Short Shifter

[Adz2332]

Hey all,

I have a 180sx and ive been offered a cheap short shifter for it.

Ive never driven a car with one fitted. Does it make a big differance to changing gears?

Im guessing it makes it quicker to shift through etc?

Does it make it harder to get it into gear etc?

what are the pros and cons?

Cheers

[bubba]

Is it eBay cheap?

Personally, I swear by the C's shifters, have one on my 25 box and I love it. Little more force needed over stock but nothing drastic.

[Adz2332]

on na not ebay. its a midnightmods one

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

I have a c's kit in my r33 and my ke70

they are short as hell, but i love 'em

[ali-turko]

im guessing the midnight mods would be the same as the ebay ones

c's FTW

[BIT SUS]

Adam, in my opinion, short shifters are the bee's knees, but it call comes down to the quality of the welds, locations of the pivot points and the actual length of the shifter.

I've driven a handful of cars with short shifters, some good, some bad. Personally I would choose one over a standard shifter.

There are even some short shifters out there for some cars which have adjustable length and throw. (COBB WRX shifter comes to mind)

Yes you get what you pay for, but in some instances Ebay shifters are fine! (my old forester had a $38 Ebay special and it was identical to a Kartboy one retailing for $150!)

Lastly, bear in mind that as a short shifter does decrease the time and effort needed to change gears, you will be placing more strain on the synchros in the gearbox, as they need to disengage and engage at a faster rate, and higher RPM than usual.

Regards,

Nigel.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

after installing my c's kit on the 33, i would never go any other way...

i had a nismo 10% one in there previously, and the c's is 11ty times better!

[Ziller]

Short shifter can = shorter gearbox life, just be careful with a standard box.

[CeJay]

Just thought I would post in this thread, since it is sort of relevant to my question. Just had my gearbox rebuilt, standard internals. Bought the car with a hks short shifter in it already. I noticed the box is smoother now after the rebuild but still a bit harder to change gears compared to a standard shifter. Would this be due to the short shifter? Or a problem with the box?

Just wondered if anyone noticed an increase in notchyness etc when they went from a standard shifter to a short shifter?

[Birds]

Short shifter will always make the throw slightly harder to put into gear because a shorter lever requires more torque to move an object...

[Moodles2]

I think the notchyness is attributed to the provided circlip that just isn't quite right for that gearbox

[turboedsloth]

Does anyone know if the c's shifters transfer the noise like the nismo ones apparently do?

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

Does anyone know if the c's shifters transfer the noise like the nismo ones apparently do?

i have c's in mine, no noise at all, nice solid shifting

[turboedsloth]

is there an australian distributor? nengun are saying discontinued

[bubba]

I can only find a couple of GTR ones in Australia, ranging from $440-$760!