Interesting bit about short shift kits

[jmatta]

That's interesting; however, I've had my B&M for four years/10k miles and no problems. I also do not "speed shift" and treat my car with respect (learned from driving 911's all these years with 915 trannys).

[Burg Boxster]

hmmm....

Let's see...I have a '99 2.5L (w/ potential: porous block, RMS, and of course IMS issues), 15mm spacers (dangerously eliminating understeer ), original top (w/ the 'dreaded' plastic window), and B&M SSK for 2 years (which will now ruin 2nd gear). Yet I haven't had any issues w/ mine.

Boy I sure hope all this hysteria about Boxsters keeps up.... I don't think I've ever driven such a pristine car which at this point should be scare-depreciated to $0 by mid June .

[mdex]

We have had short shift kits in all the cars since the first 911 in '85. Never a ruined gearbox in any of them... with hundreds of hours on track for each car, and at least 100k of street miles on them as well.

Most of the racers I know as well put them in... it isn't the short shifter that destroys the gear box.. its the person shifting it improperly.

[bigb]

Heh, I guess I too came across the same snippet you did at the spec board Lil'B. Would be cool if Brad could shed more light on this...

[spyder803]

I was researching this as well and have seen several posts regarding potential wear issues and problems. Of course I have also seen many positive reviews as well but I'm going to leave mine alone for now and focus on other items.

I haven't personally experienced any issues with the stock shifter or it's travel distance at this point so unless I do begin to notice comfort issues with it I'm going to put this idea back on the shelf.