essexracer
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hi all...i have a corsa B SRi 16v and im after a quick shift kit.
does anyone have one? are they any good?
PVD sell the MTec one @£55  (the bottom pic is the quick shift for the corsa, the top pic is for another car)
http://www.pvdnet.co.uk/mtech/performance.asp
also Griff Enginering do 2 kits...a rose jointed quick shift@£125 and a quick shift @£45 (this one is similar to the MTec one).
http://www.griff-eng.co.uk/vauxhall.htm
from the pictures iv seen, the MTec kit and the cheaper Griff Eng kit are just part of the gear linkage (assuming u still av to use part of the original linkage)...whereas the £125 Griff Eng rose jointed kit looks more like the whole linkage (hence costing more).
which kit is best? and also are they hard to fit? do you have to get under the car to fit it?
cheers ppl,
james
[Edited on 07-08-2003 by essexracer]
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Gambit
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i'd just get the griff quickshift £45, they are rally prep people, they are pish easy to fit also
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miles
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Get them from Rally Design. They are about £26 I think. Looks the same as the bottom one in that pic.
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Kris TD
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i agree with miles
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Blazer
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whats rally desing's site?
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essexracer
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wheres rally design? wats their website?
so do any of u guys av a quick shift? wat u think of it?
gambit....how easy r they to fit? do u av to go under the car?
cheers!
james
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RichardT
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How does the quick shift work? I think I know but I don't wanna sound even more stupid than I already do! 
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essexracer
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basically (to my knowledge lol) it shortens the linkage of the gear shift, so that you can change gear quicker. the gear change distance can be shortend up to 50%
hope this helps!
james
ps. ttt 
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Gambit
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i've got one one the golf and i dont know how i ever done with out one in the 1st place!
not exactly sure about the corsa one, im s
mine just bolted onto the selector arm, and was a 15min job!! and no need to get under the car
the they only shorten the throw on the gearshift, i.e. it will still move the same amount side to side
if you have a haynes manual then have a look at the gearshift assembly and work it out from there. or alternativly ring Griff engineering and talk to them about it
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RichardT
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Thanks for the info mate
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essexracer
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ok cheers bud!
i just want to get ppls advice on the quick shifts available for the corsa.
wats this about the rally design kit?
james
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Gambit
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they are all the same basically, its jsut a piece of steel, so the cheaper the better, they are not put under extreme loads or anything so u dont need to by the best!!
some are adjustable reduction, some are set reduction, thats about the height of it!
Rally Design Ltd
Unit 9-10, The Shipyard Upper Brents
Faversham Kent
ME13 7DZ
Tel: 01795 531871
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essexracer
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thanks gambit.
do they have a website?
would u go for the cheaper rally design kit (assumin its arround £26ish) or the £45 Griff Enginering kit? lol
i assume as miles said the corsa kit is about £26 for rally design.
has anyone here got one from rally design?
cheers,
james
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Gambit
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nope no website, just pick up the phone & ring them
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essexracer
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ok bud cheers.
il ring them now and let everyone know how much they are!
james
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miles
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http://www.raldes.co.uk/
I bought one but never fitted it. It looked identical to the bottom one in the pic at the top. Quality seemed to be good.
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miles
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They are £28 + vat + postage
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essexracer
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lol cheers miles!
i just phoned them up.
they are £29 plus vat  and about £6 postage the guy said.
miles u still got urs?
want to sell it to me?
if so plz say asap, as i was plannin to order one today!
cheers.
[Edited on 07-08-2003 by essexracer]
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miles
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Sold it to a mate. My catalogue says £28, but it was last years.
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essexracer
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ok cheers bud.
il order one now.
the bloody catalogue costs £6 
y u sell it?
james
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miles
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You can get the catalogue free in the back of CCC magazine sometimes. It caught my steering rack but I have a c16xe in a nova.
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essexracer
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iv just ordered one  and my other half paid for it
came to £41.13
il let you guys know how i get on once iv fitted it!
james
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Gambit
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ouch!! mine cost £15 2nd hand!
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essexracer
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ouch!? its still cheaper than the others available!
james
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GLSi GUY
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nice one, i've been looking at these in TV mag, and they are like £50
hmmmm, £29 aint bad
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