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Sparco!

DDM short shifter complete with stainless knob

Quote from Jimmy540i

what's the advantage of installing a short shifter?

The throw to change the gears is shorter. Some people think it is the heigth of the shifter.

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Das Boot...anyway to put the leather stitched boot over the sparco boot?

it's a double edged sword. It does shorten the throw of the shifter. But it also slightly increases the effort needed to shift the gears.

Quote from rabtech

it's a double edged sword. It does shorten the throw of the shifter. But it also slightly increases the effort needed to shift the gears.

Once you get use to it you will never want to go back to the stock shifter. Most of the time I shift with just my fingers, not even using my arm with the exception of going to fifth gear.

I like mine!

I'm getting my DDM short throw shifter installed this weekend I hope I like it!

I went a different route. I got the Assault shorter shifter, and it's heavier. By being shorter in length, it also shortened the throw to shift gears considerably. By being heavier, the weight makes the shifts feel about the same pressure, just not as far on movement. I drove one with a short throw, and it was fine but I prefer my set up to it.

Quote from Goats_Hogs

I went a different route. I got the Assault shorter shifter, and it's heavier. By being shorter in length, it also shortened the throw to shift gears considerably. By being heavier, the weight makes the shifts feel about the same pressure, just not as far on movement. I drove one with a short throw, and it was fine but I prefer my set up to it.

The DDM Knob is like 1 pound by itself solid stainless,

Quote from FunCycle

The DDM Knob is like 1 pound by itself solid stainless,

Just guessing that they are similar, weight wise. When I stated it's heavier, I meant heavier than stock

I went with the Twist Dynamics carbon fiber shift knob and my next purchase will be the aftermarket boot with red stitching like yours.

The one thing I would worry about with the Sparco knob and boot is what is the boot made out of? if its the same garbage rubber as the stock boot then there is no way I would want it.

If you do decide to get the knob and new boot let me know if you want to sell your after market boot

Quote from Goats_Hogs

I went a different route. I got the Assault shorter shifter, and it's heavier. By being shorter in length, it also shortened the throw to shift gears considerably. By being heavier, the weight makes the shifts feel about the same pressure, just not as far on movement. I drove one with a short throw, and it was fine but I prefer my set up to it.

So did you put the adapter-less shift knob on? Or did you just replace the shift knob on the stock shifter?

Quote from Rob the Slob

So did you put the adapter-less shift knob on? Or did you just replace the shift knob on the stock shifter?

I put the adapter-less one on. I also didn't like the way the boot and stock coupling fit in this pic (the original that you saw). So I made this one on my mini lathe. It's from a Harley head bolt cover piece. I had a few of them laying around. The outside is chrome, the rest is aluminum.

Quote from Goats_Hogs

I went a different route. I got the Assault shorter shifter, and it's heavier. By being shorter in length, it also shortened the throw to shift gears considerably. By being heavier, the weight makes the shifts feel about the same pressure, just not as far on movement. I drove one with a short throw, and it was fine but I prefer my set up to it.

Did you do the quick release in the steering wheel? Sorry but sorry for jumping off subject.

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Looks like he has another steering wheel in there for a spare.