Cutting the Gear knob

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:00 am

Draco wrote:Nope...he cut it to match yours

interesting comeback!!!

i find the first hit is always better than the same (or is that lame) retaliation!!!

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:04 am

True...something I don't understand....why would someone want their shaft as short as yours...it is very interesting...quite the oppisite of logic I suppose...but then again...the rules of logic don't apply when it comes to your short shaft

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:09 am

veecee wrote:
Draco wrote:Nope...he cut it to match yours
interesting comeback!!!

i find the first hit is always better than the same (or is that lame) retaliation!!!

Funny you should mention lame....that fits nicely into the logic of your short shaft that might be lame but interesting.....ironic ain't it.

johansx · Post by **johansx** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:11 am

If you cut the cars std shifter shorter, the hand movement is shorter because of the shorter shifter. Since your hand still shifts at the same speed, the shorter distance necessary to cover the same distance, will result in a faster shift. If you move the pivot point higher, the shift will be even faster.
Personally, I would keep the longer stick, just move the pivot point higher.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:16 am

Draco wrote:
veecee wrote:
Draco wrote:Nope...he cut it to match yours
interesting comeback!!!

i find the first hit is always better than the same (or is that lame) retaliation!!!
Funny you should mention lame....that fits nicely into the logic of your short shaft that might be lame but interesting.....ironic ain't it.

hmmm, thats worse than the first one.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:19 am

veecee wrote:
Draco wrote:
veecee wrote: interesting comeback!!!

i find the first hit is always better than the same (or is that lame) retaliation!!!
Funny you should mention lame....that fits nicely into the logic of your short shaft that might be lame but interesting.....ironic ain't it.
hmmm, thats worse than the first one.

Ironic that you would think that hey....I expected more

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:19 pm

The only member who speaks sence here is johansx!!!! The rest speaks rubbish.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:25 pm

ChemCool wrote:The only member who speaks sence here is johansx!!!! The rest speaks rubbish.

i really resent that...

i've posted on this topic about the fact that cutting the shifter wont help to shorten the shift!

here's an excerpt:

this means that less throw will create the same movement below the pivot point. this does however call for the person doing the shifting to use more effort.

in short (scuse the pun) cutting the original shifters shaft will not give you a truely shorter shift. it will feel slightly different to stock but the amount of throw required to engage a particular gear will be the same as before!

i'm not so sure that angle has anything to do with it either. Wink

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:31 pm

Ja ok, just than crap in between you and Draco

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:23 pm

What

If he did not get the answer in the first 5 posts he will never get it....so lets talk crap about vc's short shaft....with a kink higher up witch should not be cut....is that so difficult

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:29 pm

jikketies, whats on the smoking menu today?

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:33 pm

widowmaker wrote:jikketies, whats on the smoking menu today?

did someone say smoking menu???

awesome, what you got???

GoldenEagle · Post by **GoldenEagle** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:48 am

Veecee....on the issue of effort when shifting....a weighted shift knob will lessen the effort needed to shift from one gear to another.