Which shift knob
04-09-2008, 08:35 AM
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Which shift ****
I have an MGW shifter that I bought a cue-ball shift **** for. It looks great but it is too slippery for hard shifts while racing. (I race just about every weekend). So I've been thinking about either a T-handle or a pistol grip handle. Which do you prefer?
04-09-2008, 09:15 AM
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RE: Which shift ****
Next time you drive it hard, pay attention to the way your hand naturally goes for the shift ****. That's almost certainly going to indicate the better choice of the two given if you're going to limit your choices to just those two. I could be off on this, but it sounds like the ball is a little too small for your hand. The T-handle may be a little better for the 1-2 and 3-4, but I'd guess that the pistol-grip is better on the 2-3. Which shift is more troublesome?
There just might be better possibilities if you're willing to think out of the box and fab/modify your own. My own 'gut feel' is that either one if it already has been contoured for the individual fingers might not quite fit you, and that neither a purely vertical nor a mostly horizontal orientation as seen from the back seat is optimal either.
Maybe something kind of egg-shaped ina comfortable diameter andtipped about 20° - 30° toward the driver side . . . seems to me that anything that helps you win would look good enough.
I'm not a drag racer, so I didn't vote. I think that considering the ergonomics - how your right arm and hand work best in this instance - matters more than opinions that may be unintentionally biased by non-functional appearance considerations.
Let us know.
Norm
There just might be better possibilities if you're willing to think out of the box and fab/modify your own. My own 'gut feel' is that either one if it already has been contoured for the individual fingers might not quite fit you, and that neither a purely vertical nor a mostly horizontal orientation as seen from the back seat is optimal either.
Maybe something kind of egg-shaped ina comfortable diameter andtipped about 20° - 30° toward the driver side . . . seems to me that anything that helps you win would look good enough.
I'm not a drag racer, so I didn't vote. I think that considering the ergonomics - how your right arm and hand work best in this instance - matters more than opinions that may be unintentionally biased by non-functional appearance considerations.
Let us know.
Norm
04-09-2008, 09:26 AM
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RE: Which shift ****
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Next time you drive it hard, pay attention to the way your hand naturally grabs the shift ****. That's almost certainly going to indicate the better choice of the two given if you're going to limit your choices to just those two. I could be off on this, but it sounds like the ball is a little too small for your hand. The T-handle may be a little better for the 1-2 and 3-4, but I'd guess that the pistol-grip is better on the 2-3. Which shift is more troublesome?
There just might be better possibilities if you're willing to think out of the box and fab/modify your own. My own 'gut feel' is that either one if it already has been contoured for the individual fingers might not quite fit you, and that neither a purely vertical nor a mostly horizontal orientation as seen from the back seat is optimal either.
Maybe something kind of egg-shaped ina comfortable diameter andtipped about 20° - 30° toward the driver side . . . seems to me that anything that helps you win would look good enough.
I'm not a drag racer, so I didn't vote. I think that considering the ergonomics - how your right arm and hand work best in this instance - matters more than opinions that may be unintentionally biased by non-functional appearance considerations.
Let us know.
Norm
Next time you drive it hard, pay attention to the way your hand naturally grabs the shift ****. That's almost certainly going to indicate the better choice of the two given if you're going to limit your choices to just those two. I could be off on this, but it sounds like the ball is a little too small for your hand. The T-handle may be a little better for the 1-2 and 3-4, but I'd guess that the pistol-grip is better on the 2-3. Which shift is more troublesome?
There just might be better possibilities if you're willing to think out of the box and fab/modify your own. My own 'gut feel' is that either one if it already has been contoured for the individual fingers might not quite fit you, and that neither a purely vertical nor a mostly horizontal orientation as seen from the back seat is optimal either.
Maybe something kind of egg-shaped ina comfortable diameter andtipped about 20° - 30° toward the driver side . . . seems to me that anything that helps you win would look good enough.
I'm not a drag racer, so I didn't vote. I think that considering the ergonomics - how your right arm and hand work best in this instance - matters more than opinions that may be unintentionally biased by non-functional appearance considerations.
Let us know.
Norm
I don't really care about the look as much as its function. I don't show this car, it is purely a street/race car.
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