Kartboy or STI
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Kartboy or STI
Im planning on getting a short throw shifter but need some help picking one. Any one have any input on the Kartboy or the STI short throws? PM me with thoughts or discuse here.
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Haven't fitted both, but the Kartboy works very well, especially with the corresponding bushings (including the TiC shifter bushing). Nicely made, takes under an hour to fit the lot and it's night and day over the stocker.
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Here's my understanding of it: the STi factory short shifter is a complete linkage. The shifter will stay the same height while shortening the throw.
The Kartboy shifter is the lever and fulcrum, which will reduce the height of the gear **** to make the throw shorter.
The Kartboy shifter is the lever and fulcrum, which will reduce the height of the gear **** to make the throw shorter.
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Fitting is easy: if you have a socket set and a dead blow mallet (or a hammer and a bit of wood to sit atop the shifter) you're good to go, including the bushings underneath. Figure on about an hour if you're doing the bushings too, since you have to put the car on jackstands. Figure about 20 minutes for just the shifter. A good "first mod" -- nothing complicated in the process.
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I have the OEM short shift kit, with the Kartboy full set-up. Very nice, short and notchy.
That rear bushing is a little tricky to install without a super long extension.
As a note there is a little bit more vibration/noise that comes through the kartboy shifter & bushings, but nothing louder exhaust , music on, stiffer suspension road noise, windows down, conversation will not cure.
That rear bushing is a little tricky to install without a super long extension.
As a note there is a little bit more vibration/noise that comes through the kartboy shifter & bushings, but nothing louder exhaust , music on, stiffer suspension road noise, windows down, conversation will not cure.
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