You can´t do this to a F1-geared Ferrari, right? | FerrariChat
Buy

You can´t do this to a F1-geared Ferrari, right?

Discussion in '360/430' started by There, May 29, 2005.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

  1. There

    There Rookie

    May 19, 2005
    25
    #1 There, May 29, 2005
    I´m just a little interested in a thing, and this may seem like a stupid post, then don´t answer, thanks :)

    I mean, on a F1-geard Ferrari, there isn´t any clutch. What i want to ask is: does the gearbox change gear directly when you hit one of the handpaddles, or does the gear-change take place after you´ve let the paddle go?

    If it is as in the first case, as i assume, then you can never hit the gas-pedal when you´re cruising(to let the engine "speak" so to say). Right? I understand that it is like this, but just wanted it to be clarified. Thanks.
     
  2. coolestkidever

    coolestkidever F1 Veteran

    Feb 28, 2004
    5,538
    NJ
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    #2 coolestkidever, May 29, 2005
    there is a clutch, just no pedal. The clutch action is all controlled by computers. So when you tap the upshift paddle, it engages the clutch changes gear and lets the clutch out just like on a standard transmission, but it does it in .3 seconds. Its really a great engineering feat and it is almost perfected.

    edit: i misread your question. From what i know about the F1 tranny, when you pull it up thats when the computer knows to change gears. You can hear a little click when you push it and that lets you know that the ECU knows what u want the gearbox to do. If you pull both at the same time, the car goes to neutral (correct me if im wrong).
     
  3. There

    There Rookie

    May 19, 2005
    25
    #3 There, May 29, 2005
    Yeah... what i mean is that there is no manual clutch.
     
  4. There

    There Rookie

    May 19, 2005
    25
    #4 There, May 29, 2005
    Aha! Could be. That seems resonable. And when you let them go again, you comes back to the same gear that you was in before you pulled the both paddles?
     
  5. coolestkidever

    coolestkidever F1 Veteran

    Feb 28, 2004
    5,538
    NJ
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    #5 coolestkidever, May 29, 2005
    no it stays in neutral until u upshift. then if you are going say 65, put it in neutral then hit upshift, i bet that the ECU chooses the best gear then puts the car into that gear. I think, ive never driven one
     

Share This Page