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Originally posted by JiMiH

Can those short shift kits actually reduce the time it takes to change gear?

Or does it just increase the chance of you missing a gear when trying to change really quickly?

ehhh it depends on how you see it, if you have troubles moving your arm the distance that is recuired to shift yes maybe then.

but it dosen't make the actual shifting faster cus' your syncros in the gear box still need some time to be able too work properly.

no it works perfect to shift really fast with a shortshifter also the only thing that happends is that the syncros wear out faster.

personally i really like shortshifter kits cus they make the gearbox feel more solid.

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My coz put on in his 200sx and now this third gear is kind of stuffed, the car was new when he put it in! also the gear box make a weird noise when reving through gears, its a good shifter a tomei one I think!!!!! ......it still stuffed his gears because he changes too quickly, and loves to turn nutz.......he is crazy!!!

:) :) :D

I hope that helps you any!

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mines got a short shifter and i think the synchros are starting to go in 1st of all gears... not sure whether that is the cause or not - you can get the synchro's recoed though and it will be much cheaper than a new box. I like the feel though, bang, bang :D

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My car currently DOES NOT have a short shifter and my 2nd and 5th gear synchros are going anyway. The synchros dying are not a fault directly due to the short shifter but the way you drive.... if you're constantly shifting quickly then this is the cause of synchro wear. Of course if you have high mileage and a sports car then synchro wear will happen anyway.

If you constantly shift hard and fast anyway it will f*ck your synchros. Getting a short shifter will just make it easier for you to shift.

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short shifters will definately increase synchro wear as it reduces the travel (throw) between gears (a proper kit does anyway) thus synchros have less time to work, and more wear occurs.

although you could take this into account and shift slower, but then theres no point in getting a short shifter....

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Once you've been driving with a short shifter you'll never go back.

I've got C's short shifter in my R33. Been to the drags many times now + some circuit work and normal driving and my syncros are fine as is my stock clutch. By comparison the stock shift in mick's R32 is long and sloppy and vague.....of course he's been driving it for a few weeks now so the gearbox is probably stuffed....:P

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Basic Question - how do you tell when your synchros are buggered and on the way out?

I have a short shift kit in my R33 but apart from a similar clunking problem going from 3rd to 4th at high rpm, no dramas

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My car came with a short shifter and I have owned it for three years. As 51Jay said once you use short shifters you will never go back. It is so true :P

A friend of mine said that when he dies he never will want to come back as my gearbox because the amount of hard shifting I do.

I have not had a problem as yet, so I better go and touch some wood

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