What you will find here: Intended to display minor modifications to my Westfield SEi, this blog now witnesses the two year rebuild (and more) after a major crash in October 2011. Have fun and feel free to add a comment at the end of any post.
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Quick shift

Most people driving a Seven-type car opt for a quicker gear change mechanism. Less travel means that the pivot point has to be altered. A simple graph shows what this means. For a given movement of the x-axis, the pivot point must be higher if you want a shorter y-axis. 
It's possible to build such a lever or to modify the existing one. The Quaife lever is a very neat and well engineered solution including a proper spring operated reverse lock rather then the original rubber bellow. There are different types, short, straight, bent ... for different gearboxes.
Cheers.

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