yea, i've spent a week in each of the 3 settings, i like the middle the best.

 

Maybe it was just your shifter; I have no issues with my B&M.

Still available from Champion Motorsport. (BTW, B&M manufactured the stock shifter for Porsche).

 

 

Certainly could have been. My GTI is a "franken motor" one where it is a 99.5 MKIV (earliest of early production), that shares parts from both the MKIII and MKIV. They only made one shifter for it since it was such a niche product. They later changed the design on the MKIV which has plenty of support, but doesnt retro fit to mine (mounts are different). It was like my car was a development platform for them. very strange. I even have to ve careful about ordering parts for the car as it uses a coil pack from a MKIII VR6 12v.

 

it wasnt. i had the b&m s/s in my turbo when i bought it. biggest pos i have ever used. numeric was lightyears better . and i have driven everything from a 4 speed to a 18 speed to a 23 speed triple stick diesel rig.

 

You know details about his specific shifter and its installation? How can you say "it wasn't" without that information?

Installing the B&M short shifter in a 996 Turbo takes high attention to detail. When I purchased my B&M short shifter (I installed it in June 2004) there was no device available (that I know of) to aid in alignment. There were posts over on 6speed around the time I installed my B&M where people complained about the shifter, only to change their minds after adjusting it properly.

My B&M short shifter has been great since the day I installed it; I haven't touched it since in terms of adjustments. So over 13 years of use with out issue. I love how it shifts.

 

i dont really need to know the details. i had a b&m shifter in my car when i bought it. had constant issues with shifts from 2-3 and 3-4. missed shifts constantly. bought the nuetral alignment tool and readjusted the shifter. no change. bought a numeric and installed it with zero adjustments and from that point on missed shifts were a thing of the past.
it didnt take an expert to feel the slop in the b&m and the plastic housing it is installed into. moving to an aluminum based haousing and bearing and heim joint shifter is worlds better in both feel and performance.

 

Ive had B&M SS since the begining, love the rifle bolt action, not sure what the problems are, didn't use an alignment tool never had any issues. I think those that have had problems might need to learn to be direct and know where they are while shifting and those that aren't direct with the shifting action will have issues, most mis shifts are from not having a good grasp of timing and keeping track of where they are while grabbing gears. are there any better ss out there? Im sure there is but never had a need to change, love my B&M never had any problems..

 

I have the GT3 ssk. Throws are not as short as 997 ssk but it uses metal bushing which result in very crisp positive gear changes.

 

I think you do need to know the details.

Given the number of people who have had the B&M short shifter in their 996s over the years (Turbo and N/A models) and not had any issue with them, and have loved the feel and performance, you may want to reconsider your macro opinion of the shifter.

 

Thats basically because there wasn't another option. Try driving numeric. It will show you how lackluster the b&m really is

Also I was referring to the others post. Since I have run both shifters I don't need his details I have first hand experience

 

Really?? I can think of at least five short shift options that were available back in those days...B&M, TechArt, RUF, FVD, Porsche.

 

There's no comparing B&M to Numeric. One is plastic and one is metal.

 

The B&M has metal where it counts.

 

No it doesn't and that's the problem. The pivot points wear. It's not a terrible shifter, but no comparison to the Numeric. I have both in front of me.