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OK. I've read a bit of this thread, and find most of you terribly, depressingly, well, with your heads well and truly shoved up your asses. Any fleeting "thoughts" you have regarding the great hoax of global warming should be put to rest. The entities that are telling you global warming are...

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All great discussion, thanks to all. Tom, I think you're spot on. Adapting a DCT mechanically shouldn't be any different from any other transaxle. The software is key. J Salmon, thanks for all your input, very encouraging. Larry, I hadn't seen those videos before, many thanks. Yikes...

"It may seem heretical to suggest this, but you might just use the entire F. powertrain. The sound and performance is absolutely glorious. Just grind the F-word off the castings and tell people it's a very rare Cosworth prototype. :-)" Thanks for making me laugh Alan, and for the info...

Thanks Alan, very cool. Please correct me, but that looks like a standard clutch, not the clutch pack from the DCT I'm interested in. I only say that from what I've seen of other DCTs, I've never seen the Ferrari.

Is the Ricardo really so much heavier than the alternatives? I know it's built big, but I don't know what the weight is. Most transaxles seem to be in the ~180lb range. Anyway, Rick talked me out of it anyway. Thanks for the feedback!

I would not want to start hacking frame and body to fit the Ricardo. Didn't know that would be necessary. I like it for the fact that they sound bulletproof from a torque standpoint. There are other choices obviously. I've seen some of the add-on kits for flappy-paddle shifting, they seem...

I'll be getting ~750HP from the engine. Even the Ferrari DCT will need some upgrading to handle it.

Hi Rick, I think you're right about the scope of the work, but for me, that's half the fun. I spent many years as a mechanical engineer, so I'm not concerned about being able to pull it off. I can do all the design work of course, and much of the fab. I can get the DCT and GCU for $12K, if I...

Yes, they do. There's a separate gearbox CU that monitors engine condition, esp. RPM that I have to kluge in. I'm planning on a 427 FE.

Has anyone ever done/seen one? I'm working my way up to a SPF MkII, and I'm going through the same transaxle quandaries everyone else seems to have been through. I am considering the F1 DCT out of a Ferrari 430. As an aside, would doing that automatically disqualify the car from vintage...

I don't see any new posts as to how your project is coming along, but I can also highly recommend Specialty Products Design in Rancho Cordova.