V8 Boxster for $6k, what a steal!!!

[The Radium King]

i remember when i was researching v8 conversions that he was a valid contributor to the dialogue; i think it's legit. the second shifter just allows him to drive the tip like a clutchless manual; about as cool as a tip can get, i suppose.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

the second shifter just allows him to drive the tip like a clutchless manual; about as cool as a tip can get, i suppose.

I hate to expose my obvious ignorance of the finer points of transmission theory, but I'm not following you. There is only one transmission in the car; it can only behave like a clutchless manual (PDK, F1, SMG, Cambiocorso, etc.) if that's what he installed. If he installed an automatic transmission with the ability to be shifted with paddles or the shift lever (Tiptronic, etc.) then I don't see what the other stick adds. That sort of shifting could already be done with the existing Tiptronic shifter.

Either way, this is, shall we say, an inelegant solution.

[The Radium King]

sequential vs non-?

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

sequential vs non-?

But it's a gated shifter with, what, 8 shift gates? A sequential only has two positions: up and down. And in fact, that's all a Tiptronic with paddles does is take a standard auto and give you sequential shifting with up and down paddles or side to side movement of the stick. So I'm not seeing how this second shifter adds anything.

Again, I'm not professing to be the expert on it; I'd just love to hear the reasoning behind that second stick growing out of the radio hole.

[The Radium King]

a sequential shifter goes through gears sequentially; 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 3, 3 to 2, etc. his 'mod' allows him to skip gears on the upshift and the downshift; 1 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 2, etc.

i think.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

a sequential shifter goes through gears sequentially; 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 3, 3 to 2, etc. his 'mod' allows him to skip gears on the upshift and the downshift; 1 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 2, etc.

i think.

Oh, okay, you're saying his is non-sequential -- thought you were saying the Tiptronic was non-sequential and his now makes it sequential.

I really don't know much about automatics, but I don't think you can just randomly skip around from one gear to one that's not "next door." Again, I think this is a feature of the transmission, not the shift lever. But I could be wrong, I'll give you that.