Whats good , Whats bad. Do they make a difference. There seems to be a vast price difference from about £85 up to about £250.
Any info would be great.

Andy

 

I have to dissagree totally, i had a quick shift fitted on Thursday by Macspower Motorsport in Kildare,Ireland and it feels as if I have a totally new gearbox. Instead of moving your arm to change gear you just have to flick your wrist. It feels much more solid and precise and it is so simple even us Oirish!! can make them.

Cheers

Alan

 

What year of car do you have?? It only makes a really difference if your car is MY98 or older!!!

MY99/00, I wouldn't bother!!!

 

Andy, I drove a MY00 with QuickShift back to back with my own MY00 standard. No meaningful difference that I can recall. I believe that the gear shift was much improved from MY99.

Hoppy

 

Had quickshift in my old MY97 Uk car, and have since swapped it for a MY99 UK car without quickshift. The gear changes are a little longer, but nothing that noticeable!!!

For the money, I'd buy something else instead!!!

The only real difference is that the new car isn't as notchy through the gears! (Which is a good thing!!!)

Andy

 

On the MY99 car there is a difference (not much as on the older ones I guess). It feels like a different gear. Regarding performance I can't tell. In my opinion it's good but not worth too much money.

 

Bollocks, i have a GGR quickshift on my UKMY99 and for 90 odd quid and 10mins fitting it has noticeably reduced the lever travel, prob by almost half and feels more positive when changing gear!

Sorry but only attractive females are permitted to come round, grip my **** and flick their wrists to see how far my **** moves

Sunil

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Is that 10 minutes of your time, or someone who knows what they're doing???

 

My car is a MY98 5 door turbo, but while I was getting a few other modifications done in Macspower Motorsport the owner gave me a loan of his MY00 with quickshift and a few other serious mods.And the quickshift was every bit as short as my one.Highly recommended.

And it really does take 10 minutes to fit and no you don't have to be a fully qualified Mech.

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Scruff,

What did Paul charge to get this done..

rgds,

Colin

 

Scruff,

What type of quickshift have you had fitted,
did it involve changing the linkage or was it the stick only type?

(I think I may have just bought a second hand stick only quickshift for my MY98).

Andrew...

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Andy its 10 minutes of someones time who knows almost what they are doing

My time, well, you couldnt afford 10 minutes of it mate

 

i drove a MY99 with quickshift and then a MY00 when i went for a demo before buying my MY00 and would say the quickshift makes quite a difference.

its certainly something i'm looking to get done.

interesting price differences being mentioned though ? my dealer said £245, looks like i need to check out GGR though from what Sunil mentions !

cheers

steve

 

I fitted a quickshift ( stick only mod about £70 from Falkland ) to my MY96 to great effect, though I think the improvement is more noticable on the pre-97 cars.

 

Andy

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Regards

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I got the lever only, i am told from several sources that the linkage is no different from std to quickshift and thus does not contribute in the reduction of travel.

Sunil

 

Team Subaru, It cost about £100.00 from Macs and it was the shifter only , this was made specially for Macs Power. Again I would highly recommend it.

 

Andrew C, a big difference can be had if you discard your original gearknob and fit a Momo type or similar which will lower and shorten the throw of the gearlever.

 

How come you just get the lever from some places but the lever and linkage from others?
and is the linkage part any different to what comes with the car eg stiffer bushes etc?

Andy

 

Hi,

My experience :-

I fitted an Sti quickshift (supplied by BRD) to my MY98. The result is that the throw has been reduced by at least 30% (my guess), and feels much more direct and positive.

The quickshift lever changes the pivot point, and therefore the 'gearing' of the lever. The effect is most definately noticable.

This was very beneficial with my driving style because I was being too tentative changing from 1st to 2nd, which often caused the change action to be baulky. With the quickshift, the syncro feels like it is working much better.

I'm not sure about the Prodrive one, but the Sti item is excellent, and highly recommended.

Cheers,

Alex

 

Thanks Scruff for the plug. Good to see a satisfied customer :-)

Yeah we get our quickshifts specially made for us and they do make a difference. Better on pre 98 cars but makes a difference on 99/00 models too. Selling at £100 Irish Punts.

10 minutes fitting by anyone that can use a size twelve spanner and a lump hammer ;-)

Paul.

 

Guys...

I didn't think quickshift would make too much difference...I put up with the long throw of my MY97 turbo but decided to sort the gearchange on my MY00

I am using a very short momo gearknob which has reduced the height of the gear stick and feels much nicer. The throw of the gearstick is definately shorter.



have a look at

 

Falkland was the cheapest I found when looking recently (60 quid + tax from memory), anyone found anywhere cheaper before I order one?

Richard

 

Igratton, thats exactly the Momo **** I bought last week. Any idea of price,I paid a rip-off £54.00

 

Nice **** Scruff

 

I also have the GGR one fitted to my MY99 (US spec 2.5 RS), and it is MUCh better than the stock shifter....much more positive feeling. I also drove an StiV5 hile in Japan last year, and the GGr is a tad shorter throws than that model too. In addition, I fitted the cusco shifter bushings, which really made zero difference.

If you call GGR, speak to wayne, and tel him you know me.....just go for the lever, that corresponds to your year car. if the car is older or has higher mileage, you may want to get the entire linkage as well. While the linkages are all the same, the new one will have new bushings, and may remove some of the inherent 'sloppiness" your shifter may now have.

 

Yep, the GGR lever is supposed to be at least 10% quicker than the STIv5 std quickshift.

Sunil

 

Well I'm glad I provoked a good exchange of ideas. Looks like I will be going off to get one.If it stops the wife baulking the change from 1st to 2nd it will help ( don't suppose it will slow her down or stop her getting all four wheels off the floor again!!)
As for fitting how's it done, from inside or outside the car ? if inside how do you get the gaiter off ?

 

 

Its done from inside the car if lever only.

If whole linkage, you need the car on a ramp

Assuming, lever only,
ON MY99
Remove gearknob - unscrew!

Remove centre armrest surround by undoing two screws hidden under armrest lid

Remove, gaiter will lift out

Pull out old lever, ball-joint

Grease and insert new lever - using suitable mallet and block of wood to knock into place (two pairs of hands helps) Make sure the lever is inserted the right way forward.

Reassemble centre armrest and ****

Enjoy, takes a few moments to get used to the new position of neutral so beware!

Sunil