Unfortunately there is no pics to be found but if you read the latest issue of Modified Mag you would have seen that HKS offers a sequential 5-spd gearbox for the SR20DET.
So I went on their website to find info, of course there is none, but I did find a price tag…$12,870.00 !!! I say HOLY FUCK! To me that is a bit extreme. The fact that their manual gearboxes start at 9Gs and go up to 10Gs is crazy as well. Maybe you are buying the name but honestly, unless they have been tranny dyno tested and have billet or titanium parts I cannot see a person wanting to spend that much for a gearbox.
The reason I say this is because where I work, we sell heavy duty auto trannys with billet upgrades (diesel truck trannys) and they retail no more than 7Gs for a complete billet unit. And they are dyno tested.
For HKS to charge this much I surely hope that they can justify the cost with some explanation and a run down of what the gearbox has.
Cool unit nonetheless and it would be a sweet touch to a build if you have deep pockets.
you do not circuit race or drag race professionally so of course you can not see the benefit to having one of these units in your car. They are amazing… 2:10 nuff said
Many companies make sequential transmissions for tuner engines as well as drivetrain components and gears and all are track and dyno tested I can assure you.
Many companies make sequential transmissions for tuner engines as well as drivetrain components and gears and all are track and dyno tested I can assure you.[/quote]
I didn’t say it was a POS, all I was stating that the price was a little extreme and I gave an argument as to why I think it is an extreme price.
I hear they are a bit slow at shifting like a car with a cheap tiptronic style, Of course you still need to use depress the clutch to dis and engage the gears so you need to get used to the speed at which it will shift.
Many companies make sequential transmissions for tuner engines as well as drivetrain components and gears and all are track and dyno tested I can assure you.[/quote]
I didn’t say it was a POS, all I was stating that the price was a little extreme and I gave an argument as to why I think it is an extreme price.[/quote]
IMO for the price of putting on an Ikeya Formula sequential shifter and getting your transmission build with a better gear set like OS Giken Cross gears it would just be best to buy a proper HKS, Trust, or HPI sequential gearbox http://osgiken.net/products/closeratiogear.html
I hear they are a bit slow at shifting like a car with a cheap tiptronic style, Of course you still need to use depress the clutch to dis and engage the gears so you need to get used to the speed at which it will shift.[/quote]
You only need to use the clutch for downshifting and taking off in first gear. After that it’s bang-bang gear changey.
The PPG/Hollinger/HKS/OS Giken sequential boxes are all in the 14-15 thousand dollar range for GTR’s, yikes!
We cannot comprehend the high cost of racing items, because none of us are professional road course racers or race car builders. To pro’s the cost of such a tranny is justifiable and relative. To us, it is ridiculous. It isn’t just HKS. Look up any other proper seq tranny for racing and you won’t find much under 10K. Things like proper race motors, tube frames, roll cages, “tranny’s”, etc etc are out of 98% of our budgets. Yes it is priced CRAZY, but that’s because it is the best of what is out there and racers need it.
If you are just commenting on the high price, yes, i agree with you, it is “stupid”, but I can understand why it is priced like that.
I hear they are a bit slow at shifting like a car with a cheap tiptronic style, Of course you still need to use depress the clutch to dis and engage the gears so you need to get used to the speed at which it will shift.[/quote]
You only need to use the clutch for downshifting and taking off in first gear. After that it’s bang-bang gear changey.
The PPG/Hollinger/HKS/OS Giken sequential boxes are all in the 14-15 thousand dollar range for GTR’s, yikes![/quote]
I was talking about the Ikeya Formula shift attachment
The price is not stupid at all as it is money well spend on time and development to make a proper race transmission to be competitive. It is not realistic to buy one for a street car or even an amateur competition car due to the price of course.
Call up HKS and tell them they should price their transmissions lower as it seems unfair to you and they wont even grace you with a laugh or a chuckle but will straight up hang up on you.
I hear they are a bit slow at shifting like a car with a cheap tiptronic style, Of course you still need to use depress the clutch to dis and engage the gears so you need to get used to the speed at which it will shift.[/quote]
You only need to use the clutch for downshifting and taking off in first gear. After that it’s bang-bang gear changey.
The PPG/Hollinger/HKS/OS Giken sequential boxes are all in the 14-15 thousand dollar range for GTR’s, yikes![/quote]
I was talking about the Ikeya Formula shift attachment[/quote]
Oh, my mistake. When he posted that comment I figured he was talking about the HKS sequential box.
No one crys about the price of ferraris? why cuz its a fricking ferrari!!! and you know what you get and what you pay for which is why this should really be no shock!! and were you actually looking at getting one seriously?
