Short Throw Shifter

[2kstreetcivic]

Originally posted by SiBuddy00
Lol yea, short shifter messing up your syncros? Negative. Just don't grind your gears

there is always a risk of possibly hurting your tranny with a short shifter...I just had my tranny rebuilt

 

[$lick Rick]

Originally posted by 2kstreetcivic
there is always a risk of possibly hurting your tranny with a short shifter...I just had my tranny rebuilt

not any more chance than using a stock shifter. you do always run a chance when you try to shift fast. for me... since i got my short shift i havent ground gears once (except reverse which has been grinding since before i got the car)

 

[SeanMc300]

Originally posted by Jerseystyle1
Because for F-1 and WRC you can afford the lack of control by keeping your hand off the wheel. I don't think any one on here is using thier civics for WRC or F1. A shifter like that might be good for a road course but for everyday driving.....Yeah I think it is dumb!

hmmm well if you drive on auto-x's or road courses and such, you cant afford the lack of control either!!!! a short shifter is "alright" ( i guess) for drag racing....but not every day driving.

 

[DXorcist77]

OK how do u install the shifter

 

[baby99si]

go DC short throw

 

[4thengine]

A shifter is only the lever that controls the forks in your transmission. Anyone who thinks that changing the lever will destroy the transmission needs to learn to look at things for what they are instead of spouting off BS excuses that people don't know how to shift would use. I don't care if your shifter moves an inch or a foot; if you know how to use t you're not going to ruin anything. It's just a lot easier to blame your equipment than to lose face admitting that you suck

 

[Jerseystyle1]

Originally posted by 4thengine
A shifter is only the lever that controls the forks in your transmission. Anyone who thinks that changing the lever will destroy the transmission needs to learn to look at things for what they are instead of spouting off BS excuses that people don't know how to shift would use. I don't care if your shifter moves an inch or a foot; if you know how to use t you're not going to ruin anything. It's just a lot easier to blame your equipment than to lose face admitting that you suck

AMEN BRUTHA!

 

[SeanMc300]

i had the dc short throw in my car for two weeks. now, call me not knowing how to shift or whatever but it did infact hinder shifting. here is a hypathetical situation. lets say someone is shfiting and they shift damn fast--just fast enough to not grind gears (letting time for the syncros to "sync" up), now if he shifts at the same rate but with a shorter throw, thus leading to a faster rate of shifting. SO!, he will not let the sync's have enough time to get "synced" up and he will infact grind. another reason why its better to have a taller shifter is because your hand doesnt need to move as far as a shorter shifter so you have less time shifting (which equals faster times), and less time with only one hand on the wheel (which equals better handling because you have two hands on the wheel longer--ever shift while in a hard turn...youll know what i mean when you want two hands on the wheel as much as possible.

 

[4thengine]

If someone is THAT good at shifting with the stock shifter then why would they change it? It's just a matter of preference. It's about what you're used to and what you're comfortable with. If your driving style doesn't match the short shifter, that doesn't make it the shifters fault when you f**k up.

 

[civikskilz]

Well dont go cheap man. Most of those cheap brands are not short throw shifters, but just a piece of metal that is a shorter length than your stock shift rod. So they do not actually shorten the activation of the gears. So in reality they do nothing at all but put your hand lower.

my buddy has had a DC in his civic for 2 years and no prob with it. Companies to look for are B&M, DC, Hurst, Neuspeed, or Skunk2.

 

[Hesus]

hei Yo!!
i just installed a OBX (yeah i know it sucks- did not pay a s**t) short shifter on my `97 Coupe LS, and some how it is tooo long and it scratches the exhaust. is it normal??

 

[chimchim]

Hah. You need to read my thread. I had the same problem.

 

[$lick Rick]

HACKSAW SHORTSHIT ALL THE WAY BABY !!!