Hi All,
Visited Classic VW this afternoon and bought two things, one for me, one to keep my wife happy. For me was a new CSP Shifter, which went on this afternoon, which after a bit of fiddling (thanks Pete) is now working perfectly and ensuring very quick shifts, and no crunches moving back from third to second.
For the wife, it was one of the new glue on dash covers for the Super, which I'll probably have a shot at tomorrow. Will report on success or failure.
Whilst at Pete's I picked up the 36IDFs that Pete mentioned in another post a few weeks back, so now I'll have to get those cleaned and jetted, as well as buy myself the other gear, (manifolds, linkages etc).
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
some photos
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
oh pretttty
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I have a CSP shifter as well - reckon they are brilliant
Will be interested to see the dash cover
Futue te ipsum!!!
is a quick shift just a normal manual H pattern or forward to shift up and back to shift down
There are three types of people in this world - people who can count and people who can't....
Quick shifter is just a normal H pattern, sequential sounds nice but I hate to think what you'd need to do and what it would cost. From what I can gather (not a technical guru like some on the forum) the quick shifter reduces the mechanical advantage of the normal shifter, which means you need to supply more torque through your arm to change gears, but the advantage is that the gear change happens more quickly. The other side affect is that I believe it increases the pressure on the box, which means you will shorten its life, especially if you drive it enthusiastically.
Look forward to the gurus correcting my understanding 😁
Cheers
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
Just think of it like a fulcrum - ie sea saw.
The pivot point is moved furter torwards you (shortened) so you have to move your end less to move the other end the same amount. The gear stick is still the same length.
Like a see saw when you move closer to the pivot point you now have to push harder. Just not as far.
As for shortening a box life.
If all the couplings and bushes are in good order i dont see why
Futue te ipsum!!!
mmm, less shiny bits and more racing MR G.M. 🙂 Now hurry up with the webers!
Bizarre, short shifters move the gearbox component the same distance in less time. This will wear synchros and such out faster. But for most VW owners who drive like scone gobblers (top term Steve1303 😂 ) so it probably won't make a lot of difference.
I'm afraid the Webers will have to wait until the insurer decides what they want to do with the blue beast, because Gwendolyn might get pressed into daily driver service for a few weeks shortly. One thing is for sure, she'll be a whole heap more entertaining (and cheaper) than the auto Corolla hire car that I had whilst the hail damage was being repaired earlier this year.
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
Good, the more you drive it, the better you'll be at khanas. 👍
extra wear is load of crap
the only part moving at a different rate is the shifter itself
the shift rod and everything in the gearbox is still moving exactly the same as stock
any wear differences would be minute
like a case of lasting 995,000kms instead of 1 million
that said ive run a quickshift kit for 8 years now and love it
so a quickshift is the same as moving your hand down the sifter.. except easier!!
There are three types of people in this world - people who can count and people who can't....
baja burley wrote:so a quickshift is the same as moving your hand down the sifter.. except easier!!
Yep
Cut fou inces off your stock shifter for the same effect
🤪Futue te ipsum!!!
Yum.. that rust in the first picture is gunna be fun to work on 😂
Simon
its not rust its just were the body seam sealant was painted and has fallen off
most 70s bugs are like that under the carpet if they have factory paint
Nah not the orange stuff, the big hole infront of the pillar running to above the accelerator pedal. Or is that what your talking about?
Simon
that's not a hole, it's tar paint.
Ill just go sit in the corner 😂😊
Simon
nah first pic Pete
not the black jack in the 2nd
yea thats what im talking about
if i ddidnt have speaker kick panels in the way, mines identical aswell
its just bare metal
there was originally a sort of sealent there that was painted over at the factory and when it gets old it crumbles and falls offs
has a texture like a honeycomb crunchie bar 😂
does it taste like crunchy? 😵💫
not sure its still stuck in my teeth
