what the diffrence between the Evolution Motorsports Short Shifter and the B&M short shifter?
Don't know, but I have a short shifter on my CS. Bought it off the lot, someone ordered it and changed their mind. I drove both and preferred the short shifting CS. It is noticably harder to move the lever, especially before it gets warmed up. You can "feel" the mechanical aspects of the geers. In spite of that I love the shorter throw and the way you can move through the geers when you are under heavy acceleration.
In the end, like any other feature, it is up to personal preference and how you plan on driving the car. I can not find any info on who makes the Porsche short shift setup. Can anyone help?
anyone? i would like to order one tonight!
What's the rush? Call Evo tomorrow and ask them. Maybe they don't even make their own, but sell the B&M.
I believe that in past threads it was said that B&M makes the short shifter for Porsche.
My understanding is that the Porsche OEM shifter is different form B&m - but my memory is not so good anymore...
Generally, I've always heard of people purchasing the B&M with Evo linkage but have not heard a lot about just the Evo Short Shifter though there is an article on it.
http://www.planet-9.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=27&cat=4
It seems more modifications have to be done to the B&M/Evo to get it to work versus the the OEM short shifter which is pretty much a straight replacement.
Sorry I couldn't really help in distinguishing B&M and Evo Short shifter BUT if you're doing your own install, I'd go with the OEM as it seems much simpler.
-Moto
I have the B&M short shifter, and I have seen OEM short shifter, and I have my doubts that B&M does shifters for them.... they really look like they were designed by different people and built by different shops.
Anyway, I can't help with Evo shifter - never seen or drove one. But on B&M - I think it turns out to be 30% (or whereabouts) shorter than OEM short-shifter.
I had one (Porsche OEM) on both of my previous Porsches. I always loved them, but now I have decided against it, prefer the silky smooth throw to the notchy '"ram it into gear'' feel of the short shifter.
To each his own, but know that it will be notchier, especially when cold.
AFAIK, the B&M short shifter has slightly shorter throws than the OEM sport shift, but the installation of the B&M is not reversible - you basically have to destroy the OEM bushings when installing it. There have been a few members who have installed the B&M, not liked it, and found that the change was irreversible and needed to buy a new shift cage. I don't know anything about the Evo, but the OEM is not made by B&M or vice-versa. I would suggest you find someone who has the short shifter you are interested in installing, and try it out before making the change.
brad
grrlsix,
yes, IIRC cutting off the bushings is the one and only irreversable mode to OEM structure (btw i'm not trying to downplay the importance of the fact)..
B&M used to make the OEM short shifter, but Porsche switched to another supplier a year or two ago.
--Andre
