I'd like to shorten the throw of my transmission. I did a search to try & ascertain which transmission mounted short shifter was the best quality / performance & both of the most popular (schnell & weltmeister) seemed to have issues. I don't really have a budget, but for some reason the Performance Products just seems over priced & I don't trust the ebay options.

Anyone had a positive experience with the install & use of a short shifter??

Thanks

 

check some of the other rennlist sponsor sites....I know last week when I was looking at fire extinguishers I saw at least one on there and it was not performance products' site.

 

http://clarks-garage.com/phpBB2/view...ht=short+shift

You could modify the stock one.
You need to log on to see all the pictures with measurments.

 

I've got the weltmeister one and love it. Aside from some user error (read: my fault) during installation, it has been great. Makes the shifter feel a hell of a lot better.

 

Which of the Rennlist sponsors sells the Weltmeister shifter?

 

I might end up buying one. My car came with a broken piece of the linkage (don't know the official name, but in the picture posted by joonas its the piece that was shortened with the set screw that attaches to the rod coming out of the tranny). I might have a resource to get another one, but if i don't i'll just get the short throw kit and be done with it.

 

I actualy bought the $60.00 ebay one, listed as "German short shifter" or something. The fit was very tight, so I just busted out some polishing cloth and opened the hole just a little bit and have had no issues to date.

It's very wierd having a shifter that is THAT positively engauged after driving with the old set up where you could seriously bang throught the gears because it was so worn out. The new shorter one is stiffer, but i'm starting to get used to it. Of course, when I pulled my shift boot up to check the condition of the lever, I found my linkage was being held to the shift lever with a wire-tie. No C-clip, just a wire-tie, and it was wallowed out so bad, it was like tossing a hot dog down a hallway.

 

i just bought a schnell short shifter from vertex auto- on ebay- sam has one in his car and i love it.

 

I've had the Performance Products short shifter on mine for about 4 years. It has a design flaw on the end of the shaft with the flat lever on it. The "weld" (looks more like a press fit) came loose, stranding me a good distance from home. I Dremeled a slot across the end of the shaft and lever, put a short piece of steel rod in it, then brazed the whole thing. I told them about what happened, they offered me a new one, but I kept the one I fixed as I know it's much stronger than a new one. It does work well though.

 

+1

 

Think the schnell's the one I saw while looking for the exinguisher the other day!

 

Just put mine in a few days ago. Big difference, no more slop.

 

There is one other option The Stuttgart Motorsports BLOCK. It replaces the plastic piece and changes the geometry slightly.

http://stuttgartmotorsports.com/cgi-...ct=Porsche_944

I have one but have not put it in. I also have a Schnell installed and it works fairly well. It is a bit notchy and sometimes I miss second. I am going to try the Stuttgart and see if it is any smoother as they claim.

IPSC

 

IPSC, Let us know how you like the Stuttgart block compared to the Schnell.
Thanks.

 

I will. After looking at the pictures it appears that Stuttgart block simply lengthens the distance between the two holes (in the plastic block) there by raising the effective height of the vertical arm of the linkage, but by about half as much. When I talked to these guys they said they had tried a bunch of sizes and like this one the best. The degree of change looks to be about half as much as the Schnell, but that is just me eye-balling it.

How do shortened levers like the Lindsey racing version shorten the throw? Is it simply you have a shorter lever so it feels shorter or is there and actual geometry change that occurs?

IPSC