short shifter..

does anyone have the Ultimate Performance Short-Throw Race Shifter from 3sx or the "shorter-throw shifter" also from there? i was wondering if they were good or if one was better than the other. the first one is 60 dollars more so i guess its better? i dont know how though..heres the link to the page w/ both of them on it..

http://www.3sxperformance.com/interior.asp

so if anyone could lemme know anything about either one that would be great thanks

anyone please???

What does a short shifter do? Does it jsut feel different while shifting?

I think it makes your shifting shorter... LOL Like that was a lot of help. Hehe

It is shorter in overall height, so you have up to ...lets say 40% less movement of the shifter that is necessary to get it in gear. The less distance the shifter must travel the faster the shifts, and less time wasted shifting instead of flooring it.

In regards to the first question. I don't know much about the race shifter you mentioned, but I've heard good things about the 3sx short shifter. To my knowledge the 3sx owners all own and love 3/Ss, they are highly recommended throughout the 3/S community, and if it is available on their site, I'm sure it is a 'good' upgrade.

I love the shortshifters, they really help. The look of the shifter might not be shorter, but the matter is the "throw" of the shifter. That's all we need, and I think the 3000gt's shifter looks short enough. So shortshifter will just reduce the distance between each gear, so it saves you time when you shift. Most of the cars I owned have shortshifters, and they are soooo helpful, but I dont have one for 3000gt, cuz I really don't know where I can get it. LoL

they can be a little tricky at first to get use too, hahahaha, i wouldnt race for money if ya just got a shorthrow shifter and the cars are about even.....it happaned to me, i lost, missed a shift. Now that i have gotten use to it, i love it!!!!

What does missing a shift mean? Grinding gears? I do that when I try to shift real quick, I need to learn to shift faster withought grinding at all.

And another thing about shortshifter, it's harder to shift because you have to put more force to it, since the throw is shorter.

Well I assumed that, I think i'll get used to the regular shifter first lol.

so can anyone answer the original question???

all this crap complaining about short shifters!!! I saw this guy did a clever and CHEAP thing to make a short shifter on his GT. He just has a mechanic, or whoever, simply cut the metal shifter and weld it back on a few inches shorter. Would be much easier than dishing out 100 or even 160 for those 3SXperformance shifters.