[Tigers] Tiger Short Shifter and Alternatives

[Lynn]

Listen,

I agree with everything everyone has said.  But the answer is much more
definitive and..... short.

Question:
Is a short shifter better or worse?

Answer:
It depends on your definition of better or worse.

There it is.  The only correct answer in 30 or so emails

Now for my contribution to the anecdotal evidence pile.

My 6'1" frame has never noticed a "reach" for 3rd gear.  I have my seat all
the way back.

My short shifter requires more force than my longer shifter.  Part of that
is leverage, part of that may be the 50 years of crud that resides in the
mechanism, part of that may be some error I made when I rebuilt the unit.  I
have the stock linkage

My short lever looks better than the long lever..... to me.

"Throw" usually refers to the distance a shifter knob travels between gears.
Above the floor board, not below the floor board.




-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of awtiger at cox.net
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:11 PM
To: Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light); tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Short Shifter and Alternatives

Well said, Mark!!!

Andy Walker

---- "Rense wrote: 
> Dr. Mayf and I  both come from the land of Science and Engineering. We 
> could easily establish test parameters, perform a Design of 
> Experiments, analyze the data and draw a conclusion that either 
> supports or disproves the hypothesis that was proposed: which shifter 
> is better? That approach is used every day in the real world. HOWEVER, 
> driving a 50 year old sports car is not the real world, as Jay pointed 
> we would all be better off driving Honda Accords if practicality was the
primary objective.
> 
> Driving a vintage car is about sensations. It's about rewards that 
> cannot be obtained in the new car showroom. We tolerate much 
> inconvenience to drive our toys because we enjoy being immersed in the 
> sensual  aura of sound, smells and tactual feedback associate with 
> these old crocks. We elevate the personal reward offered by these 
> machines above the risks and downtime required to drive and maintain 
> the car, so looking at "the best" way to modify a component becomes a 
> personal preference rather than a goal to achieve the ultimate
performance.
> 
> So, is a short shifter better or worse than a long shifter? What do 
> you want as part of your driving experience? In my case the Hurst is 
> great for the car that sees a track day now and then, I can row 
> through the gears faster with less concentration than with the 
> standard shift assembly. I save precious tenths of a second on every 
> lap. On the other hand, the car with the stock shifter is more 
> comfortable, more relaxed, and feels more connected to the soul of the 
> beast which is what I prefer for my traveling car. Different cars,
different driving experiences, my soul, my brain.
> 
> From looking at the recent crop of high performance cars it appears 
> the manual transmission is doomed, you cannot get one on many German 
> and Italian exotics anymore, the dual-clutch systems are faster around 
> the track and achieve quicker bragging-rights-driven quarter mile 
> times. So the choice has been made in The Real World. As for our 
> Tigers, choose your gear lever length, rev it up and squeal the tires 
> as you bang through the gears, it seldom gets better than that...
> 
> Bugz
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