What kind of short-throw shifter do you have in your car?
What did it cost you?
Where did you get it from?
What parts came with it in addition to the lever?
Your positive comments are welcome. Thanks. -Bob

 

I have a MGW. Solid and Precise

Corvette Short Throw Shifter

 

2K,
Thanks for posting up. I looked at their website. That is a very precise part.-Bob

 

my stock short shifter was part of the Sport Limited Edition so it was installed by factory...still too long. now I have the shifter from a Z3 M Roadster.

average girls can't operate it.

BMW Schalthebel - BMW Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z8, M, MINI Roadster + Coupe

 

Nismo
free
came with mounting plate thats about it

Was an awesome shifter, just basically flicked it into gear

Sold it for 30 when some jackass rearended my coupe

 

Why? Are you buying a car based on the short shifter we have in ours???

Thread is kind of retarded but I'll play along to see where this is going with Bob's crazy fucked up head.

Mopar Short Shifter.
Came with the Car.

 

its a bob thread, just leave sanity for a bit and join us

 

None now but I had a B&M 1 piece on my 240sx

 

Thanks for posting up.
Including the pics was a good idea. It looks like they offer several lengths
so a person can "tune" the shift to the one that best fits their driving style.

I already shift pretty fast, but I want it to get in gear a little sooner.
The pictures tell me the ratios that BMW offers. I might be able to
calculate how the pivot length would affect the length of throw. Thanks.

It looks like the Z4 would be a drop-in for the Z3M.
Are you satisfied with the amount of effort required with your setup?

If you had the choice with your car,
Would you have preferred less effort or less movement to get it into gear?
What do you think?-Bob

 

Its precise but hard to operate, as I wrote, people not used to it will have problems getting into gear. December 2010 I was overtaking a truck on the Autobahn and when I shifted into 4th @ 100 mph the gear popped out again when I let the clutch go and bam went the dynamite. every single one of the 12 outlet valves was bent....luckily nothing else happened. You can shift a little bit faster but you have to pay attention.

mechanical-wise its working fine, not scratching on the propshaft, no need to bend the shifter, the knob fits of course. relatively cheap even though it has an "///M" in the name (what usually means "you have to pay MORE")


I had a video uploaded on youtube showing the function of it, but deleted it a few weeks ago.

Compared to a stock BMW shifter (which is precise as we all know but has very long ways) I'm quite satisfied. I dont know if there are any other solutions like the other ones in this thread (which look very tempting) but over here in Germany special aftermarket parts are hard to find for GERMAN cars. I even had to order doorhandle gaskets in Japan because at the dealership you only get them with the handle's bezel which I didnt need.

dealers like Sandtler or Schmiedmann (racing parts distributors) might have something better to offer, but most likely racing parts arent legal to put in a car, regulations and stuff. google for "TÜV" and you know what I mean. Luckily the M-divison back then made most of the E36 M3 or Z3M parts interfit (is that the right word?) with the other chassis variants so there are some better parts you can buy for alot of money from the dealerships lol