1000 compared to what you have spent already is nothing. Plus its made to work with everything else am i correct?

correct...a supplier who already has run this set-up for years is helping us out with sourcing the parts and getting it correctly set-up.

box was pulled out this afternoon and will be stripped and inspected tomm.

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found one... Bosch GSS-2...around $800 delivered

http://www.bosch-motorsport.de/pdf/sensors..._shift/GSS2.pdf

Hey Paul,

If you're looking for alternatives, could a knob-button to initiate the cut and timers or sensors to lift it do the job?

A bike-racer friend of mine uses the kill button briefly... another one made a 100ms kill switch actuated by the gear lever.

Cheers,

Saliya

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right...australia is pulling out all stops to have the car running this weekend...cars back in brisbane, gearbox is still on the gold coast, shifter is being modified and the associated control unit set-up in sydney and parts are being machined in adelaide and or sydney depending on which set-up we choose to use for the gearbox. Im sure Dave Barrow and Smiley in WA have something to offer to make it a truely australia wide effort. (they would probably laugh and say "just put a bloody auto behind it")

big thanks to all the guys who have offered their assistance at a moments notice to have the car ready...much appreciated and many thanks.

the world H-pattern record is 8.95...im not for a moment suggesting its going to fall but it gives us a goal to aim for.

a PB and getting the car to run reliably within a tenth each pass like it used to would make me very happy as there is no point being fast if you can't back it up each run

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right...australia is pulling out all stops to have the car running this weekend...cars back in brisbane, gearbox is still on the gold coast, shifter is being modified and the associated control unit set-up in sydney and parts are being machined in adelaide and or sydney depending on which set-up we choose to use for the gearbox. Im sure Dave Barrow and Smiley in WA have something to offer to make it a truely australia wide effort. (they would probably laugh and say "just put a bloody auto behind it")

big thanks to all the guys who have offered their assistance at a moments notice to have the car ready...much appreciated and many thanks.

the world H-pattern record is 8.95...im not for a moment suggesting its going to fall but it gives us a goal to aim for.

a PB and getting the car to run reliably within a tenth each pass like it used to would make me very happy as there is no point being fast if you can't back it up each run

No help from Melbourne??? :):banana:

No help from Melbourne??? :(:banana:

How could i have forgotten the moral support from you the other night Jack... :)

But this guy Nismoid...what rock did he crawl out from under?...mate if Ben Derks was Monty Burns...you would be Smithers.

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ok...dogbox is fixed...it had a few minor issues that have been sorted and should now be reliable. Shifter had to be custom made and is being freighted up from Sydney and should be here at 10am tomm. morning.

If it wasn't for the kind assistance of Dazmo (Darren) and Deano45 (Nathan) i would be a spectator on Saturday...thanks heaps guys.

Cheers

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ok...dogbox is fixed...it had a few minor issues that have been sorted and should now be reliable. Shifter had to be custom made and is being freighted up from Sydney and should be here at 10am tomm. morning.

If it wasn't for the kind assistance of Dazmo (Darren) and Deano45 (Nathan) i would be a spectator on Saturday...thanks heaps guys.

Cheers

I want to see pictures of this new sexy shifter!!

Paul got sucked into the carbon fibre injector hat of a 5.9sec Top Alcohol Dragster @ about 500ft and is currently posting from beyond the grave. His responses, therefore, are somewhat delayed.

Paul got sucked into the carbon fibre injector hat of a 5.9sec Top Alcohol Dragster @ about 500ft and is currently posting from beyond the grave. His responses, therefore, are somewhat delayed.

this was actually a highlight...and the fact the car now has a properly set-up gearbox and shifter. Its so good to shift it may as well be an automatic...its very slick.

qualified and made the field...which was good considering i was racing cars up to 4+ seconds quicker than me. Got drawn against a 5.9 sec top alcohol dragster in 1st round...suffice to say i had a quick chat to the driver and told HER there would be no funny business from me at the tree and id allow her through to the next round. The thought of it getting out of shape as she was coming past me and dumping a 500 cube hemi through my rear windscreen at 200 MPH 1/2 track was enough to be sensible, follow her into stage and leave after she did.

my anti-lag is not working as the boost control set-up changes we recently made are allowing pressure to escape out the wastegate as im anti-lagging before launch. Its something that was unfortunately overlooked when setting it up...1.8-2.0 60' times are only allowing 10.2's...instead of 1.3's that the car normally does and running something like 9.2's or better.

be back on track very soon...possibly this wednesday night which will be better air and the track should still be there from the weekend.

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The thought of it getting out of shape as she was coming past me and dumping a 500 cube hemi through my rear windscreen at 200 MPH 1/2 track was enough to be sensible, follow her into stage and leave after she did.

this is a great analogy paul - u should consider changing careers & becoming a journalist

Good work Paul, what class are you running in over there? seems odd to run 9 second cars against the big drag cars, they definately dont do that here, theres a class here for all the injected drag cars and they are running around the 7 second region and compete with altered's and small rails with small blocks. The handicap would of been huge, you would of been at 3/4 track before she even left the line lol :D

so does this mean the ppg "should" be pretty bulletproof now, or still possible issues with it? Are these shifters available for anyone or whats the go in getting one? I assume it can also be used on a circuit as well or only for drags?

Send me a PM regarding info if you can mate.

thanks

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