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).

some photos

oh pretttty

I have a CSP shifter as well - reckon they are brilliant



Will be interested to see the dash cover

is a quick shift just a normal manual H pattern or forward to shift up and back to shift down

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

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

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.

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!!

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