Mine came in the mail today. I was curious how long it has taken others to do the install. I need to know if i can get it done tonight or should i wait till the weekend?

 

do u have a lift? or jacks? if u have neither wait till u have time to raise the car. it took me n my friend 30 mins at my shop with a lift.

the initial feeling was, "oh my god". the gears are now even closer than what they were before and reverse is very close to sixth gear now.

good luck installing and let me know if u need anything.

p.s. the hardest part of actually performing this mod was, filing away part of the craddle the shifter sits in.

john

 

thanks.. i have a dremel for the filing

 

be careful. one thing i learn when i started working where i work now is that simple hand tools work the best. the dremel may be too much as u only need to shave away .125 of an inch. a dremel might be overkill so just watch out.

now when did u get ur Z?

john

 

I got my first z 1 year ago. I wrecked it 3 months ago and immediately replaced it

 

any mods besides the shifter to the new beast?

color?
trim?

thanks
john

 

I have a PPW Performance

Mods:
Veilside V2 spoiler
Volk GT7 Gunmetal 19s
Eibach Springs
Molded/Painted center console
DVD/Touchscreen (kenwood ddx-7015)
B/M Short Shifter
White leather seats (on the way)
hood shocks
vortech SC (coming soon)

 

if you could please take a few pics while you are installing I would appreciate it

thanks
jim

 

have u also not yet installed your b/m? the instructions are perfect with pics and everything.

john

 

does the B&M get rid of the notchy gates? does it go into the gates smoothly? I don't really like the notchiness of the stock shifter, and I believe that little delay of notchiness causes my sychro to grind sometimes..

bottom line, how does it feel?

 

I have not installed one, or even ordered yet. But I am 90% ready to get it. Toykilla's review is all I am waiting for. Josh (I think) is usually pretty informative and opinionated in his reviews of stuff, so I am looking forward to his results once installed.

I just read the Rouge installation PDF .... all I would like to see is the difference in shifter position once installed ... I know on my rommates Cobra it totally changed it (he had a steeda tri-ax) and my other roomates mustang (B+M ripper) looked normal

so if anyone has pre-and-post-install pics I would greatly apprecuite it

thanks
jim

 

I will have pre- and post-install pics along with throw measurements.

Yes, my name is Josh

 

glad to hear that ... bet ya cant guess what my name is

what are you installing?

 

the b/m does not get rid of the notchy gates in fact it become noticeably worse. i will soon be adding 75w-90 Long Rider Royal Purple to my tranny because i have heard it has noticeably decreased the notchy feeling while shifting.

the new shifter has no play what-so-ever and every gear is extremely close to the next. it honestly feels like a shorter throw than what my s2000 feels like.

john

 

How easy is it to go into 2nd gear at redline in 1st? I'm asking because I have difficulty with my RE short shifter. I'm going to look into it tmrw...

 

going into second, when at the redline in first, is significantly harder than stock. in fact i began shifting and grinding because notchiness made it more difficult to shift into second fast enough, and causaes me to let out the clutch to soon.


ill keep people posted on the results of the addition of the royal gear lube.

john

 

Why would you put in a short shifter in the first place. The Z's throw is already REALLY short to begin with.

More notchiness and less consistency= smoked!

 

you ask why would anyone put a short shifter in the Z? well simple, somoe people, like me, want a shorter, more precise and better feeling shift.

the notchiness is totall noticeable and takes some time to get used to. me a week it took. now that i know how to shift with the shifter in, my consistency is better with this shifter than the OEM one.

maybe you should feel the difference, youll understand.

john

 

Hey John, where can you get that Tranny Fluid? How much does it go for and how many quarts or pints does the tranny hold? Thanks!

 

well then, that SUCKS! I want to get rid of the factory notchiness feeling, while gaining a little shorter throw between gears...

Sounds like Rogue Engineering is better?.... (I have felt the RE shifter before, and it is a smooth one click shifting... no notchiness, just one click..)