FW: [s-cars] APIKOL short shifter opinions

[mlp-505]

Wow - is this coming from "I can get it wholesale" Yummyjaeger??!?  Yummy,
please tell me you haven't fallen off a turnip wagon, ... or something.

To the list, FWIW, I've had an APIKOL short shift kit installed on two UrS
cars, and find the shift action, if not quite as crisp as a Mazda Rx8's gear
box, a very worthwhile adaptation.  I've also had (and aid to have it
repaired) a ghetto short-shift as implemented by a PO who sawed @ 2" off the
top of the shifter on one of the cars.  IMO, this is NOT the way to go.  The
throw basically remains the same, its just that your shift lever is 2 inches
shorter, producing a longer reach for the knob, but not really much
reduction in the distance your arms/hand has to travel to change gears.
There is also the problem of either re-threading the top of the lever that
has to be cut off to make the length reduction, or finding some other means
of re-attaching the shift knob to the lever.  In my case, the PO opted for
an after market red anodized aluminum ball - both hideous &, in winter
deadly cold.  

Finally, if it helps anyone decide, the APIKOL group's solution now has a
significant number of miles of actual "in-car" testing and use on its design
which, I believe, has produced at least one revision and a reliability
upgrade.  I'd consider it a pretty well proven product.

Michael "worried about anything that might lead to a shorter shaft, even if
it's only Hap's" Pederson



-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list On Behalf Of Emre Washburn

Hap and all,

The BillzCat1 does NOT .......

<snip>......   so Hap, I'm not sure why you thought the Billzcat1 solution
would be just a ghetto shortened shaft like the one you have. It's good to
double check your information before insulting others work. My $0.02.


-- 
Emre
92 //S4
90 Cq
40 valves to many!


On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:49:00 EST, CaptMagu at aol.com <CaptMagu at aol.com> wrote:
> Jamu
> 
> I think he's got it. That's what I understand. The Billzcat shortens the
> shaft. I shortened mine the Old Fashion Way, I cut the shaft myself, at a
> whopping cost of $00.00. I do use an aftermarket Euro illuminated 6 -speed
> knob that utilzes set screws for attachment. Mike Pederson had his cut and
> threaded, he's a lot cheaper than I am and wanted to use the stock knob,
for
> a total cost of $00.00. I may be missing something here but I don't see
the
> benefit of the Billzcat option. 
> 
> The Apikol SSer uses, as Cody has so eloquently pointed out, a brand new
> Audi linkage that is modified to shorten the throw. There is someone else
> out there that just announced their entrance to the market with a new SSer
> but I believe they are using the old linkage on exchange to do their kit.
> For my money I would go with the Apikol SSer and do your own shaft
> shortening. 
> 
> Hap, talkin dakine SSer mods from Evahboost, Maguire
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