What does short shifter do?
02-19-2006, 08:29 PM
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What does short shifter do?
What do the short shifters do, and what do they feel like? Do they just speed up the shift by reducing the throw with a shorter lever?
In test drives, I thought the sotck shifter was OK but a little long and slow and vague in throw. I avoid speed shifting, and do slow methodical shifts to extend synchro iife, but would like a more positive feel. Would a short shifter do this?
In test drives, I thought the sotck shifter was OK but a little long and slow and vague in throw. I avoid speed shifting, and do slow methodical shifts to extend synchro iife, but would like a more positive feel. Would a short shifter do this?
02-19-2006, 09:27 PM
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there are two types...
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
02-19-2006, 09:29 PM
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Re: What does short shifter do?
Originally Posted by vintage42
In test drives, I thought the sotck shifter was OK but a little long and slow and vague in throw. I avoid speed shifting, and do slow methodical shifts to extend synchro iife, but would like a more positive feel. Would a short shifter do this?
these cars are cable shifted cars. there is not much you can do to change the feel of changing gears...
02-20-2006, 01:26 AM
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I just had my TRD short throw installed. I definetly feel more "direct'. The stock one feels slopy and it is tighter with the TRD. However, because it is FWD, it uses cables. So it will not feel quite as tight as short throw on a RWD car/truck.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
02-20-2006, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by vintage42
OK, I understand all that has been noted. I just want the best, most direct shifting experience, like with my present Mazda truck. Will an aftermarket shifter help, and which one?
02-20-2006, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jethro_b
... Check the parts review section and see what others have said about the different shifters available...
03-02-2006, 05:46 PM
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Hi, like dgHotLava said, you can find different kinds of short shifters out there. But one category he forgot to mention are the short throw shifter kits.
We offer such kits in which you get:
- A short throw shifter
- A weighted **** (height ajustable, weighted for more precise shifts and increased smoothness)
- Aluminium bushings (they remove the sloppiness caused by the stock rubber bushing).
With such a kit, your shifting experience will be at its best, that's for sure!
Take a look at this kit here:
http://www.twmperformance.com/shorts...rtshifters.htm
And be sure to take a look at our new shift ****, the M1 Abrams:
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
Also, register to our Newsletter on www.twmperformance.com and get 5% off on your next purchase!
Jean-Sebastien
We offer such kits in which you get:
- A short throw shifter
- A weighted **** (height ajustable, weighted for more precise shifts and increased smoothness)
- Aluminium bushings (they remove the sloppiness caused by the stock rubber bushing).
With such a kit, your shifting experience will be at its best, that's for sure!
Take a look at this kit here:
http://www.twmperformance.com/shorts...rtshifters.htm
And be sure to take a look at our new shift ****, the M1 Abrams:
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
Also, register to our Newsletter on www.twmperformance.com and get 5% off on your next purchase!
Jean-Sebastien
03-02-2006, 06:08 PM
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The TWM link was for a tC but I went to xB OK. So the TWM is a shorter shift lever that installs in the stock shift assembly. The downloaded instructions did not show replacing rubber bushings with aluminum. Where do those bushings go?
03-02-2006, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by dgHotLava
there are two types...
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
They may be simple, but they actually do a good job of illustrating how short shifters and short throw shifters work.
03-02-2006, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TWM_Performance
Hi, like dgHotLava said, you can find different kinds of short shifters out there. But one category he forgot to mention are the short throw shifter kits.
We offer such kits in which you get:
- A short throw shifter
- A weighted **** (height ajustable, weighted for more precise shifts and increased smoothness)
- Aluminium bushings (they remove the sloppiness caused by the stock rubber bushing).
With such a kit, your shifting experience will be at its best, that's for sure!
Take a look at this kit here:
http://www.twmperformance.com/shorts...rtshifters.htm
And be sure to take a look at our new shift ****, the M1 Abrams:
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
Also, register to our Newsletter on www.twmperformance.com and get 5% off on your next purchase!
Jean-Sebastien
We offer such kits in which you get:
- A short throw shifter
- A weighted **** (height ajustable, weighted for more precise shifts and increased smoothness)
- Aluminium bushings (they remove the sloppiness caused by the stock rubber bushing).
With such a kit, your shifting experience will be at its best, that's for sure!
Take a look at this kit here:
http://www.twmperformance.com/shorts...rtshifters.htm
And be sure to take a look at our new shift ****, the M1 Abrams:
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
Also, register to our Newsletter on www.twmperformance.com and get 5% off on your next purchase!
Jean-Sebastien
03-02-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by THansenite
Originally Posted by dgHotLava
there are two types...
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
short shifters or short throw shifters
short shifters are just that...short. if the shifter **** is three inches lower you don't need to move it too far to change gears. the angle of throw is still the same.
it is like this (stock) \/ or this v (shorter, but same angle)
then you have short thorw shifters...usually the same height but they move the piviot point to reduce the distance needed to change gears....
like this... (stock) \/ or |/ (short throw but same height)
They may be simple, but they actually do a good job of illustrating how short shifters and short throw shifters work.
i remember all those honda kids taking a hacksaw to their shifters. cutting 2-3 inches off and then fitting an aftermarket **** onto the stump they left.
03-03-2006, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by vintage42
... The downloaded instructions did not show replacing rubber bushings with aluminum. Where do those bushings go?
What is the story on these bushings?
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