Just installed my Axial Flow Short Shifter....what a difference!!!
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Just installed my Axial Flow Short Shifter....what a difference!!!
What a difference the short shifter makes!! I can't believe how much better it feels than the stock shifter did. Not only are the throws "shorter" (I really can't believe it's only a 29% difference in throw than stock), but I was also shocked at how much closer together the gears are.
Does anyone else find it more difficult to shift into 6th gear, though? I try to get it into gear, but it doesn't want to go most of the time. Sometimes I really have to force it.
Installation was simple enough, too. Only took about half an hour. ripped the crap out of the boot, but it's all good......that's what duct tape is for.![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Anyone on the fence about getting one, do it!!! Really makes a huge difference for only 300 bucks
Does anyone else find it more difficult to shift into 6th gear, though? I try to get it into gear, but it doesn't want to go most of the time. Sometimes I really have to force it.
Installation was simple enough, too. Only took about half an hour. ripped the crap out of the boot, but it's all good......that's what duct tape is for.
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Anyone on the fence about getting one, do it!!! Really makes a huge difference for only 300 bucks
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I find that 6th gear takes a little getting used to and requires a bit of an angle.
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Thanks! I'll try it at an angle later on today when I drive it again. Richard Paul makes one hell of a good product....
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God I hope I don't have to "file down" anything. Taking off the center cover beat the hell out of my hands....I really hope I never have to take that thing off again.
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That batch was very early in the production run, and many were repaired at the machine shop.
Yes, need to get use to 6th.
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This is how the stock shifter should have felt in the first place....
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yeah, I went back to the stock shifter for a week and I couldn't stand it!!
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Another convert!
Now you need to replace the boot with a nice leather one.
And maybe a Voodoo shift ****
Last time I tried a stock shifter I just laughed at how wrong it felt...
Now you need to replace the boot with a nice leather one.
And maybe a Voodoo shift ****
Last time I tried a stock shifter I just laughed at how wrong it felt...
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I was thinking about getting a mazdaspeed shift ****. Always liked the way they looked. Not too big of a fan of the voodoo, looks way too big. How does it sit in your hand when you're shifting, DarkBrew?
Oh, and I have to say, I took it up to redline about 10 times tonight. It is just so much more enjoyable clicking through the gears than it was before. Hope my car forgives me for the added abuse this shifter is going to have on it. Never had more fun in the 8, though.
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definitely try it. there's a little bit of "whining" when I shift into either 2nd or 4th gear, and a little notchiness / difficulty shifting into either 6th or reverse. All of it is tolerable, though, especially for the enjoyment you get out of it. Of course, I've only had it installed for about 10 hours now, so maybe the extra noise/notchiness/difficulty shifting will get annoying in a couple of weeks. for right now, though, it doesn't bother me at all.
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There is effort to shift into 6th / reverse. At least for me, initially. Really have to pull hard on the shifter to get it to slide into 6th from 5th or neutral. Since the gears are so close together and I have difficulty getting into 6th, sometimes I accidentally shift into 4th.
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i put the stock sifter back in to get my trany worked on big difference but i noticed that going into reverse is much easier with the stock one my only complaint with the short shifter but at 61 i am turning in to a wimp
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There is effort to shift into 6th / reverse. At least for me, initially. Really have to pull hard on the shifter to get it to slide into 6th from 5th or neutral. Since the gears are so close together and I have difficulty getting into 6th, sometimes I accidentally shift into 4th.
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yes occasionally sixth and also reverse will act up. But the shifter is still much better than stock. I hardly ever grind a single gear any more, with the exception of fifth.
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Are these 5-6 issues typical, or is it like engines in that we only hear the problems?
Been thinking of one of these ever since I got Zoomy. Stock shifter has been OK once it broke in, but it does not have that crisp snick-snick feeling that a Miata I test drove had.
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Been thinking of one of these ever since I got Zoomy. Stock shifter has been OK once it broke in, but it does not have that crisp snick-snick feeling that a Miata I test drove had.
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After two days of using the shifter, it seems to be loosening up a bit and snapping into 6th / reverse much easier.
Ken, definitely get it. You won't regret it.