I checked out a car today with a STS [short throw shifter] installed

It actually took hard pulls to shift.

Is that normal for a short throw one? It was B&m i think..

I am used to being able to move the shifter with one finger.. not pulling on it with a decent amount of force.

Is the stock shifter "easy" like you can move with one finger? I think if I buy the car I will swap the stock one on.

Is the change possible to do without getting the car on the lift?

thanks.

 

short shifters come in 2 styles:

style 1. changes the fulcrum point to achieve a shorter throw but keeps the stock length

style 2. changes the fulcrum point and reduces the lenght of the shifter

the larger the distance from the fulcrum to the shifter ****, the easier it is to shift (more torque) but you have to move the shifter a farther distance

you should be able to do the install with a decent jack

 

it was style #2.. but it was alot harder to shift .. thats normal for a sts right?

 

also, how long would it take to change back to the stock one?

 

My stock shifter was hard to shift. After installing the Hp Autoworks STS it did not make the shifts any easier.

 

my stillen sts is way stiffer than the stock one..but i like it a lot more

 

this is a 2000 btw..


is the stock one easy though? crispy.... are you an isolated incident?

 

the new shifter bushing from larrio and *** is suppose to help with the stiffness of the shifting.

 

has the crossover linkage been adjusted recently? (left to right not front to back)

I only know that when I installed my STS in my '02 I disconnected the adjustment for the x-over linkage to put in the shifter base bushings. Shifting was so bad that my wrist became so inflamed that I could barely shift.
I just recently readjusted my linkage and now it shifts smooth like butter.

 

i took off my stillen sts because it was too nochy, now i have stock and it took me about 1.5 hours on a lift to change. i couldn't take apart the stillen so i just used a dremel and cut the stick. but i honestly hate rowing the boat with the stock.