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> Short Shifters, Rennshift or Much Cheaper Weltmeister
jporsche914
post May 9 2004, 05:39 PM
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I have a 1972 1.7L 914 and i want a shorter more direct throw. I have been reading a couple of posts about the rennshift. It seems to be a great shifter for the 914 but it is a bit pricey compared to the Weltmeister short shift kit. Would the cheaper Weltmeister shifter still feel better than stock with all the bushing replaced?? They say that the throw is reduced 30 percent which is the same as the rennshift. Do you guys think it is worth going with the Rennshifter or do you think i would be happier with the Weltmeister shifter.
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ArtechnikA
post May 9 2004, 07:51 PM
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there was no such thing as a WeltMeister the last time i drove my 914.
but there were short-shift kits, and i've used a couple. the first i put into my 914,6, which as you probably know, uses a completely different linkage. i thought it was fine, except for occasionally trying to upshift from 2nd to 3rd and getting 5th on hard (track conditions...) right hand turns. at that time, our only choices were solid (aluminum) transmission mounts, which everyone said were for race cars only, and OEM mounts. we have many other choices now...

i put that same short-shifter into a tailshift 914.4 and thought it worked fine there too; it had 'more' miles but still not a huge number.

the WeltMeister shifter is not -that- expensive, and if youve already replaced ALL the bushings and ALL the engine and transmission mounts and you still don't like the shifting, it might work for you, although i gather from the other comments in this thread that it's not -just- a travel-reducing ball and you may not like whatever else it does.

i have a RennShift in my early 911, along with all-new bushings, solid engine mounts (Club Sport transmission mounts just as soon as i can swap the transmission carrier...) and a Stomski shift coupler. the 911 shift mechanism is just about as direct as you can get - the rod from the shifter goes directly to the nose cone. the RennShift transformed the car; i think it's wonderful. transforms the car, and i still need to do a bit of fine adjustment from when i uprated to the aluminum stick.

IMO, it's a good value, but it -is- a lot of money, no question. for no money at all, you can try to learn to make the best of what you've got. for the price of a WeltMeister, you might like what it does for you and it could buy you some time, and you can always resell the WeltMeister part at a swap meet or something when you're ready to upgrade, so it won't be a total loss. the RennShift is, tho, IMHO, the untimate, right solution.

but we all make price/performance tradeoffs in our cars, i'm no exception. do what you have to now, and do what you want when you can.
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jporsche914   Short Shifters   May 9 2004, 05:39 PM
nebreitling   how does your car shift right now? slowly, i pres...   May 9 2004, 05:44 PM
jporsche914   It is sloppy and hard to find the gears.   May 9 2004, 05:48 PM
jporsche914   Why would the rennshift make the shifting more dir...   May 9 2004, 05:50 PM
campbellcj   FWIW I hated the Weltmeister unit. They severely ...   May 9 2004, 05:53 PM
ein 6er   i had the welt kit on my tail shifter when i bough...   May 9 2004, 05:56 PM
ChrisReale   The Rennshift is like a jewel. It is engineered v...   May 9 2004, 06:27 PM
lapuwali   Another vote against the Weltmeister. I had one i...   May 9 2004, 06:31 PM
URY914   If you study the way the stock shifter is designed...   May 9 2004, 06:50 PM
airsix   The condition of your motor/tranny mounts will als...   May 9 2004, 07:17 PM
MattR   I see a lot of people complaining about the tailsh...   May 9 2004, 07:27 PM
weird_looking_cactus   Is there any way to help side shifters out. Its dr...   May 9 2004, 07:45 PM
ArtechnikA   there was no such thing as a WeltMeister the last ...   May 9 2004, 07:51 PM
Rob Ways   Rennshift.   May 9 2004, 10:01 PM
J P Stein   The welt short shifter works good for me (side shi...   May 9 2004, 10:21 PM
anthony  
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SirAndy   i run the stock shifter (sideshift) with all new b...   May 9 2004, 11:37 PM
VegasRacer   I had a short shift kit in my car before. I though...   May 10 2004, 02:37 AM
airsix   I'll say this again with slightly different wo...   May 10 2004, 10:58 AM
rdauenhauer   :huh: Looking at the responses it seems that most ...   May 10 2004, 12:28 PM
mwyatt   I installed the Weltmeister in my side shifter las...   May 10 2004, 01:11 PM
ArtechnikA     May 10 2004, 01:30 PM
seanery   Rich is right, it's nice. I haven't heard ...   May 10 2004, 01:43 PM
Bruce Allert     May 10 2004, 02:17 PM
4WheelDrifter     May 10 2004, 04:43 PM
jporsche914   Thanks alot guys. I guess i will be saving my mone...   May 10 2004, 07:48 PM


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