Short Shifters

[BMWbeauty416]

Wondering about thoughts and who maybe has short shifters - mostly wondering about the word that a Z3 shifter can be moded to fit without to much trouble and reduce throw by somewhere around 30%

thanks

~*Teg*~

[ZeroG]

Wondering about thoughts and who maybe has short shifters - mostly wondering about the word that a Z3 shifter can be moded to fit without to much trouble and reduce throw by somewhere around 30%

thanks

~*Teg*~
I think it is great little notchy. But deffinetly shorter. I know some people have done the Z3 thing.

-Chad

[PettitWC]

I don't have one but I've been looking at them too.

[L84THSKY]

I installed the M-coupe shifter last summer. The BEST $50.00 you can spend on your car. You will need to bent the selector arm. I have posted pics of the shifter previously, and even a video showing me going through all gears while driving.


Wondering about thoughts and who maybe has short shifters - mostly wondering about the word that a Z3 shifter can be moded to fit without to much trouble and reduce throw by somewhere around 30%

thanks

~*Teg*~

[2ndBimmer]

I dont have a Z3 shifter (BavAuto one, $$ sheesh) but its worth it!

[BMWbeauty416]

Wow thanks for all the feed back! So overall I guess no matter how you do it everyone has been more than pleased with their short throw.
Just gotta save the money to do it now ;} and thanks L84THSKY I will do a search!

~*Teg*~

[96cali]

Yeah lots of SSK discussion over the years. I also recommend checking out Chris at understeer.com ($75) and someone else had a B&M shifter that they highly praised. Just be sure it keeps your shift knob centered and does not push it right or left- PITA.

[L84THSKY]

That was the tricky part about using the M-coupe shifter. When I put it in, it rubbed the drive shaft. When I bent it to clear the drive shaft, it didn't sit centered, front to back or right to left. My brother and I heated up the selector rod three times before we had the shifter sitting dead center. It was well worth the effort!


Yeah lots of SSK discussion over the years. I also recommend checking out Chris at understeer.com ($75) and someone else had a B&M shifter that they highly praised. Just be sure it keeps your shift knob centered and does not push it right or left- PITA.

[schussey]

B&M B&M B&M!!!!!


...or UUC

[Panzer_M]

chris got me on the UUC Evo III over at understeer.com

and I love it.

[L84THSKY]

This was on the Understeer website.

"Shift Lever Install
The stock shift lever in a BMW is not very "sporty" feeling. The shift throw is pretty smooth, but the length between gears is quite long. This has inspired almost every BMW related tuner to release a short shift kit (SSK) of some kind ranging in price from $200 to almost $1000!!! All of them tout some feature that makes them better than OEM and other aftermarket levers, but the fact remains that the most important part of a SSK is to reduce shift throw length. With that in mind, wouldn't you rather pay $60 or less for a SSK? I know I would, but there's always going to be the folks that feel that they need to spend hundreds on a SSK, those folks can stop reading now."

They are telling you not to spend alot of money on a fancy shifter. So why then would anyone drop down $200.00+ for a non OEM one.

The best upgrades are the ones that work, and save you money. That where a M shifter comes in. The other great deal is fogging the airbox, over all these fancy CAI's.







chris got me on the UUC Evo III over at understeer.com

and I love it.

[96cali]

chris got me on the UUC Evo III over at understeer.com

and I love it.

Panzer- What's the cost and performance difference between his $75 BMW kit and the UUC? Is the BMW a repackaged Z3 rod?

Shussey- what made you go B&M?

[L84THSKY]

This is all you need, did it last August.

http://www.geocities.com/l84thsky/M3Parts.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/l84thsky/M3Shifter.JPG


Panzer- What's the cost and performance difference between his $75 BMW kit and the UUC? Is the BMW a repackaged Z3 rod?

Shussey- what made you go B&M?

[needle332rur]

I used to have a bunch of different e30's and i worked at a BMW resoration shop. we used to take the stock shifters out and have the welder cut and add about a half an inch on the bottom of the shifter. I had another e30 with a bav auto complete shift kit (all the linkages) and to be honest there was not that much of a difference. Also Grassroots motorsports did an artical on short shifters in their e36 m3 and they said that the B&M was the most expensive and the worst. Sometime the product that cost the most is not the best.