Porsche Short Shifter Installed Today
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Andy
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Thanks to all of the above posters.
All of my prior cars (with the exception of my wife's A4 Avant which is as smooth as silk at any temp) have been balky with the 1-2 shift while cold. As I do not rev my motor much past 2500 rpms for the first 1/2 mile in the morning (letting the motor warm a bit), I find it's a slow shift from 1 to 2 in the winter.
My comment was to point out that getting into first just aint that bad whether a short shift or stock, but the 1-2 which can be the balkiest (is this a word?) shift when cold.
Loved my short shifter in my old 996 - Tim's exuberance is making me think about putting it in my 997!
All of my prior cars (with the exception of my wife's A4 Avant which is as smooth as silk at any temp) have been balky with the 1-2 shift while cold. As I do not rev my motor much past 2500 rpms for the first 1/2 mile in the morning (letting the motor warm a bit), I find it's a slow shift from 1 to 2 in the winter.
My comment was to point out that getting into first just aint that bad whether a short shift or stock, but the 1-2 which can be the balkiest (is this a word?) shift when cold.
Loved my short shifter in my old 996 - Tim's exuberance is making me think about putting it in my 997!
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Thanks to all of the above posters.
All of my prior cars (with the exception of my wife's A4 Avant which is as smooth as silk at any temp) have been balky with the 1-2 shift while cold. As I do not rev my motor much past 2500 rpms for the first 1/2 mile in the morning (letting the motor warm a bit), I find it's a slow shift from 1 to 2 in the winter.
My comment was to point out that getting into first just aint that bad whether a short shift or stock, but the 1-2 which can be the balkiest (is this a word?) shift when cold.
Loved my short shifter in my old 996 - Tim's exuberance is making me think about putting it in my 997!
All of my prior cars (with the exception of my wife's A4 Avant which is as smooth as silk at any temp) have been balky with the 1-2 shift while cold. As I do not rev my motor much past 2500 rpms for the first 1/2 mile in the morning (letting the motor warm a bit), I find it's a slow shift from 1 to 2 in the winter.
My comment was to point out that getting into first just aint that bad whether a short shift or stock, but the 1-2 which can be the balkiest (is this a word?) shift when cold.
Loved my short shifter in my old 996 - Tim's exuberance is making me think about putting it in my 997!
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My 06 C2 was difficult to get into 2nd when cold, but smooth when warm as with yours. It would also find the 2nd gear syncro when cold or warm but only when short shifting (3k revs or so). Shift into 2nd at 4-7k, and it's smooth as silk. I had 2 factory reps drive the car, and they both said it was normal. That seemed strange, but ok. When looking for my current 08 C2S, I drove several 08 C2Ss and they all did the exact same thing, including the one I bought. So, to me, this is normal.
Andy
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Now, with this new alignment, I got BETTER 1-2 shifting for sure. BUT, getting into reverse sometimes harder and going into neutral is so far the right, it doesn't feel right somehow!
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Good to hear about the "OEM feel." I need to do this.
Back when I got my BMW E90 (1st stick shift in Atlanta BTW), they didn't really have after-market SSKs well-sorted. Bought one and my favorite indy shop had to do some fabrication to get the thing installed. The thing never felt better than "extremely notchy." Took three more years, but the linkage finally gave up the ghost and I had to limp to the shop in either 3rd or 4th gears only. Not fun sitting at a traffic light knowing I'll have to start off in 3rd.
Back when I got my BMW E90 (1st stick shift in Atlanta BTW), they didn't really have after-market SSKs well-sorted. Bought one and my favorite indy shop had to do some fabrication to get the thing installed. The thing never felt better than "extremely notchy." Took three more years, but the linkage finally gave up the ghost and I had to limp to the shop in either 3rd or 4th gears only. Not fun sitting at a traffic light knowing I'll have to start off in 3rd.
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Same here, my 08' Carrera S sometimes is difficult to fully engage in its 1st gear from dead start. In addition, engaging 2nd gear from very low speed, e.g., 5 mph, is also hard most of time. I wonder if a Porsche OEM short shifter may help in that regard? From a separate post, I learned that Porsche's Carrera and Carrera S are equipped with Japanese Aisin Seiki (Borg Warner) transmissions. They are actually made in Japan. Aisin uses steel synchromesh cones and 2nd gear in particular is known for troublesome. I am not sure the relevance of this info to Porsche short shifter. The last thing I want is investing on the Porsche short shifter but make no or minimal improvement to my gear shifting experience.
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Same here, my 08' Carrera S sometimes is difficult to fully engage in its 1st gear from dead start. In addition, engaging 2nd gear from very low speed, e.g., 5 mph, is also hard most of time. I wonder if a Porsche OEM short shifter may help in that regard? From a separate post, I learned that Porsche's Carrera and Carrera S are equipped with Japanese Aisin Seiki (Borg Warner) transmissions. They are actually made in Japan. Aisin uses steel synchromesh cones and 2nd gear in particular is known for troublesome. I am not sure the relevance of this info to Porsche short shifter. The last thing I want is investing on the Porsche short shifter but make no or minimal improvement to my gear shifting experience.
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It should have come that way from Zuffenhausen.
When visiting Rennlist in 05 to educated on the 997 before I ordered I found that a great deal of the listers were either ordering the Short Shifter or installing it later. It gave me a chance to install it at the factory within my order.
When I drive a regular 997 without it I really notice the difference.
When visiting Rennlist in 05 to educated on the 997 before I ordered I found that a great deal of the listers were either ordering the Short Shifter or installing it later. It gave me a chance to install it at the factory within my order.
When I drive a regular 997 without it I really notice the difference.
