I’m not completely satisfied with the performance of the manual shifter in stock form and I’m looking to improve it. I’ve come across five possible ways to do that, and I’m wondering which ones you all have tried and liked the best.
el.duderino
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I dont mind the stock feel at all but I also love to tinker. All I can really say is that shifter feel and shift knob weight preference is a little subjective. I feel like a heavier knob is my preference at the moment. I'm using the GR shift knob currently but I did have a lightweight wood knob installed for 4-5 months.
I did swap out the stock shifter springs for MTEC springs and I swapped out the shifter bushing for Faction Fab's bushing. NOTE the faction fab bushing is not a direct fit on the GR86, I had to 3d print spacers to make it work. I'm waiting on them to revise the design. They say it was tested on a BRZ so its possible they are different and could fit BRZ's possibly.
I feel like both of those items tightened up the shifter a tiny bit but maybe not a huge amount. Unfortunately when I installed these parts I ended up doing the shifter springs one side at a time due to needing to pick up a new socket, anyway I wasn't able to feel a before an after just a gradual one part at a time. This could be all placebo but I think I've had much less failed shifts and grinds from my own stupidity usuasally
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I know the new springs were stiffer than stock and the stock bushing was mostly air allowing for tons of movement compared to the solid polyurethane bushing.
I did swap out the stock shifter springs for MTEC springs and I swapped out the shifter bushing for Faction Fab's bushing. NOTE the faction fab bushing is not a direct fit on the GR86, I had to 3d print spacers to make it work. I'm waiting on them to revise the design. They say it was tested on a BRZ so its possible they are different and could fit BRZ's possibly.
I feel like both of those items tightened up the shifter a tiny bit but maybe not a huge amount. Unfortunately when I installed these parts I ended up doing the shifter springs one side at a time due to needing to pick up a new socket, anyway I wasn't able to feel a before an after just a gradual one part at a time. This could be all placebo but I think I've had much less failed shifts and grinds from my own stupidity usuasally
.I know the new springs were stiffer than stock and the stock bushing was mostly air allowing for tons of movement compared to the solid polyurethane bushing.
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