{"id":16319,"date":"2011-10-28T21:33:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.r-box.be\/2011\/10\/28\/the-switching-dilemma\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T23:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T22:05:52","slug":"the-switching-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.r-box.be\/en\/2011\/10\/28\/the-switching-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"The switching dilemma &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The gear lever seems like a fairly simple part in itself but it has kept us busy for hours.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning we were not super enthusiastic to put our &#8211; nice looking and far too expensive &#8211; Sadev shifter next to the vertical handbrake on the tunnel. Not that you will easily miss, but it is emotionally out of place there.<\/p>\n<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-6176 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-6176 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-6176\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.r-box.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_1743.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8526\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.r-box.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2011\/10\/IMG_1743\/670442709.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Given my karting past, I have always found the way of shifting gears with a kart very practical and efficient. So the idea of putting a short leg close to the steering wheel had been haunting my mind for a while. Mechanically, the use of rods is almost impossible due to the position and only a double cable system remains. But cables and electronics people don&#8217;t go well together, of course.  <\/p>\n<p>So I started looking for extra powerful solenoids. Not too easy turned out to be the case afterwards unless you practice a sport with 2 wheels. The power needed to reliably shift a gearbox of a car is fairly high so that there is very little usable available, unless you switch to a system on compressed air, but I don&#8217;t really like that.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes the solution is just hidden in a coincidence. During a worldwide conference where all my European colleagues were also present, there is of course regular fraternization at the bar in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Since men are generally only interested in 2 things, women and cars, my Italian colleagues asked about the status of our BMW project where I also explained my shifting problem. One of those Italians had just done a big project at Magneti Marelli and he knew a few people from the motorsport department quite well.  <\/p>\n<p>The result was that the next day he has already done the necessary phones and there is a perfect solution available off shelf.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of November I already had all the technical details and in the course of the month of November I will know the price. So we&#8217;ll have to wait and see, but it&#8217;s the perfect solution for us. An additional advantage is that incorrect shifting &#8211; and therefore driving the engine into destructive speeds &#8211; is excluded. I think this is also a very nice side effect.  <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the shifting is of course faster than you can do manually (60 ms)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gear lever seems like a fairly simple part in itself but it has kept us busy for hours. 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