Short shifter - Cheap ebay type

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by tommy583

So did you get a chance to drive with it yet? How do you like it?

Now that I've driven it for a couple weeks I LOVE IT!

The extra side play in the stick pivot axis is not even noticeable so I may not bother fixing it for a while.
Now that I think about the sideplay, its not a factor at all because the stick still transmits the forces to the shift cable directly.

It does take a bit of relearning to adjust to the new tighter shifts but they pop into gear much crisper and allows a faster clutch-shift-clutch motion.

Overall the shifting motion is much quicker and smoother once you get used to it.

The feel is that the throw is half of stock, even though the measured change is only 25%.

The length of the shifter handle is the same but they have brought the pivot point a bit higher and that gives the arm greater length and hence takes less distance to complete a shift.

The faster clutch-shift-clutch motion feels more fluid and seems to make the shifts smoother I think.

Every now and then I still miss the 3rd and pop into 5th instead but I did those with the standard shifter as well on occasion but now its faster so the correction is faster as well.

If you are careful to mark the existing shifter cable position with a marker before dis-assembly then everything goes right back to where it was before so its a painless upgrade and totally worth the ~$60 and couple hours of time, plus you may find treasure in the console like it did and bring the price of the upgrade down to $30 after counting up all the loose change hiding under the ashtray.