push button clutch

[Steve C]

Hi

I have a friend who is a paraplegic and he owns 3 semi auto Beetles, one of them is a rally car with a 1916, dual webbers etc. http://www.clubvw.org.au/rallysprints.htm The semi auto uses a basically a normal Beetle box with 1st removed, a torque converter so it can idle at lights and a vacuum operated clutch which is engaged by touching the gearstick. Semi autos are just as strong as normal manual boxs but the torque converter takes a lot of the shock out of the system.

Not having a 1st gear really saps off the line performance so i have been doing a bit of research and I came across these units made in Korea http://semiauto.koreasme.com/index_product_e.html

Looking at them got me thinking about a making a clutchless bug using a similar system but using VW parts, the gearstick, clutch servo & clutch servo solenoid they could also be used for able bodied drivers so that you could get that F1 feeling everytime you change gears.

Just something to keep you thinking over Christmas, if you dont use it, you will loose it.

Steve C

http://www.clubvw.org.au/rallysprints.htm http://semiauto.koreasme.com/index_product_e.html