[mdss]

Hi

managed to order a short shift from flash and have had it sent to washington to someone i know, he will then send it on to the UK thanks flash can't wait to fit it.

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[flash]

i've been out of the office most of this week. i'm catching up this weekend. if it just came in in the last few days, it will get packed up and shipped this weekend.

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[mdss]

ok no worries ordered it last week, just spoke to my friend in the US and he said it had not arrived that explains it, thanks.

please pm me when it's dispatched so i can give him a heads up.

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[flash]

barring anything stupid getting in the way, it will ship on monday. all domestic shipments automatically come with an email with a tracking number.

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[Ab54666]

How do these fit?

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[mdss]

its just a standard short shift that flash has designed which i think retains the standard gear knob. comes with fitting instructions and from what i have read have a glowing review.

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[tamathumper]

Sorry to be dense... What exactly does a short shift kit do? Shorten the travel required to shift gears?

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[mdss]

yes shortens the throw and from what i have read tightens the whole mechanism up making for a more precise and positive chnage.

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[flash]

correct.



i altered the pivot point geometry of the OEM design, thereby shortening the shift pattern. i also shortened the shifter about 1/2".



this kit replaces the OEM shifter (not to be confused with the shift knob). it is a direct replacement, and comes complete with a new OEM lower bushing. it installs in minutes. it retains the OEM shift knob. shift pattern reduction is about 25%.

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[lbpesq]

I can personally vouch for the short sift kit. Very easy to install, great instructions and gives you an excuse to buy a can of grease! lol And the shifting just feels better with the shorter throw.



Bill

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[jaap]

Does it also increase the effort required for shifting?





Jaap

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[flash]

can't fight the physics. there is a small increase in effort, but it isn't clunky or anything like that, and you very quickly get used to it. nobody has complained yet, and i think i have about 50 of them out there now.

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[tamathumper]

This is my third P-car, and on the first two I had no problem finding the right gear. On this one though, at least once or twice a week I embarrass myself by selecting the wrong gear, like going from 2nd to 5th instead of 3rd.



Would this make me more, or less, of a shift idiot?

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[flash]

lol - well, that depends on your adrenaline.



the key to not doing what you are talking about is 2 things:



1. never have your fingers on the shifter. don't use the "pistol grip". it isn't your winkie. the ball of the shifter should rest in the socket of your palm, and your hand should rock over the shifter, with only slight contact of the fingers to prevent the knob from leaving the socket. keeping the fingers off of it will help prevent over pushing on the lever



2. let the shifter fall free between gears. it is only a split second, but as the shifter rests dead center between 3 and 4, if you pop it out of 2 and for an instant sit free in between 3 and 4, you will find you no longer miss 3 and hit 5. same goes from 5 to 4 and hitting 2 instead.



if you do it right, the short shift kit does make it easier to control the shifter though, as the pattern is smaller, and therefore less momentum is involved in the shifting process.

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[Ab54666]

Think I should order one of these....... how quick can one get one to the UK!?!

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[flash]

how quickly is directly proportionate to how much you want to spend

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[Cloud9...68]

My car came with an earleir version of the short shift kit (not Flash's), and while it does shorten the throws considerably, it is quite notchy, though once you get used to it, it isn't bad. Sound's like Flash's is a much better design.



Having said that, I've only driven one other 968, a bone-stock one, and I was absolutely horrified at the length of the shift throws. It felt like I was rowing a boat. If I had bought a car with a stock shifter, I would have replaced it with a short throw kit on the way home! I would rate this as the #1 most beneficial mod to the car. Whatever is in second place is so distant, I can't even think of what it might be.

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[flash]

you are not the first to complain about the 944 racing kit. it had a few issues that had to be worked out. most people were successful, but it wasn't simple.



lol - don't feel bad though. i have both kits in my car (the now unobtanium 944 racing kit, and mine). it took quite a bit of fiddling to get the 944 racing kit to feel decent. the bearings are not in great shape either, and i'm going to have to figure out what to do next.

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[robadams56]

Cloud, I thought yours shifted very well but I think mine is factory and can't say that it feels to be a long throw. It may have a kit.



My biggest complaint used to be how easy it was to put into reverse. So much so that I had the idea of hiding an LED light somewhere in visual range to indicate when I was in reverse. As months have passed, I have learned the feel of the car and can sense the right amount of pressure needed to go into first vs. going into reverse.



I may be in your locale for a couple of days later this month. If so , I would like to swing by and see you.

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[Cloud9...68]

Rob,



It would be great to see you again, although my car is in pieces. Let me know when you'll be in Austin.



Maybe that other 968 I drove had a problem with its linkage, because it was beyond ridiculous. Its throw was so long, it was almost a challenge to keep my eyes on the road, due to the extreme forward lunge I had to perform to shift into the the odd-numbered gears. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating slightly. But that car had another weird trait - it had the softest ride of any car I'd ever driven, or ridden in. Not the softest ride of any sports car, the softest of any car, period. The guy lived in an apartment complex with speed bumps, and I swear, I couldn't feel them. I had to do a double-take to confirm I wasn't just imagining them. It felt like a Lexus. Weird...

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