quick shifter,what is it and does it help performance?

15th July 2009, 00:59

hello i was wondering what a quick shifter does, and does it help performance.i was also wondering are they hard to fit as when i look on the internet they look complacted to fit.many thanks

15th July 2009, 01:03

easy to fit, and all they do is reduce the distance you have to move the gear stick when changing gear.

15th July 2009, 01:03

i think a quickshift is a new gear linkage instead of a stantard 1 the quickshift should help u change gears quicker and handle the power of quick changes

when i was giving it some to my saxo n quick shiffting my gearlinkage went

so the quickshift should be able to handle quick shiffitng

15th July 2009, 01:07

REMOVE THE EXISTING GEAR STICK HOUSING BY UNDOING THE 4 BOLTS AND UNSCREW THE GEAR KNOB AND REPLACE THE NEW HOUSING SUPPLIED IN REVERSE ORDER.
PUT THE COLLARS ( SUPPLIED WITH GRUB SCREWS) ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BEARING.
REPLACE THE GEAR KNOB.
THE HIGHER UP THE GEAR STICK YOU HAVE THE COLLARS WILL DETERMIN THE AMOUNT OF THROW YOU LIKE THE LOWER DOWN YOU PUT THE COLLARS THE GREATER THE THROW.
ADJUST THE DESIRED POSITION AND TIGHTEN THE 5mm GRUB SCREWS AND ROAD TEST.

it can be adjusted to achieve high speed gear changes.

The reduction can be easily set to have the desired feel of a closer gear change. (up to 60%)

thats all it dose it dont increase performance just learn how to change gear fast save ya 60 pound

15th July 2009, 08:25

easy as pie to fit, reduces the gear stick throw between gears. waste of money if your car is never ever going to be raced on a track

15th July 2009, 09:52

Depends on what kind of quick shift you get. One I got just connects to the gear linkage, reduced the gear throw by quite a bit. I recommend the Griffiths Engineering ones which are only £20 and worth every penny if you don't want to spent that much on one unless you want to spend loads on like a B&M one.

15th July 2009, 09:56

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Originally Posted by RichM

Depends on what kind of quick shift you get. One I got just connects to the gear linkage, reduced the gear throw by quite a bit. I recommend the Griffiths Engineering ones which are only £20 and worth every penny if you don't want to spent that much on one unless you want to spend loads on like a B&M one.

was it easy to fit mate???
have you got a link for where you can get them??

15th July 2009, 10:14

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Originally Posted by djadzvtr

was it easy to fit mate???
have you got a link for where you can get them??

I didn't fit mine myself as I took my car to a garage to have a new clutch fitted and asked them to fit it whilst they was working on it. I presume its easy enough though.

http://www.griffiths-engineering.co.uk/

19th August 2009, 17:58

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Originally Posted by RichM

I didn't fit mine myself as I took my car to a garage to have a new clutch fitted and asked them to fit it whilst they was working on it. I presume its easy enough though.

http://www.griffiths-engineering.co.uk/

where does it bolt on to lol ?

19th August 2009, 18:34

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...ght=quickshift
thats the guide on how to do the 20 quid one easy as

just ordered mine today so will get back to you on how well it works if ya want ?

19th August 2009, 18:35

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Originally Posted by Ramsay

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...ght=quickshift
thats the guide on how to do the 20 quid one easy as

just ordered mine today so will get back to you on how well it works if ya want ?

- if you find it easy and worth doing il prob order one lol

19th August 2009, 18:35

its a quick way to killing synchros in most peoples cases

19th August 2009, 18:37

my vts had one when i bought it, didnt really make any difference to me.

19th August 2009, 19:16

hacksaw the gear stick ftw! hahaha

19th August 2009, 19:33

ive got a griffiths quickshift, race linkages and a compbrake quickshift one mine and has made the gearchange more positive, bought 60-70%shorter with no slack/play at all, hell of a difference and makes it so much nicer to drive! no one1 like a sloppy gear knob!!!

19th August 2009, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Ryan

its a quick way to killing synchros in most peoples cases

a slick, smooth shift with the standard parts is better than a fluffed one with a quickshift

The shorter throw does take time to get used to and if you keep fluffing changes because you are rushing it's not good for the gearbox

19th August 2009, 20:48

If was to do this would it resolve the problem og a lot of play when in gear? Or would it be better just adjusting it as it is now?