Photo & Video Gallery
Here are just a few sample photographs of our many & varied installations, plus a few technical photos.
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This is a complete setup for the Geartronics paddleshift system
Geartronics director, Neil Wallace, in his flying Sunbeam during the Jim Clark rally many years ago!
A typical paddleshift wiring harness - this one was made for Quaife's Caterham demonstrator car. We can also build looms to full MIL specification using Raychem 'system 25' sleeving, spec55 wire and Deutsch connectors
The Geartronics sponsored Darrian of John Harland
Ray Gimbert's Ford anglia with a 500bhp Cosworth engine & Elite IL300 gearbox
Keith Cowie's fearsome 1200+bhp Nissan Skyline drag car featuring Geartronics automatic shift system on an OSgiken gearbox. The car has completed the 1/4 mile in an ET of 8.4s at a terminal speed of 169mph
The Durango Lola B02/50 formula 3000 car fitted with Geartronics paddleshift. The driver is Omar Leal, winner of the 2008 Italian F3000 championship
A Hungarian supercar! The next outing for this car will be using the Geartronics paddleshift system
A P1-2-3 for the Geartronics paddleshift at Mugello
A Gould GR55 hillclimb car undergoing paddleshift wiring loom installation
The famous Zytek KVF3000 450bhp engine as fitted to the Formula3000 B02/50 Lola's
The Stedile Brothers and the team. Winners of the Brazilian Endurance Championship, using Geartronics Flatshift & display system
Installation of a gear position indicator on a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle
Original 'classic' display & potentiometer
Geartronics pressure accumulator for the pneumatic paddleshift system
Display unit of the Paddleshift system
A very neat installation of the compressor, accumulator and valves by Tolman Motorsport in a V8 Star racer
A sample data log from an F3000 car using the Geartronics paddleshift system. Note the linear acceleration trace is almost uninterrupted during up shifts. You can also see 4 down shifts in less than 1 second.
The bespoke actuator mounted on the Lola LT1A gearbox in an F3000 car
A Quaife 'type-9' 6-speed sequential gearbox disassembled in the Geartronics workshop
Rear view of a Penny & Giles barrel potentiometer. We can also supply equivalent sensors from Novotechnik, Active Sensors and Contelec
Here are the Geartronics carbon-fibre paddles installed in a V8 Star Britcar racer
The Paddleshift GCU - designed in-house by Geartronics. The board uses 4-layer surface mount technology
Paddle assembly with optional carbon fibre mounting bracket
The Geartronics stand at the 2008 Autosports exhibition
Paddleshift installation on a Sadev SL75 transaxle
Paddleshift installation on a Hewland FTR transaxle fitted to a Jade3
A Hewland gear and dog ring
A Formula 3000 car during free practice at Valencia using the Geartronics paddleshift
A garage shift check on a Formula 3000 car.
Close up views of the shift actuator & throttle blipper operation
A demonstration of the paddleshift automatic mode on a Quaife 26Z Sierra gearbox - 5 downshifts in less than a second!
An OSgiken Skyline gearbox testing the shift system - the video below shows the same system operating in auto mode during a drag race
Rob Turnbull's 700bhp Gould GR55 setting up the paddleshift system at Curborough sprint course
Keith Cowie doing an 8.4s pass at Avon Park Raceway using the Geartronics shift system in automatic mode
Flatshift system being put through its paces for the first time during a single venue rally
An in-car view of the Talbot Sunbeam of Geartronics director Neil Wallace, in the days before sequential boxes!
The Sunbeam again, this time on the outside
The very first 'live' test of the paddleshift system on the development Ford Sierra!
Mike Moloney and his Mazda rotary powered MK2 Escort testing the paddleshift system on the Saenz gearbox
Mike Moloney in-car on the Clare Stages - This time using the Geartronics flatshift with a Quaife gearbox.