997 Shifter Install

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by chaudanova

Nice man, that's cool that you're the first one I know of to have tried it for the 986. I was reading their posts too, but they were all from 996 guys, and no one had any feedback for the 986. Anyhow, I think I remember you saying that you liked the B&M on your old 5spd (I think that was you?), but that you hated it on your 6spd S.

For the 5spd base 986, would you recommend the B&M or the 997 shifter?

Depends,the B & M was a little notchy on the 5-spd but on the 6-spd it was twice as much and annoyed me.

I say give the 997 shifter a shot,they can be had for cheap. If you don't like it no biggie,I'm sure another board member would pick it up.

[chaudanova]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Depends,the B & M was a little notchy on the 5-spd but on the 6-spd it was twice as much and annoyed me.

I say give the 997 shifter a shot,they can be had for cheap. If you don't like it no biggie,I'm sure another board member would pick it up.

Hey Blink, well I have a new B&M sitting here, I just haven't installed it yet, since I was still debating about either putting that in or going with a 997 unit... seeing that I already have the B&M, if you were in my shoes, would you just go with the B&M or would you still go with the 997?

And also, which 997 shifter did you put in? The stock 997 shifter, or did you go with the 997GT3, or a 997 oem short shift kit?

[dmenn]

Originally Posted by chaudanova

And also, which 997 shifter did you put in? The stock 997 shifter, or did you go with the 997GT3, or a 997 oem short shift kit?

Sorry to jump in, but I wanted to give a little more feedback. There are two different kinds of 997 shifters. One is the stock 997 shifter that is part #:997-424-010-00 and that is the same for all 997 cars, including the GT3. The other option is the 997 short shift and that is part #:997-424-983-00.

I am pretty sure Blink put in the stock 997 shifter.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by chaudanova

Hey Blink, well I have a new B&M sitting here, I just haven't installed it yet, since I was still debating about either putting that in or going with a 997 unit... seeing that I already have the B&M, if you were in my shoes, would you just go with the B&M or would you still go with the 997?

And also, which 997 shifter did you put in? The stock 997 shifter, or did you go with the 997GT3, or a 997 oem short shift kit?

If you have a 5-spd then I'd personally go with the B & M.

I DIDN'T ORDER THE 997 SHORT SHIRT KIT,JUST THE STANDARD 997 SHIFT ASSEMBLY.
I believe the 997,987,997 gt3 shifter assemblies are the same(sans OEM short skit kit).

Hopefully someone here can link the rennlist thread,I can't too busy at work to find it.
The thread title is something like 'new shifter option'

[dmenn]

Hi all - Just wanted to follow up again on this thread. I went ahead and purchased a stock 997 shifter from the contact Blinkwatt provided me (thank you Robert!).

The part # is 997-424-010-00 as I mentioned in an earlier post. Switching out the stock 986 shifter with this stock 997 shifter was very straight forward and pretty easy to do. I did some measuring before and after so we have some hard facts to work with.

On my 2000S 986 shifter the distance between 1st and 2nd gears was 6 1/8 inches. After the 997 shifter was installed, the distance between 1st and 2nd was reduced to 5 1/4 inches. That is approximately 14%. Not bad!

The shifter is smooth and feels great. I've never tried a B&M before, so I can't comment on how that feels or how short that is, but use my data as a reference point when comparing the percentage the shift throw is reduced. If you're at all thinking about going the short shift route and are hesitant about messing with your shifter mechanism, I recommend this!

Any questions - let me know!

[90red]

Blinkwatt-
Sent you a PM regarding the contact for the shifter...

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by 90red

Blinkwatt-
Sent you a PM regarding the contact for the shifter...

Sorry but the guy is out of stock.

[John V]

I did this mod (standard 997 shifter) a while back to a buddy's car. All I can say is that this blows the B+M out of the water on a 6speed car. It's much more "precise" than the stock 986 shifter, and it's not so unbearably notchy like the B+M. The throws are indeed slightly shorter but the shift action is the big improvement. Very silky.

Call up Sunset Imports and order yourself one. It's $155. Well worth it and comes with everything you need.