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Originally Posted by Santa Fe
PCA members can go to the latest (Oct '07) Panorama magazine and read Joel Reiser's negative but informative view on short shifters. Take away "When they talk about doing more precise shifts, they mean you, not the shifter." And "What a short shifter does is trade away leverage to shorten the motion of your hand. This makes sense if your hand's slow speed is the problem". A good read for PCA members to consider.
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Gald someone else caught this little article as well - I haven't had time to make a post about it. Reisser makes some really interesting comments about the nature of different transmissions and their interaction with the shifter.
Personally I have a 2.7 liter Cayman and installed a Porsche short shifter earlier this year. I had it in the car for about a month and had to remove it. In my opinion the short shifter is certainly not for everyone and based on my experience the short shifter is not a good match for the 5 speed gearbox.