slotted manual shift gates

[Massive Lee]

I feel it's going to be entertaining.

[Restoman]

^^^^that's a nice twist on the traditional popcorn. Very rice. or just trashy Italian, so maybe a nice bowl of spagetti?

[scottinAZ]

would work great up until the goddamn shifter bushings go to shit on you. Too much slop potential in the e30 system for it to work long term.

[jasonsnoddy]

And I don't think you would be able to shit as fast.

[Deltron Dirty30]

If anything it'll look good in Vlads vert if anyone knows what I'm getting at.

[Wh33lhop]

Noobs.

That's fucking retarded.

Oh, and do you realize how much noise an e30 shifter setup would make bouncing off the gate legs? It would be horrible.

This I guess I can see if it worked well. But as already stated, you'd need a new trans, a DSSR, solid shifter bushings and solid trans mounts or else it would probably just be annoying. And you'd need a lot more aluminum in your interior or again, it'd just look out of place.

[HarryPotter]

that's fucking retarded.

+1

[MonkeyMadness]

My Lotus makes a hell of a lot of shift noise but that's part of the love! It doesn't matter if your racing the tweener next to you in his 318 or driving like an old lady, it makes your shifts sound like a fricking track car...
I would love to have something in my 90 that sounds like it's working right
or sound perfromance! ;)

Oh, and do you realize how much noise an e30 shifter setup would make bouncing off the gate legs? It would be horrible.

I would love this ^^^^

[5spoke]

would work great up until the goddamn shifter bushings go to shit on you. Too much slop potential in the e30 system for it to work long term.

this is what I was thinking.

[scottinAZ]

this is what I was thinking.

prolly be cool as shit till you cant get the damn thing into reverse......:D

[qu4ttro]

It wouldn't be any harder or easier to shift quickly. You still have the same exact range of motion. It makes it harder to mess up and money shift though. I think it looks cool and I like that when you're in gear you can see what gear your in and more of a visual feel of what gear you're in.

BTW where in south jersey do you live?

you have to look to see what gear youre in?! go buy an automatic.

as for shift gates unless its a ferrari...NO

[Cyrix2k]

Sorry, I hate them.

[george graves]

Can someone show me one BMW that came OEM with a shifter gate? Did the M1 get it?

[Wh33lhop]

Can someone show me one BMW that came OEM with a shifter gate? Did the M1 get it?

No. There's no way.

[Raxe]

I rode in a Diablo SV with a gated shifter, the driver was having a hell of a time getting it into 1st and 2nd gear. Probably works great with a new transmission and shift linkage, but get some wear on it and it might not go into that particular gear in that exact way so great. I tried shifting it myself, just felt like shit.

Actually the Diablo is the only car I've driven with a gated shifter that I haven't hated. The shifter is just too tall and fragile in the Murcielago. It's very pretty, but about as convenient as the car itself.