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 Wadey
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After-market shifters
hey all, looking at a new engine and gearbox, getting some details sorted before i start sinking the real money in... for a 1916 with a 1600 'box,
will a stock shifter do the trick, with new bushings and all that, or will i need something more heavy duty? any suggestions? i dont like the T
bars, i'd prefer a roundish end, mabye one of those trigger types?
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| posted on January 9th, 2006 at 10:12 PM |
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Hi
The best bet is a Type 3 shifter, they fit staright into early bugs and with a little bit of work into later bugs, you can also add a quick shift to
shorten the through.
Tee bars are for automatics.
Steve
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 08:28 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1303Steve
Tee bars are for automatics.
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LOL
Yeah, when I had a Berg shifter in the car people would ask "is it an auto?"
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 07:22 PM |
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theres nothing wrong with the stock shifter setup and its probably more heavy duty than some of the cheaper aftermarket ones out there. Do the bushes
and it should shift nicely with minimal slop.
testing 1 2 3...
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 07:39 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1303Steve
Tee bars are for automatics.
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 08:11 PM |
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hey! that'd really "shift" the grime from your toilet bowl! HAHAHA...oh gee im sorry for that one!
anyways, im not a fan of the tbars, but thinking of a hurst-looker or mabye a real one if theyre not rare, as i said no idea just starting some
research, but heres the one im thinkin
http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=651
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 08:40 PM |
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ive got one of them. they arent bad but have nothing on the stock set up with a quick shift providing the bushes are in good condition
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| posted on January 10th, 2006 at 09:00 PM |
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I've had a stocker Type 3 for years... it's more important to get a really nice, low-mile no-slop nose on your gearbox, and a new bush in the pan's
tunnel
BUT i will be fitting a short shifter conversion real soon
[ Edited on 10-1-2006 by VWCOOL ]
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 06:40 AM |
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I have a dragfast....really close and notchy change, although can stuff syncro's as the change is so quick. It will crunch in the third to second
change unless you slow the shift down a bit, or double clutch/shuffle the change.
Matt
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 02:16 PM |
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i have a scat t-bar and its awesome...i know u said u dont like the t-bars, but the shifter is awesome, with the reverse lock out and the shorter
throw. i bought an eight ball from a billiards shop and just drilled and tapped the end and stuck it onto the shifter to remove the t-bar....looks
awesome..
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| posted on January 17th, 2006 at 12:50 PM |
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The T handle on my Scat dragfast shifter just screws off so you could put any of those after market universal fit knobs on it.
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| posted on March 7th, 2006 at 10:19 PM |
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I installed a trigger shifter type in my type 3 and find it to of made the shifting tighter and more prcise, certainly worth the money in my opinion
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