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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: rx7ben on September 25, 2009, 01:06:33 PM

Title: Short shifter
Post by: rx7ben on September 25, 2009, 01:06:33 PM
Anybody use one of these ??? You can pick them up quite cheap. Is it something you would recomend. I allways found the Fd gear change a bit long, but thats just me
 
Thanks
Title: Short shifter
Post by: AndyGen3 on September 25, 2009, 01:13:35 PM
Short shifters arent worth the hassle imo. . Length of the standard lever is designed to give enough time for the cogs to line up in the gearbox and if you use a short one your giving less time and prob gonna cause more wear and tear. .

Andy
Title: Short shifter
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 25, 2009, 01:18:07 PM
I think they\'re fantastic, just to be contrary. Got a B&M one for my previous FD because all the synchros were pre-fduked when I got it, and it made a massive difference. Much more positive feel to it, and made the graunching much less bad (grammar!?). Transferred it onto the new FD with perfectly good gearbox, and it\'s even better. Bit stiffer than stock until it all warms up a bit, but then you wouldn\'t be caning it till everything was warmed up anyway
Title: Short shifter
Post by: m1tch on September 25, 2009, 01:30:19 PM
They are really rather good :) Flikstrr has borrow mine to take drifiting this weekend, so I swapped the OEM one back and its completly different lol
Title: Short shifter
Post by: rx7ben on September 25, 2009, 01:31:01 PM
Mixed reveiws then :confused:
Title: Short shifter
Post by: m1tch on September 25, 2009, 01:33:27 PM
It depends on what you wanna use the car for, I take mine drag racing a bit so the short shifter helps, with the OEM one in its like a GT cruiser :)
Title: Short shifter
Post by: strange_days_uk on September 25, 2009, 01:49:34 PM
Get one they kick a££
Title: Short shifter
Post by: rx7ben on September 25, 2009, 02:01:37 PM
Can anyone recomend a place or a brand to buy from.
 
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Title: Short shifter
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 25, 2009, 02:04:06 PM
Don\'t think B&M do them anymore for FDs. Dunno if the cheapy FleaBay ones are any good, I think they\'re a rip-off from the Amemiya version, so no reason they wouldn\'t be good
Title: Short shifter
Post by: davehg on September 25, 2009, 02:16:53 PM
i love mine, wouldnt go back to a standard one at all now......
Title: Short shifter
Post by: m1tch on September 25, 2009, 02:17:03 PM
Apparently you can fit a miata/mx5 one

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?p=4587699#post4587699
Title: Short shifter
Post by: L18M on September 25, 2009, 02:44:06 PM
:Thumbsup! for me :)
like nik said, they bit stiffer but thats due to the pivot point being raised by about 1.5cm ish? and a bit of basic physics shows that its normal to be a bit stiffer.
Title: Short shifter
Post by: strange_days_uk on September 25, 2009, 03:09:07 PM
eBay ones are fine
Title: Short shifter
Post by: fil_auto on September 25, 2009, 03:26:14 PM
am watching this atm and thinking about getting one too ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120470040295&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Title: Short shifter
Post by: ashc on September 25, 2009, 04:44:05 PM
i can vouch for the rocket factory short-shift kits, i love mine!
Title: Short shifter
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 25, 2009, 05:29:27 PM
Quote from: fil_auto;644002am watching this atm and thinking about getting one too ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120470040295&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

That one looks exactly like my B&M one, only not blue.....
Title: Short shifter
Post by: Adie Moore on September 26, 2009, 08:31:46 PM
often wondered about e bay shifters as they can be considerable cheeper than branded ones. if you get one let us know what you think, build quality, fit, function. cheers mate.
adie
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