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Anyone install the TRD short shifter yet?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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!