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you have to remember that a real short shifter isn't just shorter on top
a shifter is a lever, on a real short shifter, the pivot point is moved upwards, meaning the top part (knob) is shorter and the bottom part (bushing) is longer
this means that a much smaller movement of the knob will correspond to a bigger movement of the forks
but this also means that since the overall lever (from the perspective of the knob) is much smaller, so the driver has to input much more force to change gears,
and in physics, F=MA, force = mass*accel, for the same mass you input more force which makes the forks accelerate faster which creates alot more wear and tear on the bushing-forks-synchros everytime the shifter slams into gears
i have a Nismo Solid Shift,
which as a 10% shorter throw shifter and uses a solid brass bushing instead of the stock plastic one
and i use a high mount Nismo ball type knob
this results in an incredibly solid shift feel, no crunch no grinding
and apart from 5th gear, all gears are super easy to shift
and there is absolutely no slop in the shifter, is doesn't move around on its on
i don't think theres a better shifting feel than this out there
Marc (Nelsonxmarc) even drove my car around in a parking lot a couple weeks ago and couldn't believe how good the shifter felt
the shifter in his gts-t felt like moving a big plastic spoon in a basket of ice cream, outside, on a warm summer's day, with the basket sitting on a warm 5 speed transmission
:P marc
a shifter is a lever, on a real short shifter, the pivot point is moved upwards, meaning the top part (knob) is shorter and the bottom part (bushing) is longer
this means that a much smaller movement of the knob will correspond to a bigger movement of the forks
but this also means that since the overall lever (from the perspective of the knob) is much smaller, so the driver has to input much more force to change gears,
and in physics, F=MA, force = mass*accel, for the same mass you input more force which makes the forks accelerate faster which creates alot more wear and tear on the bushing-forks-synchros everytime the shifter slams into gears
i have a Nismo Solid Shift,
which as a 10% shorter throw shifter and uses a solid brass bushing instead of the stock plastic one
and i use a high mount Nismo ball type knob
this results in an incredibly solid shift feel, no crunch no grinding
and apart from 5th gear, all gears are super easy to shift
and there is absolutely no slop in the shifter, is doesn't move around on its on
i don't think theres a better shifting feel than this out there
Marc (Nelsonxmarc) even drove my car around in a parking lot a couple weeks ago and couldn't believe how good the shifter felt
the shifter in his gts-t felt like moving a big plastic spoon in a basket of ice cream, outside, on a warm summer's day, with the basket sitting on a warm 5 speed transmission
:P marc
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