Short shifter

steletma · Post by **steletma** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:41 am

Anyone install the TRD short shifter yet?

mu_ohio · Post by **mu_ohio** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:11 am

Yes, installed it last Monday. Lot of cutting but very easy if you have the tools ready.

robdog · Post by **robdog** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:00 am

Any pics available. If so please post them. I am interested in how it looks if it different or not. I would assume others would be interested as well...Also let us know if it is a big difference in the throw. The gt already has a pretty short throw from gear to gear.Thanks

mu_ohio · Post by **mu_ohio** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:38 am

The only changes is the piece that connects to the linkage. Once the console is reinstalled you can't tell a difference. The throws are shortened up a good amount, but it takes more force to shift. The old thing that if you make a lever shorter it takes more force. After 2 weeks of using it, I can tell a little improvement, but I'd recommend against it. I don't feel that the cutting is worth it since it can't go back.

QUIKAG · Post by **QUIKAG** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:19 am

quote:Yes, installed it last Monday. Lot of cutting but very easy if you have the tools ready.How does it feel. Is it easier or harder to misshift? I know the throw is shorter, but is it stiffer as well? I have a B&M ripper shifter on my C5 and love it, it's like a bolt action rifle. Anyway, I might want a TRD shifter if a few guys recommend it.

mu_ohio · Post by **mu_ohio** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:42 am

I would say it's a lot stiffer. The stick doesn't giggle around in neutral anymore. The only time I misshifted was after a lot of city driving around Cincinnati after being lost and I just got mentally dumb. I think it's easier to hit gears since you have less time to screw up if that makes sense.

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:25 am

quote:I would say it's a lot stiffer. The stick doesn't giggle around in neutral anymore. The only time I misshifted was after a lot of city driving around Cincinnati after being lost and I just got mentally dumb. I think it's easier to hit gears since you have less time to screw up if that makes sense.Mu_ohio - in your pic near the bottom where the fore-aft linkage goes through the floor : I'm worried about that severe angle because it matches the one that nd4spd 4 a xrs posted at matrixvibe. I'm worried that there is a lot more side load on this linkage. Was the pic taken in Neutral?If you say that your shift throws are a lot shorter, is that about 25% shorter like the catalogs say? Is the effort just 25% higher too? I wouldn't have a problem if it is just that old lever formula at work. I'm worried that there is more to it - like there's more effort because the side loading lowers efficiency...Thanks - your response will probably determine if I do this soon...

mu_ohio · Post by **mu_ohio** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:18 am

The picture was probably in neutral, though I can't say 100%. The shift is 25% shorter but that feels a lot more since going out of gear saves 25% and going into the next saves 25%. It's not 25% going from one gear into another. I'm not sure what you mean by side load? The effort to me seems to be proportional or 25%. The angle really isn't that much more than stock, though the pics seem that way. I wish I could give more detail, but after 3 weeks, it feels normal

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:48 am

That was good enough for me - shortshifter, here I come... Once it's warm enough outside to start ripping parts out of the car. Thanks mu_ohio!

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