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Riotous!!! Love the tobogganning spuds :tup: lololol! Made me lught out loud and the mini says "ewwwwww, i didnt need to see thatttt" on your tree stump bruise!!!

Sucker :tup: wazzzz up :cool:

clearly you don't know I am trapped in the frozen wasteland

bought to cook some steaks... wife paid me in full for a massage I gave her! :woot:

you have no idea about that either.. undershroud is VERY awesome.. but then again, you are just a daily driver...

:tup: ;) :happydance:

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I was talking with one of my friend a while back and the side effect of a short-shifter is it wears the shifting forks and synchros in the transmission faster.

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:bowrofl: its cold in here!!

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I have never heard that.

Warm fuzzies!!!

Mrs. Mu wears 2 pair lol

A short shifter simply changes the fulcrum point of the shifter. That change will not effect anything mechanical.

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The talk was way back quite some years ago and his mechanic friend explain some details to him regarding the short-throw will shorter the actually shift-time thus easier to mess up the OEM synchros.

I cannot remember the details but it's always no harm to be careful/awareness :icon17:

Do you have the illuminated sills? Just a thought.

:tup: good idea Happy.


I'm not even considering anything new until i get my splash guards, HU , and engine bay strut bar customized....

So had one of the guys, that supposedly got fired from the previous wrap place, come over to measure the fangs and the lip. Here's hoping the estimate is low.

Uhmmmm, why did he get fired?!

Ooooohh... What are you doing?

Alright.. maybe my original post was a bit unclear thus I should clear up the question.

The short-throw kit will NOT directly damage the transmission or its components.

However, the shorter shift-time might lead to the following:

For example:

you are traveling on 2nd gear 30mph@4000rpm

change to 3rd gear at 30mph the engine speed should drop to 3000rpm thus you depress the clutch at 3000rpm

With the OEM gear throw, let says it takes 0.5s


Now you have the short-throw...

traveling on 2nd gear 30mph@4000rpm,

up-shift to 3rd... takes only 0.2s

engine speed has only drop to 3500rpm, which is not the engine speed for 3rd at 30mph....

either you depress the clutch thus you engage the clutch too early....

or you hold the clutch til the engine speed drop to 3000rpm.

^ those are the side effect I am talking about.


I hope it does make sense to you guys.... :tiphat:

but correct me if I am wrong :tiphat::tiphat:

If all the text = Operator error leads to early transmission failure, then yes I agree.

Well....my local body guy has paint to match my car because he custom painted the splash guards hubby got me for christmas so i was thinking ....same color as my car. Understated but i'm not flashy type. I talked to Mike on here but couldnt decide what to do....wondering though about heat resistance on it.

The story from the owner is that he and another guy were fired based on how my situation was handled. The story from this guy is that they both quit after seeing how my case was handled.

I figured I'd get them to compete. :)

Sorry, but you are a little, shall I say, wrong. Ever since God invented the device called a "clutch", the transmission is not engaged as you shift --- how fast you are able to shift between gears has no impact n the tranny, as long as the clutch is fully engaged. I can ask my son, Mr. Badwrench, if you want me to go into more detail. I might be incorrect, but it's unlikely given my track record.

it was what I was told thus it is what I post...

STS is not a must and if there is a negative potential... why risk??

I think it would look good. Subtle and classy :tup:

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please do so :icon17:

My point is the driver could engage a gear at an improper engine speed.

No concerns about the paint and heat under the hood?!

I may call him tomoorow since i am off. Could i get that off alone?

That's my understanding, other than God inverting the clutch... but I catch your drift. :tup:

Yea yea yea...we know all about your track record :tup: ;) ;)

I'm not 100% certain about the effects of the engine heat on a painted strut bar. I do know forum members have done it themselves with good results. Long term, not sure.

Can you remove it yourself? I would bet yes. It requires removing 8 nuts and two plastic cowl pieces. I would make sure the plastic is somewhat warm before prying on them. Plastic tends to break easier when cold.

Looks like Jar is getting caught up on the forum, doing some mad power reading! :tup:

OK -- Colin says this:

Hello Mr. Alcheng!!! He also said that both you and I are right. People with short-shifters tend to shift hard, thus potentially impacting tranny longevity in a negative way. The short-shifter itself poses little prove-able difficulties.

I have one (B&M) and I love it:

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:tup: yay! Win win...gotta love a happy ending :excited:

:hello: Mr.Badwrench…!!

Big Thanks to the onzedges :tup:

Solved two mysteries of mine this week…!! :tup:


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:happydance: this cracked me up!!!!

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yah, most folks buy short throws to cut down on the shift throw time which usually means they are jamming the syncro's to work harder...thus wearing them out faster.

if one's just shifting normally (just to enjoy the shorter throw) it makes no difference in the wear. :)
for me, i just buy a shorter weighted knob to shorten the stroke. not the same as a real short throw, but it's still shorter throw. :icon17:

There it is. :tup: