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Title: do these work
Post by: Col on October 01, 2005, 10:06:27 AM

I have seen on ebay these short shifters,

I was wondering if anyone has bought one what is the quailty like?

Are they easy to fit?

And do they work?

short shifter (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAZDA-RX7-FD3S-92-01-SHORT-SHIFTER-SHIFT-30-REDUCTION_W0QQitemZ8003487199QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Cheers Col

Title: do these work
Post by: chrisJDM on October 01, 2005, 10:34:07 AM

hiya mate i have got one on my FD, does reduce the throw but also makes the shifter alot stiffer, I quite like it but my gf had a go at drivin with it and didnt like it cause it was really stiff, but then she is use 2 driving a peugeot 106 lol

Title: do these work
Post by: Col on October 01, 2005, 11:00:39 AM

thanks for the reply, did you fit it yourself are they quite easy to fit?

Title: do these work
Post by: chrisJDM on October 01, 2005, 11:10:31 AM

yeh i did they are very easy to fit, simply unscrew the old one and screw in the new one

Title: do these work
Post by: J.j. on October 01, 2005, 11:11:27 AM

I had a B&M one. Like Sweetie said It did reduce the gear travel quite a bit and became quite stiff. So stiff that I didnt find gear changes between say 2d to 3rd, or 4th to 5th much quicker.

Having said that 1st to 2d, 3rd to 4th :yes

Title: do these work
Post by: Col on October 01, 2005, 11:14:47 AM

thanks for the replies, I may have a go at one. Cheers lads :)

Title: do these work
Post by: Spotlamp on October 01, 2005, 01:45:33 PM

I got a B&M kit of ebay. Cost about $170 I think, ended up paying just about Â£120 delivered. Took less than 15 minutes to fit.

I\'ve not tried any other kits, but the B&M is superb, I don\'t have a problem with stiffness at all (ahem), changes are much more precise, gearbox feels a lot tighter too. That said I got a gearbox, diff and engine brace fitted at the same time so not sure if it was just the shifter. Changes are really nice now though :D

H

Title: do these work
Post by: Fish on October 01, 2005, 06:29:48 PM

Reading threads on the US RX7Club forums, it appears that some of the cheaper versions have fitment issues. Best get a proper B&M unit.

Fish

Mazda Rotary Club

Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: Col on October 01, 2005, 10:06:27 AM