Re: Transaxel Comparision
WANNI’S THOUGHTS
- ZF old As you said, OLD
- ZF RBT Perfect replica of the one above. Probably in the Saleen version, it comes close o the modern expectations, but the space available is limitate.
- ZFQ Now some poison - Quaife has NOT SUFFICIENT knowledge about synchromesh and helical grinded gears and street requirements in general, for what I have seen. They do not have a vehiculist for the fine tuning. On top of it thay could not integrate the oil pump in the gearbox as a part of it, it is not a great design work. It is not anymore reversable up side down like the old ZF
- Wanni's It is there as an OEM supply on: Pagani, Koenigsegg, Apollo, Ascari, Lotec, Tramontana, CiZeta V16T, now requested by Arbitrage cars, Hulme, etc etc etc 900 Nm with 90 Kgs. Very nice ratio. Reversable up side down
- G50
- G50/50 All those 3 boxes are good enough and very honest. I have been working 3 years at
- 930 PORSCHE WEISSACH and those guys never miss a target.
- Renault ( Old piece of steel used on the Renault 25 and the Lotus Esprit up to 3.5 L ) When Bugatti was owner of Lotus, Artioli wanted as a priority 1 to change it with a Getrag. The investment was too high.
- Audi/Getrag used by Porsche Caymann ( a bit small, that's why Caymann without TURBO )
- I think Graziano produce a box or two as well ( Yes, but they are dedicated to the customers who made the investments for . Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Maserati & Audi.
Any others
- T44 - Goran. Coming up with my sympathy.
- Ricardo Ford GT bulky and heavy but it works really fine.
- Hoer Carrera GT it works but it is just sufficient acceptable on an extreme car like the Carrera GT. By being transversal, the comfort is a bit compromise. Let us see if the bigger brother in test on the new Pagani is better. Good luck.
- Xtrac ( hammer head ) who knows what it will be. Again, Xtrac people are not used to street stuff but they are far to be stupid.. Development with the Rogue GT.......??????? But with the Koenigsegg as well. Who knows if Christian will chose the great English brand or will stay with his old friends at CIMA ??? 2 different boxes….the car very extreme, the CIMA is an institution dressed in a long eve elegant design. Xtrac aggressive, with a better dedicated design to this particular vehicle. Customer support isn’t bad everywhere. Let us see the constance and the quality in production. This is a proper war with respect and fair play between 2 titans. Good luck as well.
- Mendeola. Another manufacturer thinking the street use too easy to perform.
Conclusions….a transmission made for 1.000 and more Nm is dedicated to VIP sports cars costing from half a million €uros to one and half.
How many of those are sellable world wide in a year??? 150 to 200….and this is the market business for VIP transaxles. I was the pioneer, we are already too much in this area. Another area is missing a right and honest transmission….the 600 Nm….where the volumes are completely different.
Now everybody can understand why I am down sizing my unit. My target is to sell 1.000 – 1.500 units a year.
Right now I do not feel too difficult a great success if I look to the involved competitors, Most of them are missing completely “ LE CAHIER DES CHARGES “. The specification list with added what the unit shall do and shall not. No TARGETS= on run changes of route which are producing only compromises and never a canonical finish of the race by project freezing.
Ciao
Wanni