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To be clear, I'm not leaving the industry. I'll still be around.

Yup, thread title says it all. My last day at Weddle was Friday October 18. 12 years. Great place to work. Great opportunities to improve myself personally and professionally. It was a tough decision to leave, but somewhat forced due to the difficulty of purchasing a home and raising a family...

LOL. Dave annoying the locals already. You guys should be happy I'm not in charge, there would only be 2 sub forums, Glamis News/Chat and Sandrail Tech. I'm like the snakes and sparklers Indian in Joe Dirt, those are the only ones I like.

Wow. A thread with actual good advise from all who participated. Nice work everyone. I will add this: When the slave is adjusted with just a small amount of freeplay in the clutch arm, most clutch pedals should only have to travel 3"-4" MAX to disengage the clutch. (this depends on the pedal...

That is going to change on the next units as they are moving the bar behind the front seats back a few inches. The drivers seat was a little short for me at 6'1" with the seat all the way back against the bar. Will still have lots of room in the back seats though. I think the body would look...

They are inside the door. They push the doors open when you release the latch, then hold them open.

This is the only picture I have of the Brenthel car in the booth. Sorry, I did not take any detail shots. I'm not a good picture taker. It has "Lambo" style doors that open up and outwards, with some fairly stiff rear window struts to push them open once you hit the latch. I watched one kid...

Interesting show this year. A lot of people walking the show, not as many stopping in to chat and ask questions as years past. More questions asking if we had parts in stock, rather than asking what trans they needed for a new build or replacing smaller trans. Still a good show for us. I had...

That Mastershift system is very antiquated, along with the shifting technology of the old Mendeola and PBS sequentials at the time this was tried. The new Weddle Gen 3 shift mechanism and various paddle shifting hardware/kits and tuning systems are far superior today. it really comes down to...

PADDLE SHIFTERS Adding to the discussion: Paddle shifter systems can be added to almost any mechanically operated sequential shifted transaxle/gearbox with the use of an external actuator and paddles adapted to the steering wheel. These are becoming more prevalent the in sand car world, but...

Emergency alerts went off on our phones while getting ready to head out the door. I grabbed the baby and my wife rounded up the 5 year old and we headed for the front door. Never felt it but noticed some the hanging decorations swaying a bit. Something I thought about with this one, We have now...

Since I've seen every version of these Can-Am Visco-Lok and Smart-Look diffs over the past 7 years, I guess I'm qualified to chime in. The Visco-Lok diffs are pretty fragile. They only have 2-spider gears compared to the 4-spider gears in the Smart-Lok diffs. The R&P gears are virtually the...

I had a few people send me e-mails. It was good to hear a from a quite few that had many 1000's of miles with no issues or complaints. They are proving their value and longevity. (unapologetic sales pitch there) We were more curious about what people thought about the shift quality...

I read through the details a few times, I am not seeing any shift drum sensor input on this unit. Which is a key element to making this a safe system for the gearbox.

The geartronics system is doing the same thing through their standalone system that you would through a high end motorsports ECU and having a tuner set up the system. The question becomes how is the Geartronics standalone system telling what ever ECU you have to cut or blip power? That's a...

The only issue that could arise is having an input shaft seal in the bell housing go bad and start to leak. With the car not in motion, the R&P is not churning oil to the input seal and lubricating it. Running for a long time in neutral could allow the seal to get hot and brittle, then develop...

As stated above, it's more about the ECU and the tuner that makes this system function properly. But yes, the Albins sequential will allow for this system. I have heard that the newer Holley systems can accept some of these inputs, but I know the older ECU's do not. You would need to know what...

It's less about the gearbox and more about the tuner that sets the parameters. There are a few Fortins in class 1 cars with converters that utilize No-Lift-Shift. I do not have any direct experience with them though.

Great question. The torque converter adds a bit of complexity due to the inertia effect of the converter and how the input shaft is still under torque load even after you cut the power. But, this is what we use in the big class 1 desert race cars, and it does work well in most instances...