Transmissions

[lukevanoort]

It's not really designing the transmission that's hard, it's building it. Case in point, we have about nine untested transmission designs in my drive train engineering notebook, seven of which shift (including a 4 speed shift on the fly). However, we've never built a shifter, since we lack the money to buy AM (why do they cost $330 anyway?), lack the machining capability to make our own, lack the money for DeWalts even (we started this build season with a 19 cent budget), and have no nearby teams that have the machining capability. So, what I'm doing is designing as many shifting trannys as I can in the hopes that some time during my time as head drive train designer, we'll have the money. (In fact, you could call mine an obsession with crazy shifters, ask Josh about the 14 motor, I spent much of the team social telling him about it.) If you're determined to shift, I'd recommend the NASA method (or what I think the NASA method is), throw everything you have on a table and work with it. (Maybe try to modify the KOP tranny to shift)