Short Shift Kit Advice?

[blinkwatt]

Let me clear some stuff up.

THE NEW GENERATION 9X7 STOCK SHIFTING ASSEMBLY IS A REDUCTION FROM THE STOCK 9X6 ASSEMBLY.

As far as I know the OEM 9x6 short shift assembly is the same as the 9x7 short shift assembly. I can't verify this though. The B & M part no for them though is the same and B & M makes the OEM short shift kits.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Let me clear some stuff up.

THE NEW GENERATION 9X7 STOCK SHIFTING ASSEMBLY IS A REDUCTION FROM THE STOCK 9X6 ASSEMBLY.

I think that's been stated three or four times already.

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

As far as I know the OEM 9x6 short shift assembly is the same as the 9x7 short shift assembly. I can't verify this though. The B & M part no for them though is the same and B & M makes the OEM short shift kits.

According the Geoff, that's not the case. The 9x6 and 9x7 SS are clearly of different construction and from his statement, they are different in geometry. B&M does not make the 9x7 SS, only the 9x6 version.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

According the Geoff, that's not the case. The 9x6 and 9x7 SS are clearly of different construction and from his statement, they are different in geometry. B&M does not make the 9x7 SS, only the 9x6 version.

Who makes the 9x7 Short Shift Kit?

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Who makes the 9x7 Short Shift Kit?

Looks like it's a Porsche design. Check out his link a few posts up.

[geoff]

Here are a few pictures that might help with understanding what the 9x7 short shifter looks like. To compare to a 986 shifter, lift up your leather shift boot and look inside. I took these pictures before I installed it a while ago, and it has the alignment tool snapped on. The OEM 9x7 short shifter comes in the shifter housing and also comes with a handy little alignment tool that helps you get the shift cables adjusted if you have messed them up or they have stretched. As far as I know, nobody has ever come up with a cable adjustment tool for the B&M short shifter, the Porsche 986 short shifter, Schnell or any of the other knockoffs

I hope these pictures help clear up any confusion as to what the 9x7 short shifter looks like. I haven't seen one of the regular (i.e., not short) 9x7 shifters, so I can't compare the two

Here is the assembly viewed from the left side. You can see the construction is like the stock 986 short shifter except the plastic is blue instead of white and there is a metal reinforcing or stiffening plate



And here is a view of the right side. You may or may not be able to tell that the bolt that the shifter pivots on is higher than the original 986 shifter



and just to help visualize how this fits on, here is a picture of the alignment tool that comes with the setup

[blue2000s]

Here's the standard 9x7 on my 2000. You can see, the pivot point is just slightly higher than the 9x6 stock, maybe a bit less than 1/4", and it uses the metal plate, like the 9x7SSK on the side-to-side.





I had the B&M clone before I installed this and thought I was happy. But after using this shifter, I have absolutely no desire for anything else.

[sb01box]

I decided to buy 9x7 standard shifter.
using all the recommendation and steps outline here, the effort took only 2 hours. hardest was pulling the knob off (fear of breaking anything).
did some measurements on the original 9x6 shifter and 9x7.
as blue2000 pointed out, the piviot point is about 1/4 of an inch higher. I did my best to measure from the piviot point to the ball end of the shifter where the adjuster piece is pressed in.
9x6 is about 3 inches, 9x7 is 2.5 inches.
no re-adjusting necessary the first time. very very happy.

thanks to blue2000 et al.

[sb01box]

correction, 9x6 is about 2.5 inches, 9x7 is 3.0

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by sb01box

I decided to buy 9x7 standard shifter.
using all the recommendation and steps outline here, the effort took only 2 hours. hardest was pulling the knob off (fear of breaking anything).
did some measurements on the original 9x6 shifter and 9x7.
as blue2000 pointed out, the piviot point is about 1/4 of an inch higher. I did my best to measure from the piviot point to the ball end of the shifter where the adjuster piece is pressed in.
9x6 is about 3 inches, 9x7 is 2.5 inches.
no re-adjusting necessary the first time. very very happy.

thanks to blue2000 et al.

Glad to hear it.