Black-Magic. - Ah well.... there goes that theory!

No one yet has mentioned that short shifters bugger up the syncros on your gearbox.

I was told it is something to do with the syncro needing to slow down between gear changes. If you beat the syncro, it causes premature wear.

Cheers

Lee

No one yet has mentioned that short shifters bugger up the syncros on your gearbox.

I was told it is something to do with the syncro needing to slow down between gear changes. If you beat the syncro' date=' it causes premature wear.[/quote']

Whilst I can see where you're coming from, you could get just the same problem with the standard gearchange used quickly surely.

Yes, you could.

Though I think the point is that with a quick shifter you're shifting "quickly" all the time so wear will be greater than a normal shifter.

For example, when driving in town with a standard shifter the cange will be very xslow, with the quick shift it'll still be "quick"

I must admit I do take it a little easy with the gearbox compared to some other cars.

Some cars really dont mind slamming them into the next gear up/down as quick as you can, whereas others will protest. Those that protest would probably not be a good choice for a quick shifter.

Cant see the point with the Furby anyway, but then I don't race it (much ) I suppose

It would be one on the potential list of mods, I have a feeling FMIC/Milltek/remap may happen before though

Yes, you could. Though I think the point is that with a quick shifter you're shifting "quickly" all the time so wear will be greater than a normal shifter. For example, when driving in town with a standard shifter the cange will be very xslow, with the quick shift it'll still be "quick"

I see your point - but likewise having a remap is going to put more strain on the system too. All cars will have a certain tolerance level/ "factor of safety" in the design. In over 30 years of motoring I've never had problems with a gearbox, or a clutch for that matter, apart from a grubscrew falling out of the 5th gear on a Citroen XM gearbox which trashed the gearbox and ultimately wrote off the car (because replacement was more than the value of the car) - but that was nothing to do with being strained... :(