Short Shifters

[serious tom]

When I was at the Academy Day I was in the PS13..
I found the car easy to drive...
Now that I have the 180, (not that I've driven many miles in it) I think the gear stick feels like a tooth pick in comparison to the PS13.

The PS13 had a razo knob on it, and my 180 has the standard gear knob.

Does it sound like the PS13 had a quick shift? As it felt slightly more weighted compared to trying to slot the tooth pick in the 180 into gear.


Anyone give me a run down of the Pro's and Con's?
Less travel? Does it make it feel better?


Where can I get a Quick Shift?...

Thanks,
Thomas

[eileen]

could be that it had one alright, but if your gears feel way out then i think your gear selector might be shot too... quick shifts are the job though, defo worth their money. think its around the 40% less throw which is alot when driving. and gears feel way tighter obviously. i had a short shifter in my eg9 back in the days and it was the best mod i done to it. totally changed the car... well worth it.

i still wouldnt rape my gearbox too much if i had one though.

apexi do em for small money iirc.

[Administrator]

Anyone else hate short shifters? I'd never get one personally.

[PeterT]

cant stand them tbh. Dont see the point of having to concentrate on gear changes so u dont miss them! Order whatever bushings are in the lever mech, best thing i did to my ae86, makes it feel like a new box

[Davie]

depends on make too,but they can make alot of noise too

[sil80drifter]

hate the things, had one in the car before and couldnt stand it

[DeaneMsport_180sx]

i dont like the things at all...they make it way easier to miss a gear especially when drifting...would never put one in my car

[alan opel]

i made my own rosejointed linkage for the nova, and modded it for short shift aswell, i kept missing gears, so adjusted it back to std throw an its waay beter, i was going to buy one for my s13 cos my selecter is as loose as a wizards sleeve but looked into them an most people say there a ball ache

[eileen]

^^^ im surprised that ppl are against them actually. especially when the s13's have such a crap shifting feel from standard lol. my punto has WAY better gear changing habits than sally has....

personally i love them and if i had some spare cash id have one bought by now... i guess you could find someone that has one fitting and just try it you'll find out for yourself then if ya fancy one or not

[bart]

taffy on here has one there for sale