What's the diff between short shifters?

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Adding a nice shifter like that to a stock car seems like the equivalent to adding a nice coffee can for back-pressure from what little I know.

Most aftermarket shifters that I've felt have less play in them and a firmer feel. Even if it's not for performance a better feel is something that can be appreciated. I notice the difference immediately between my NV3500 and my dad's NV5600. If my shifts felt like his I'd be much happier. But there's no way in hell that an NV5600's going in my Dakota, for many reasons (ie: NV5600's are f'ing huge and expensive)

 

[state 08]

My shifter in my Jeep is like a foot long.

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Adding a nice shifter like that to a stock car seems like the equivalent to adding a nice coffee can for back-pressure from what little I know.

Most aftermarket shifters that I've felt have less play in them and a firmer feel. Even if it's not for performance a better feel is something that can be appreciated. I notice the difference immediately between my NV3500 and my dad's NV5600. If my shifts felt like his I'd be much happier. But there's no way in hell that an NV5600's going in my Dakota, for many reasons (ie: NV5600's are f'ing huge and expensive)

Yeah that's what I'm really hoping for. I'd just like a crisper, cleaner feel when shifting. Every once in a while (especially in cold weather), I sometimes have trouble hitting first. It oftentimes stops (notches) halfway into the shift and I have to apply extra force to push to shift it completely. Not much but it's mildly irritating.

 

[MysticLlama]

Clutch adjustment could help too with the reverse issues, and maybe the first couple of gears if the synchros are buggered up. Though if it's a hydraulic clutch system, there may be little to no adjustment there.

Avoid downshifting to 1st until you're at 10mph or less, or even at a stop, that will help the synchros last longer. A friend of mine destroyed the 1st gear syncro in his brand new Cooper S because of constantly downshifting into it at 20+ within the first 25k miles.

If they are already tight, you don't want to abuse them.

Also, when doing a quick upshift from 1st-2nd, if the synchro is tight and takes a second to go in, be sure to give it a tap of gas during the shift, not just after to keep it sped up closer to the right speed so it doesn't have to work so hard.

 

[Connoisseur]

Hey stupid question. I asked around the VBoard but apparently no one can tell me where I can get replacement bushings for my car. Went ot Nissan's website as well as performancenissanparts.com and couldn't find squat about buying new bushings or how to replace them.

 

[paulney]

I'd go with the one that the stickshift girl prefers

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: paulney
I'd go with the one that the stickshift girl prefers

She perfers a stick with longer throws.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: MysticLlama
Clutch adjustment could help too with the reverse issues, and maybe the first couple of gears if the synchros are buggered up. Though if it's a hydraulic clutch system, there may be little to no adjustment there.

Avoid downshifting to 1st until you're at 10mph or less, or even at a stop, that will help the synchros last longer. A friend of mine destroyed the 1st gear syncro in his brand new Cooper S because of constantly downshifting into it at 20+ within the first 25k miles.

If they are already tight, you don't want to abuse them.

Also, when doing a quick upshift from 1st-2nd, if the synchro is tight and takes a second to go in, be sure to give it a tap of gas during the shift, not just after to keep it sped up closer to the right speed so it doesn't have to work so hard.

Maybe you're not describing what you're talking about correctly, but during the shift, the clutch should be disengaged, and engine speed would have absolutely zero effect on anything to do with the transmission. You could literally floor the pedal with the clutch disengaged and it wouldn't effect the shift at all... although you'd destroy your engine fairly quickly.

I think what you may be talking about has to do with double clutching, which isn't necessary with fully syncronized transmissions.