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dugsud

dugsud

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Does anybody have any experience of short shift kits for the 915. Are they easy to fit, do they make the gearghange more "sporty" & will it stop my lever getting so close to my seat in 2nd!! (LHD)[:D]
 
I had the Porsche short-shift kit fitted to my 2.7RS by AFN (about £250, I think). It does make the gate tighter, but it doesn't necessarily make the changes any quicker. The selector forks need to be correctly adjusted for a more accurate selection.
 
I have no personal experience of a short shifter but my friend has one in his 3.2 and he's pleased with it. The gearbox has to be set up properly as mentioned and the gear linkage optimised. Have a read here
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=854645&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending
 
Thanks Bones, I'll have a look at it.

Incidentally, it was nice to meet you at Brands. Hope you had a good weekend we certainly did!

Roll on Brands 2005 [:D]
 
Have a loook at theses Doug. I know a 3.2 owner with the Seine kit and he swears by it.
http://www.wevo.com/wevoshifter.htm
http://www.seinesystems.com/GateShift-1.htm
http://www.weltmeister.com/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=32&selection=6
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/eagleday/fashshkit.html
 
i bought a kit from porsche parts for £36 ish. the kit is good quality and is straight forward to fit-it came with instructions. however, the gearknob is supposed to come off the gearstick with percussion adjustment i.e. whack it. i couldnt for the life off me get it off- nor could my local garage. they ended up cutting and welding- but it was still straight forwrd. i replaced the bushings at the same time-they were cheap i cant remmember how much ($10 ish maybe) . you have to adjust the cables that guide the gear stick i.e. where i wants to travel naturally once this is all completed.
results then- the gear throw is deffinately shorter, i remmember having to lean forward out of my chair to get first and third before the mod. the gearstick is now less sloppy (down to new bushing probably). it is still not a patch on a modern gearbox but it is a deffinate improvement.
the way i figure it, you get most of the feed back from the car through the wheel gearstick and accelerator?brakepedal. for the sake of£80 including labour and VAT u change a major feedback component of the car for the better. it was definately money well spent!!!!!!!
hope that answers your question
ps i might now consider that devide that automatically centres the stick to the 3 and 4 gear plain. anyone out there have one fitted?
craig
 
Thanks Craig,
I assume you are UK based, if so where did you get the kit for £36?

Also is it easy to fit the bushes & adjust the change?

Cheers

Doug
 
yes im UK based, hooray for rain and salt on the roads!
i bought all the parts from Porsche Part, just search for them on the net and they wiil send you a catalogue full of goodies
craig
 
Hello,

Just like Craig, I have fitted a short shift myself as well. It is indeed aroud £40 and not very difficult to do. Just be careful to make sure that the part you will change is fiited/aligned exactly as the old one or you could get into small troubles with gear selection not being great. Best thing to do is to fit it, try the car to make sure it is all ok and then take the gear shift out again and weld the extension onto the stick so that it will stay there once and for all.

It is a definite improvement in terms of slack.

FM
 
I can't comment on fitting a kit, but I recently bought an SC with a kit fitted by a previous owner and it is a definitely an improvement over the cars that I have driven without. It is more accurate generally and makes selection easier.

Jerry
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone, looks like a worthwhile upgrade so I'll let you know how I get on.

Cheers

Doug
 
Hi There Doug. Did you do it already? Either way I now have some additional info courtesy of the near omnipotent Dave at JZ.

Obviously there are going to be different opinions and I stand by my previous post in this thread. However, FYI I found out today that there is another school of thought to the pro kit views in this thread. Namely that the short shift kit does not suit the 915, specifically that the synchromesh cannot be rushed and needs the time/ slower velocity the original slower change provided.

It gets worse, in that according to Dave prolonged use of a short shift kit increases wear to the gearbox(I think he said something about synchro rings that went over my head). This is said to be to the extent that when a box becomes worn and changes reluctantly: removing the short shift kit can bring about a noticeable improvement and defer the need for a rebuild!

If you haven't already got a kit the best one is supposed to be one made by Porsche. Again the story is that they didn't want to do it but felt that the market was producing inferior solutions or somesuch.

Apparently I am lucky in as much as my car has the porsche kit. But I have been advised in firm terms to remove it. I am reluctant because I personally find the shift very good compared to others, but I will be giving serious thought to changing back just to see if it is really an improvement and then deciding which way to go.

Jerry
 
Thanks Jerry,

Thats very useful info as I've not had time to do it yet. I'm having second thoughts anyway after reading various articles & your post just confirms what I've read.

The thing is, my 915 works fine as it is & as the saying goes....if it ain't broke, don't fix it. [;)]
It might have a long throw but it works!

I would be very upset if I fitted a kit & the extra strain stuffed the gearbox so I'll probably leave it be.

Thanks for the advice.

Doug
 
Hi Doug

Glad you got the post in time. It would have been a bit of a blow to find out the possible downsides once you had installed a kit!

I will take mine off over the Winter (or as soon as I find an original shifter at an auto jumble or wherever) and report back on the difference.

Cheers

Jerry

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