Shift handle weight debate...

NY Pete: Posts: 267; Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:50 am

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Post by NY Pete » Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:29 am

Is lighter better? Or heavier ("counter-weighted")? Will a very heavy shift knob wear on the transmission's synchros? I like to think I know a fair deal about cars and physics, but this is one that always leaves me sctratching my head...

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