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one of the things that has put me off the OS-88 sequential as part of my plans is the short interval between required rebuilds. Having experienced quickshifters on motorcycles, wouldn't such a device, particularly if it could control both fueling and ignition and be programmable for how many milliseconds of power interruption, increase the life of a sequential, plus make it very smooth to use?
I know there are flatshifters for drag racing, but they seem a bit crude compared to motorcycle quickshifters with ECUs (or maybe I just haven't seen the best dedicated flatshifter gizmos).
Plus, aside from much smoother driving and little loss of boost between shifts, a standard sequential, assisted with a quickshifter linked to the shift lever (making it work ALL the time, not just at WOT), could effect gear changes equivalent to earlier semi-auto paddleboxes (150ms shift times, as a ballpark figure). Bikes with quickshifters can shift in 80ms, that's getting real close to a dual-clutch paddlebox.
If a Skyline sequential could be made to work like a bike transmission w/quickshifter, I would really bump it way higher up my to-buy list.
I know there are flatshifters for drag racing, but they seem a bit crude compared to motorcycle quickshifters with ECUs (or maybe I just haven't seen the best dedicated flatshifter gizmos).
Plus, aside from much smoother driving and little loss of boost between shifts, a standard sequential, assisted with a quickshifter linked to the shift lever (making it work ALL the time, not just at WOT), could effect gear changes equivalent to earlier semi-auto paddleboxes (150ms shift times, as a ballpark figure). Bikes with quickshifters can shift in 80ms, that's getting real close to a dual-clutch paddlebox.
If a Skyline sequential could be made to work like a bike transmission w/quickshifter, I would really bump it way higher up my to-buy list.