There are times when everything is not well in the palm of your hand. There are common complains with OEM shifters such as notchy gear engagement and lack of good ‘feel’. On the sad side, stock shifters oftentimes fall prey to the modern manufacturing bean counter. Money saved here or there amounts to thousands of dollars saved for automotive manufacturers, but most of the time at the expense of engineering precision and driving performance.

You probably understand that there is nothing better than rowing through the gears on a standard transmission. It doesn’t matter if it’s a heel-and-toe downshift into a corner or an up-shift after the apex; to obtain the right gear is what it is all about when genuine performance driving is talked about. The answer is to install a precision shifter in place of your stock unit. Replacement shifter is a 4 speed gated shifter with black insert molded shift knob.

It features 4 gold contact micro switches and complete with mounting plate and wire harness. Along with newfound precision, most sport shifters feature a reduced shift throw. You can obtain this through a relocation of the stock shifter pivot point. To change the pivot point will reduce the length. Now, with shorter throw comes rifle-bolt gear engagement obtained from the precision machining of he shifter parts. Note that OEM shifter bases are usually mounted in rubber bushings for insulation from vibration. The whole shifter and base are allowed to deflect under load potentially leading to a missed shift by the same rubber bushings. The solution to this problem is the replacement of the spongy rubber shifter base bushings with CNC-machined aluminum units. In addition, more shifting precision stems from the machining of the precision sport. Stock shifters are usually cast with every little finishing machine work. Bear in mind that a good quality replacement shifter is CNC machined from tough stainless steel to exacting tolerances. The tighter the tolerances, the more precise your shifter will be.