Why are short shifters good?
Shifting gears in a manual requires physically moving the shifter into the different positions, which takes time. As the name implies, a short shifter has shorter throws than the stock one. Your hand travels less, which speeds up shifts and makes it easier to keep your engine revs high for maximum power.
What is a short throw shifter for?
A short throw shifter changes a manual transmission’s shifter pivot point and decreases the distance a driver’s hand has to travel to change gears. Such a setup tends to demand more shifting effort, but the overall travel is less. For some reason, many folks enjoy this.
Do short shifters damage Synchros?
Short Shifters don’t kill synchros. Fast shifts do. You can have a SS to improve the FEEL of the shift and still shift at a moderate speed and get full life out of your synchros. Conversely, you can have a stock shifter and rip off lightning shifts and kill synchros in no time.
Does short shifter make difference?
One expert estimated that in his experience short throw shifters could reduce the distance between throws by up to 70%. Obviously, that’s a significant difference and will vary considerably based on your car’s stock shifter as well as your choice of replacement. Shorter throws improve both performance and safety.
What difference does a short shifter do?
A true short shifter decreases throw by reducing the angle that the shifter shaft travels through during its stroke between gears. By reducing the angle that the shaft travels through between gears, the distance that your hand needs to move between gears is also reduced.
Are short shifters better?
Is it bad to short shift?
The good news is that short shifting isn’t bad for your car and shouldn’t hurt anything as long as you’re doing it correctly. Shifting too early will obviously stall out your car which is bad, but upshifting at 2,500 RPM instead of 3,000 isn’t going to hurt your transmission, gearbox, or clutch.
Does short shifter void warranty?
Unless you bent a fork or something… but they can’t deny you for warranty without having a resonable cause… and pinning a short shifter on anything is next to impossible.