EMPI Quick Shift Kit, Cast Aluminum...

CaveManDave · May 6, 2016

Yes/No?

http://www.jbugs.com/product/4500.html

rhino 2 · May 6, 2016

CaveManDave said:
Yes/No?

http://www.jbugs.com/product/4500.html

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Wow blast from the past.... I put one on my 71 Beetle back in 71.. Got it from JC Witney,
Absolutely loved it...ThumbUpThumbUp

DeathBySnuSnu · May 6, 2016

It does shorten the throw on a stock shifter.

It does not turn a stock shifter into a better shifter.

CaveManDave · May 6, 2016

That's a big No! ThumbUp

stinger608 · May 6, 2016

DeathBySnuSnu said:
It does shorten the throw on a stock shifter.

It does not turn a stock shifter into a better shifter.

Dead on here! It really helps on the throw though.

Loner · May 7, 2016

Shorter throw is achieved by lowering the shifter ball on the bottom of the shifter in the socket on the end of the shifter rod. This cost-effective kit gives you not only a shim (top arrow) that sits on top of the conical bell on the shifter to lower it somewhat, but it also gives you a cast aluminum spacer to put under the shifter bell cover to raise the whole mechanism back up (so that the side stops/reverse stop tangs will be aligned and not give any sloppiness or binding). So yes, it giveth some and then it taketh away some.

IMHO, it may provide some shortening of throw but I really doubt that it would be significant enough to really feel it and appreciate. But at the price, it would be worth a try.

Again, just my 2 cents worth. I hope it does give you some good results if you try it. Keep us informed.

rhino 2 · May 7, 2016

Like i said, I put it in my 71 beetle, And latter on when i got a 73 beetle put it in it also...
Sometimes the little things work....

Jester13 · May 7, 2016

I wanted a shorter shifter on a dune buggy that I had because it was hitting the dash. I had a friend of mine cut the shifter shorter and weld a bolt to the end with the same thread as my shift knob. The point of my story is that by shortening the length of the shifter itself, it shortened the throw. A shorter shift lever on a trike wouldn't be that bad. Something to think about.

stinger608 · May 7, 2016

Maybe just purchasing a different 3rd party shifter would solve that problem?

http://carcraftstore.com/t-handleshifterempi.aspx

Jester13 · May 7, 2016

I know that they make some after market shifters that have a key lock built into them so you could lock it in reverse. Might be a pretty cool addition to a trike.