short shifters!!! Options

[synyster37]

so ive been wantin to get a short shifter for my car and i want to see everyone elses so i can get an idea of what its gonna look like! so i wanna see who has the shortest short shifter!

[VieT9sD]

so ive been wantin to get a short shifter for my car and i want to see everyone elses so i can get an idea of what its gonna look like! so i wanna see who has the shortest short shifter!

notice, he basically said he wants the look of a short shifter. he doesn't want function, only form.

i do agree with the rest of the guys that cutting the stock shifter shorter makes little to no difference in terms of performance. For me, the aftermarket short shifter made the most dramatic difference on how the car feels. it put a bigger smile on my face than my anti-roll bar.

as for the picture showing the selector stick when cut short (looks like about 30%?), notice that it still takes a great amount of travel between gears. not much of a difference.

This post has been edited by VieT9sD: Jun 22, 2010 - 7:53 PM

[Tom_SS2]

so ive been wantin to get a short shifter for my car and i want to see everyone elses so i can get an idea of what its gonna look like! so i wanna see who has the shortest short shifter!

notice, he basically said he wants the look of a short shifter. he doesn't want function, only form.

i do agree with the rest of the guys that cutting the stock shifter shorter makes little to no difference in terms of performance. For me, the aftermarket short shifter made the most dramatic difference on how the car feels. it put a bigger smile on my face than my anti-roll bar.

as for the picture showing the selector stick when cut short (looks like about 30%?), notice that it still takes a great amount of travel between gears. not much of a difference.

aye the picture is not to scale just showing that technically the throw will be shorter with a chopped stick, that is why you can buy "short throw shifters" and "short shifters" shorter throw just means you have to move the selector less, most "short shifters" are actually only "short throw shifter" wrongly labelled,

a proper short shifter (or a quick shifter) will require a totally different set up to pull the cables correctly. if for instance, you just installed a shifter that was shortened at both ends (above and below the pivot ball) the cable being moved by the bottom stick would not engage the gear at the gearbox end, it would be like when you change gear but you don't push it right in release the clutch and you hear the teeth in the box grind for a second then the selector drops back into neutral,

stick chopping has been done numerous times on this side of the Atlantic by many people and it does work. even the TRD quick shift (also badly labelled) are just shortened/redesigned top ends (above the pivot) of the selectors, the bottom stick under the pivot remains unchanged

take a shop bought "short shifter" and take a standard/stock one and measure the stick below the pivot it should be the same length if not then you are going to totally mess your gear changes

This post has been edited by Tom_SS2: Jun 22, 2010 - 8:26 PM