Re: Great Find! @ Waterfest!

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Well IMHO, cutting dwon the shifter is just about as cheap and stupid of a 
mod as you can get. It makes you reach for a shifter that no longer has 
proportionate throw with respect to the clutch pedal travel. If you have 
done this I would advise NOT to let anyone else drive it as they will do 
exactly what TMB did. Once again, ONLY MY OPINION.

>
>
>     that guy let me sit in the car as well.  it was so beautiful, and the
>shifter was really tight, but almost too tight.  does anyone else here sort
>of prefer the "sloppy" shifter?  i've completely replaced all of the little
>rubber/foam bushings and adjusted my linkage to as tight as it's gonna get,
>and there's still quite a bit of sloppiness in it.  but i love it!
>
>     people want short shifters, weighted shiftrods, super-precise
>linkages...i dunno, i can't handle them.  a buddy of mine has a worked mk3
>golf with a shortened shifter and weighted shiftrod.  one of the first 
>times
>we hung out, we're at this gathering with probably 60 or so people.  he
>threw me the keys and tells me to take it for a ride.  so i get in, and 
>play
>with the shifter for a second, getting a feeling for it, and the first time
>that i shift it into second gear, i jammed second.  hard
>
>     it was embarassing.  i just could not get the feel for it.  i drove it
>around a bit more and got more and more used to it, but just couldn't get
>into it.
>
>     just my opinion...
>
>     once again, i saw the linkage kit, felt it, and took pix of it.  it's 
>a
>fantastically-well manufactured piece of equipment, just not up my alley
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: Great Find! @ Waterfest!
>
>
> >
> > --- XXSpArCoXx@aol.com wrote:
> > <snip>
> > <Now the part that got me was the 15 year old
> > > mint
> > > with now play linkage it was running. It had no bushings in it at all.
> > > Where
> > > all the bushing used to be he had spherical bearings and sealed roller
> > > bearings. It was all adjustable with threaded stainless links and new
> > > stainless levers. They were awesome. They aren't available yet but I'm
> > > sure
> > > if I bug them enough they will push for a release date and start 
>making
> > > them.
> >
> >  I saw these also...the owner of the mk1 let me sit in the car and
> > shift through the gears...WOW!  It was a very clean and precice feel
> > and best of all...there was absolutely NO play!
> > I was told that these will be made from all stainless steel parts and
> > the joints are made from Delrin material...the kit is also adjustable
> > to make it a short shift.
> > The expected price will be around $200.  Not bad for a bulletproof
> > shift kit!
> >
> >
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Chris DeLong
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