Has anyone used these??....
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This has come up in the past.
I'd recommend speaking with Lloyd Butfoy (RBT Transmissions) on the subject.
-G
I'd recommend speaking with Lloyd Butfoy (RBT Transmissions) on the subject.
-G
There's was a duplicate thread on the POCA forum a coupe days ago, is that you or just coincidence?
If it was you there's not much point in me repeating what I wrote previously.
Julian
If it was you there's not much point in me repeating what I wrote previously.
Julian
It was not me.... It just seems odd, cables??.. Does it work?...
PLT, its possible to make cable shifters work great... but they are not a cure-all. As I pointed out on the POCA Forums, the Pontiac Fiero used a cable shifter and also the late MR2s; I've had $150 MR2 cables break at the clevis due to a minor(?) factory misrouting. When that happens, ALL gear selecting is stopped. Some exotics that use cables semi-successfully are the '70s-'90s Porsche 911s and 914s; the complaints are usually of slow, balky shifting. The exotic $250,000 Mosler MT-900S and Photon mid-engines use a cable shifter, and in a recent track test (which they dominated), the cable was too close to the exhausts and burned/melted, radically slowing all shifting. Watch your cable routing!
Balky shifting in Panteras usually comes from either mis-adjusted shift linkage, from slam-shifting too fast which overwhelms the synchro rings in the tranny (same as with Porsches), or from clutch hydraulics & mechanisms so badly worn that they in turn have worn out the synchros in your ZF. With all of these, changing the shifter type will not replace missing metal....
Balky shifting in Panteras usually comes from either mis-adjusted shift linkage, from slam-shifting too fast which overwhelms the synchro rings in the tranny (same as with Porsches), or from clutch hydraulics & mechanisms so badly worn that they in turn have worn out the synchros in your ZF. With all of these, changing the shifter type will not replace missing metal....
The Ford GT, Porsche, Toyota and some other manufacturers successfully use cable shift in production vehicles, so smooth shifting can be achieved with the right set up.
Personally if I was going to spend that sort of dough, I'd go the next step and anti up the ~$3K to get something like the Masterhsift system (www.mastershift.com) that has electronic actuators on the transaxle connected to a renote paddle or bump shifter. But then if I was going that far I'd probably go one further again and get a fully sequential transaxle..... can you see how my projects get out of hand really quickly...
Julian
Personally if I was going to spend that sort of dough, I'd go the next step and anti up the ~$3K to get something like the Masterhsift system (www.mastershift.com) that has electronic actuators on the transaxle connected to a renote paddle or bump shifter. But then if I was going that far I'd probably go one further again and get a fully sequential transaxle..... can you see how my projects get out of hand really quickly...
Julian
Thanks you guys... My car shifts pretty good, I have a mild issue down shifting to second. Other than that one mild issue I have no real complaints, I was just wondering about possible improvements. I think a paddle shifter would be my first choice 
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....quote:Originally posted by PLT-1:
Thanks you guys... My car shifts pretty good, I have a mild issue down shifting to second.
That is likely nothing a shifter change will cure, you need to replace the second gear synchro..... a common wear problem.
Julian
Yeah, I definately need a synchro....