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Mustang to adopt F1 style transmissions

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  • Start date Start date Aug 15, 2005
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Johnnygreen

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Lately i've been inquiring about changing my transmission to paddle shift. Here was the response....

My 2003 Mustang World Challenge GT race car has the transmission and shifter
system out of an Aston Martin Vanquish. This system has been specially
calibrated to work with a Mustang engine in a race environment by Ford Advanced
Powertrain. We have been working with them for a number of years on this project
and hope that our efforts will lead to them offering this transmission as an
option in future Mustangs or Cobras, but right now it is purely a prototype that
cannot be retrofitted to any other vehicle. Sorry about that. We'll keep
working on it though.

Ciao,

Carol Hollfelder
www.Tiger-Racing.com


I think that would be sweet.....thoughts?
 

spectre30075

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That would rule.
 

SVTdriver

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While it might be cool. I'd rather have the faster zeroshift.
http://www.zeroshift.com/
 

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not to keen myself. On a race circuit these transimissions work quite well, EVERY WHERE else they are pretty aporling.

For starters the padel shift from the Aston is also used my Ferrari, both companies have always had probelms with them breaking and burning the clutch up. Full power take offs are not adviable, the Vanquish can burn thru a clutch in less than 4 full power launches, so a setup like this will be useless for drag strip use (hence the circuit cars always start with a rolling start).

A freind had a F355 with the padel shift in it, it was horriable. Not only did it break 3 times in less than 2000 miles it just wasn't nice to ride in. The gear change was so jerky it nearly thru you out of the window.

Parking is also a pain as there is a massive slack, so you have to rev the engine quite hard before the even moves, but it then shoots off like a rocket.

Also for more proof of the limitations, the Aston Martin DB9 has less power and weighs more than a Vanquish, but it uses a regular automatic gearbox (with a paddel selctor) as opposed to the Vanquish's manual sequential paddel box.

The DB9 is faster 0-60 and 0-100 becuase the auto box works better, and it doesn't break as easily either.

Give me a regular H pattern manual anyday....
 

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