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I always dreamed about reducing gear shift travel.

Has anyone done this to his transaxle?

Thanks in advance...

Yes

Go here : http://alfagtv6.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t= ... 291a7046dd

And from my experience of the shift on the weekend, I can tell you that it is more like an MX-5/Miata than an Alfetta.

Its farking insane!

Thanks for the link!

Let me take a good look at that!

Bit off topic but on the weekend.........

..............who won then?????????????????

and don't give me this "we drove like gentlemen on the roads" crap !

The 3.0 slickshift or the 2.5 Group A screamer

The 3.0L 24V 75

Just kidding, we didnt get to have a proper romp, although Julians GTV6 sounds *nice* .

I couldnt stop looking at MD's beast in my rear vision mirror though

MD's 3.0L and Julians 2.5 never got to drive near each other unfortunately, maybe another time.

Hey Bernie,

I am told the Club is getting a huge vet bill and the Departement of the Environment is after your butt. The report alleges the death of 72 Koalas, 3 possums, 15 white crested cockatoos and an old vino sleeping on the park bench when you drove past them.

That exhaust is a KILLER !!

75 GTA wrote:I always dreamed about reducing gear shift travel.

Has anyone done this to his transaxle?

My GTV6 has a "quick shift" mod that was done by Alex Jupe (see www.alexjupemotorsport.co.uk). The stick is shortened and the pivot point adjusted to reduce the throw. Much nicer than the usual set-up.

Bill

I have no doubt that you can reduce the length of the gear selection with this combination but the gate is still too wide due to the length of the crank on the selector shaft. It is not possible to change this due to restrictions of the floor pan unless you do what I did and go through the floor.

There is also another system suitable for road or race if you can get a hold of it. It is British but I dont know where to source it from. It's called X-Trac.

The photo shows a front wheel drive setup but it will equally work in the opposite direction.

Hey Matt....

Mike did suggest lining them up and going for it... as usual I said yes!

But I got there a little later than I had anticipated (always the way....)

We did a little bit of freeway driving, but the stretch of Pacific Hwy we were on is not one you would flog it on... the cops are always waiting for a chance like that!

So let's just say that it is TBC... Mike is hopefully gonna stop in @ Coffs on his way back from Ballarat....

Yeah he's gonna drive that thing on a 4000km round trip!

excellent keep us posted, 4000km trip MD prob won't have a drivers licence after that trip! Hope he's got a radar dectector and/or special number plate paint......

.............going to need it passing through NSW !

Hey Mezevenf glad to hear MD knows what a 75 boot looks like now

MD wrote:Bill

I have no doubt that you can reduce the length of the gear selection with this combination but the gate is still too wide due to the length of the crank on the selector shaft. It is not possible to change this due to restrictions of the floor pan unless you do what I did and go through the floor.

There is also another system suitable for road or race if you can get a hold of it. It is British but I dont know where to source it from. It's called X-Trac.

The photo shows a front wheel drive setup but it will equally work in the opposite direction.

That would be X-Trac as in the racing gearbox manufacturer.

Had a Radar detector and I got busted. It's now living in some police station toilet bowl..

Part One

Recently the wife's Sportiva decided to mangle yet another doughnut so the driveshaft had to come out. At this time I decided to improve the shifter on it while it was out anyway.

The photos in various parts show this:-

1 An 30mm extension to the selector at the bottom
2 A relocation of the pivot tube to the transverse bar
3 A relocation of the captive connection from the transverse bar to the base of the selector.
4 The forming of a new flat section on the transverse bar to maintain clearance around the crossmember due to the selector extension.
5 A new coupling location for maintenance and dissassembly purposes.
6 A new connection point on the crank .

The purpose of these changes is to reduce the radius length ot the crank and increase the radius of the selector. The two together produce a shift that is shorter with a smaller gate.

The beauty of this arrangement is that it maintains the location of the components within the tunnel areas as before without the need to do the extensive modification of my "topside" modification.

This modification does not produce the same "stick-in-the-box" feel of the "topside" conversion but simply retains the typical transaxle shift feel with about a 35 % shorter movement overall.

NB
1 You will need to remove as much as possible from the inside edges of the plastic retainer that retains the spring under the ball as the added length of the selector will foul it and will inhibit full engagement of some gears notably 2nd.
2 Take care when welding the pivot tube not to cause heat distortion by short weld & cool cycles.