Quadcammer

RS shift lever ~$60, FDM Golden Rod $170 shipped.

Coming from a mustang with an aftermarket shifter, the 993TT shifter felt a hell of a lot like the B5 Audi A4 I used to have. Easy to shift, generally pleasant, but ultimately pretty sloppy.

Install basics:

Lift car, remove center and small forward cover, pop off shift ****, pop off lower joint at shift lever, remove shift rod from lever, remove carrier and lever, swap rs lever onto carrier and reinstall, remove stock shift rod bolt and remove shift rod, replace with golden rod, reassembly the rest. Then dimple the ever loving hell out of the center tunnel.

Impressions:

OH HELL YES. There is a lot of talk about it only reducing the throws by 25%, but it certainly feels like more. There is an increase in effort, but holy hell are shifts far more positive, more direct, and just feel so much more solid. In neutral, the shifter moves as much as it did in gear, and now in gear it barely moves at all.

This is bar none how a 911 should feel and after driving it this way, I can't believe Porsche let the car leave the factory with the stock stuff.

$230 and 4 hours extremely well spent.

DO IT.

Basal Skull

Sounds good. Just ordered the FDM ssk with the improved clearance for 4wd cars and the FDM platinum rod. Should be here hopefully for next weekend... will see if I can take pics of the change in travel before and after. I have a DIY modded shift rod with stiffened coupler in the car which I think works reasonably well, hopefully the platinum rod is even better.

Quadcammer

I think you will be very pleased with the end result.

I actually said "wow" and that hardly ever happens.

Texas993

Good work Oliver. I wonder if I should consider this.

Quadcammer

For $230, you absolutely should consider it. Probably one of the cheapest mods that will have an effect on every drive, to the grocery store or on the track.

Black930

basal more pics please of the whole car beautiful color.

Bergamasco

Quadcammer: Where are you getting your parts please? Is this likely to have any bearing on the longevity of other parts in the gearbox? Thanks for the posting? - Glenn

Quadcammer

Glenn,
I get all of my porsche parts (that is OEM) from parts.com. Cheapest prices I've seen on almost everything (including sunset), and very reliable. They seem to be able to get all the RS parts as well.

The golden rod is a fister DePietro product (www.fdmotorsports.net).

This should not affect gearbox reliability. The vibration is transferred FROM the gearbox to the shifter, not the other way around, so there is no chance the u-joint (as opposed to rubber) would do damage. It appears the rubber is there solely to reduce vibration through the stick (of which I don't think there is much of an increase).

Cheers,
Oliver

MarkD

Exactly, and the Porsche RS shift rod is the same as ours... just a lot more $$

Thanks for the kind words

Chuck W.

Oliver.... Thanks. I'll do the Golden Rod with the FDM SSK. They have modified the SSK so there is only about a 1/2 drop that needs to be delt with.

Bergamasco

Oliver: Thanks for all the useful information. I am going to look into this when I get my new car. Best Regards

TurboLaal

Oliver,

Very good information...I was always thinking I wasn't going to do it because of the clearance issues and the denting of the cover but with all the positive things I'm hearing from you I think I need to do it...

Thanks for the push

Russ

ttAmerica RoadsterAWD

Any pics??

IamSMC

Keep us posted

Quadcammer

Pics of?

The interior looks the same (**** is maybe 1/2" higher), and all you see from the bottom is the dented tray.

I can take a pic of the ground clearance i guess.