Quote Originally Posted by BillCaccia View Post
Maybe I was misstating what I meant by Electronic Power steering. I found this company from Australia, Ultimate Power Steering that makes an Electric Power Assist Steering Unit that has a Potentiometer that allows you to adjust the amount of assist you need. I plan to go to Mid Ohio Raceway on occasions to stretch the GTM legs so to speak and have this assist unit will work up there. The unit mounts under the dash just like the one Beeman was talking about.


I was researching paddle shifters after I found this company that produces Meneola Trans-axles with heavier duty parts. Weddle Industries makes it with sequential shift transaxle like the Mendeola (it even comes with a Chevy bell housing) which would eliminate the H pattern problems on the up-shifts. Granted it is a little higher price but the differences I feel make it worth the money.
There is sequential shift, and then there is paddle shift. Two different things. If you look on the Mendeola site you will see the SDR and the S5RR transaxles are available direct from Mendeola.

Prototype Development Group helped develop the S5RR many years ago and are still working with Mendeola to make improvements. It works great as is and we have used the S5RR to podium at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill multiple times, but things like no lift shift and paddle shift are things we are working on developing further for the S5RR. They just are not available yet, and it should also be noted that the S5RR is not a transaxle designed for street car use. It is a dog ring box and would be a bit harsh for use on the street. That is why the SDR is offered, which is a synchronized box with much the same architecture as the S5RR. Both boxes handle a lot of HP and are designed from the start to work with the LS engines directly. Take a look...

http://www.mendeolatransaxles.com/transaxles.html