Chris L

Just having a look around BPM's web site :

quattro

Greg is a lovely enthusiatic chap. If he says they have a quick shift it is probably quicker than the quickest gearbox.

Joking aside, would be interested to know what it really does.

q.

chuckster

Chris,
After experiencing the difference between a MY99 standard shift and a prodrive quickshifted(Chuck's new word) one, I'd suggest you save your money. The quickshift got a reputation as a 'must have' upgrade back in the MY97 and earlier days, when the throw on the gearchange was much longer (I had a MY97 once, and can vouch for this - I sawed a bit off the end of the gearstick for my cheap quickshift solution). The later cars come as standard with a much better throw and the improvement will be minimal (IMHO). Buy a better set of brakepads with the money intead, or a nice weekend in Scotland where you can drive as the car was meant to be driven!
Regards,
Charles

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igratton

Yeah...

I used to have a 97MY Turbo and the gear shift was looooonnnnnnnggggg

The my 00MY turbo is much better.

I considered quickshift but it is very expensive considering its just a lump of metal with a slightly different angled connectors the gear rods.

A cheap alternative is to buy a Momo (or other) gear kob to match the steering wheel. This sits much lower on the gear stick and helps to shorten the throw even more.

Cheers

Ian.

Peter L

Ian

I think it depends on which Momo gear **** you get. I have just fitted a Momo Phantom (carbon effect/leather). It is quite tall and seems to increase the throw slightly. Despite this it feels better than my MY99 standard gear **** as it is easier to reach from my driving position.

Cheers
Peter

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Chris L

Thanks guys for your comments. It was really out of curiosity rather than a serious enquiry. I'm tempted just to put the Momo gear **** on rather than change the whole gear stick.

Cheers

Chris

igratton

Pete, Chris...

sorry...I wasn't specific about which gear **** I've used. There are some very tall momo shift ***** which will actually increase the throw.

There are various aftermarket MOMO ***** (ooo-er ).

The one I went for is almost like a snookerballl in size.

a piccie...

<img border="0" src="http://www.momo.it/ing/mom/altri/pom/pom16.gif" width="244" height="300">

Check out the rest of the momo products at...

sunilp

.....that'll be the momo raceair leather........fine choice my man, i liked it so much i bought one too!

i'd say its significantly smaller than a snookerball though...otherwise i would have fitted one of those instead ..youre obviously overestimating the size of your **** when held in your hand Ian!

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igratton

Sunil...

your whit never ceases to amaze me...

I'll have to go get mi glasses checked now
Or get my hand surgically made smaller

Ian.

sunilp

if you get your hand made smaller then your **** will feel even bigger, thereby enabling you to say that your momo is the same size as a footbal...whatever next