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I have a Hans shifter which I haven't installed yet, beautiful piece!
And, it's not installed because I have Carl's front ball-cup installed in my racecar, and at this point, I feel no need to replace it since it works so well.
I wouldn't run that in a race car, either.
Metal to metal pieces just beat each other to death and rarely survive for any length of time in a racing environment.
To survive real "racing" requires simple....and no metal to metal contact points. If I was building a 928 race car and wanted a "front guided" shift rod, I'd change that front ball cup to a teflon lined monoball, like I did with the 964 and 993 race cars.
I’ve put two of Hans’ full units on TTs over the last few months. I just used a lot of blue Loctite
On the flip side last week I removed the shift lever from a GT so as to be able to R&R the front ball cup.
The stock unit isn’t shy of parts either. And getting the two springs in is a lot of fun...
As for racing: it’s a crucible. I’m sure Hans would incorporate product improvements from observations produced in the crucible.
The "good thing" is that no one is really racing a 928 anymore, so one can get away with almost anything.
Going out and running a few club laps is quite different than running the 12 hours of Sebring, where everything tries to vibrate or pound off.
The maintenance after the 12 hours of Sebring was pretty simple.....Throw away the entire suspension, the axles, the transmission, the brakes, and the wheels. Rebuild the engine with a new crankcase.
As the Lizard shifter has not been available for a few years now you can take it out of the equation.
Han's shifter is a work of art but I will never get to try one for obvious reasons.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission? George Layton March 2014
928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
As the Lizard shifter has not been available for a few years now you can take it out of the equation.
Han's shifter is a work of art but I will never get to try one for obvious reasons.
If you'd quit breaking your clutch leg you could learn how to use one
The shifter that I made does use a teflon lined monoball, and at the bottom the stock bushings. So it is not metal on metal.
The pivot is mounted to the chassis yes, but the movement is not bound or stopped by the chassis, so if the engine and transmission twists slightly, the lever will simply rotate slightly. I've beaten the **** out of one with running a fair bit of power through the tranny, I did pull the tranny after a couple years. Resealed it a little and inspected the components. I saw zero additional wear. And it would only buzz if you had bronze bushings in the rear coupler which will buzz with a factory shifter as well.
The "good thing" is that no one is really racing a 928 anymore, so one can get away with almost anything.
Going out and running a few club laps is quite different than running the 12 hours of Sebring, where everything tries to vibrate or pound off.
The maintenance after the 12 hours of Sebring was pretty simple.....Throw away the entire suspension, the axles, the transmission, the brakes, and the wheels. Rebuild the engine with a new crankcase.
Thanks for the reminder on why I don’t race anymore.
I will swing by next week Greg, thanks for the offer!
08-24-2018, 06:29 PM
George Layton March 2014
