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Robin
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28th Dec 04 at 17:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any reccomendations? which is best to but, and how easiy is it to fit?
Joff
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If you work on your car it will explode into a ball of flames.
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28th Dec 04 at 18:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
probably, but i want a shortshift so it does this whi;st accelerating faster
Joff
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28th Dec 04 at 19:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The short shift doesn't make you accelerate faster, it makes your gearchange quicker, but you'll spend more time trying to find your gears than changing into them.
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29th Dec 04 at 00:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea iv got a short shift gearlever, i find it harder to put into gear, it work better standard
Siberia
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29th Dec 04 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to narrow this down..... is there one available for an f15 gearbox...

i feel like im stiring a christmass pudding when changing gear....
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30th Dec 04 at 13:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah, my gearchange needs tightening somehow though, when i'm in gear, i can still move the gearlever from side to side about 2 inches
Joff
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30th Dec 04 at 13:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cut the gearlever down a few inches.
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no
Joff
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MTech short shift then
Siberia
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i was in a mates 2.0 corsa over the christmass and with the cutting and welding that needs doin to the linkage its seem nice and short between gears.....

i want...

bugger my linkage is plastic...
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it cant be, it must be metal
Siberia
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i only have a c16xe
Robin
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i only have an X14XE, and te linkage is metal

the cage around the base of the lever is plastic, but the linkage itself on the gearbox is metal
Siberia
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30th Dec 04 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh your right i though it was the plastic piece that would need to be changed to make it short shift but no it the metal piece...

anyways.....

http://www.mathijssentechnics.nl/?pagina=pagina.asp&sub_menu_id=1&item=Gearshift%20shorteners&title=Gearshift%20shorteners&page_link=1700&result_id=1700&auto_type=&taal=2
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30th Dec 04 at 13:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get an m-tech one, then you can be like me and not be able to select gears when you need to!
Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
get an m-tech one, then you can be like me and not be able to select gears when you need to!


would you not recomend one so?
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He can't get into gears because he drives like a sissy.
Robin
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30th Dec 04 at 13:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
does his car work though joff?

thought so
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No, he can't get into 2nd.
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mine doesnt like going into first when coming to a stop at a junction, you have to be dead still, and ram it in
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I took the internals from the main pivot out, through them away and had some poly bushes made up while trying to get the linkage working. This takes out the play of the old rubber/foam efforts and makes for precise short changes.
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30th Dec 04 at 14:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was that not a tad on the expensive side though?
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Nope, linkage was already out, cost about £20 to have the bushes made up and meant the linkage didn't have to be cut and welded. How much is an M-Tech kit?
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Griffith engineering, boys, good reviews on MIG to

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