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Sorry about that and thanks for pointing that out. I clearly did not load the pictures properly, but I hope they are visible now. Please let me know.
The odd thing for me was that the pictures were fine on my own computer, but not visible on anyone else's.
I haven't even started the car, so I have no idea how much vibration will come through. But the 3M still feels soft like it will absorb vibration but firm such that there's less movement. I would venture to say that doing this in a tight streetcar would be good. It could improve your shifter feel.
After installing it today, I was excited to see how the shifter felt. The transmission has been redone. I messed around with the shifter control on the transmission to get the parts to have as little wiggle as I could. I installed a new plastic cup at the bottom of the shifter arm where it attaches to the torque tube. And I used the least worn shifter rod that I had, which had very little wear on the arm. I don't think the urethane affects the shifter feel while the car is not running or moving, but a stiffer mount is supposed to give more exact shifts. My shifter now, with all these little adjustments, feels as close to "gate-like" as I can imagine.
Nice work IR, you should feel some improvements there. Might be the first 968 urethane transmission mod, first one i've seen.
I did this last year on my 951, good for a tight street car. I used an 80A hardness Urethane.
I ordered one of those. Pete doesn't have them right now and has been out of the shop helping a family member. At some point he will make them again, but it's a few months off still.
Last edited by Isaacsracing; 01-07-2019 at 12:08 AM.
Didn't put many miles on the car this past season but there seems to be an improvement and smoothness in shifting.
It might have to do with the fact that I hadn't driven the car for the year prior to performing the modification but there sure seemed to be a better seat of the pants feel under acceleration with the stiffened mount.
Vibrations? My car is fairly loud and I drive with the windows down. More like the sound of music!
01-05-2019, 06:23 PM
