Ok so i bought this car with the short throw already in it. Now in my '03 GT the stock shifter was SOOO much easier to shift.

So i dunno if this short throw needs to be adjusted or something but i assumed going from stock to that it would be smoother/easier. I mean i have yet to successfully get it into second at high RPM. And im definitely not new at the racing scene.

It kinda feels like it catches up on something just moving it from left to right in neutral. And getting it into gear is a little more difficult than i would expect it to be.

So if you guys have any suggestions that would be great. Thanx

 

Sounds like a tranny issue not a shifter issue

 

No the tranny seems fine. no grindage or slipage. ill go ahead and see where all the stop screws are backed up to and what not, and see what i can fin i guess

 

what kind of shifter is it?

 

+1, I doubt it's the shifter and if it is, it's a crappy one...........probably MGW......................................lol J/K. Just knew that would raise a few feathers.

 

or probably a tri ax.........................lol J/K too. you suckahs shall never know what i have Muahahahahahahaha

 

your clutch cable may just be a little stretched cuasing your issues now thinking about it.

 

Check the shift stops, if its not them then I would be looking at the tranny. You could just pick up a new shifter to see if the problem goes away.

 

A short-throw shifter (any STS that really decreases the throw) increases the amount effort required to move the lever between gears--this is just fundamental mechanical principle. Since to amount of force and motion required to actually change gears (in the tranny) remain constant the only way to shorten the "throw" is to shorten the "top" part of the lever (above the fulcrum) and/or raise the fulcrum and lengthen the "bottom" part of the lever.

Most aftermarket STS' do both, thus decrease the leverage as compared to the OEM shifter. Given a fixed force and required motion on one end of a lever, decreasing the leverage will always decrease motion and increase required force on the other end of the lever--gotta happen!

In short (no pun intended) aftermarket short throw shifters are not in any way about making shifting smoother or easier, just making it faster...