ISO experience with cableshift.com, Is this a good product or no? Options

[HalfMoon]

Anyone purchase, install and use a cable shift for the 914 transaxle from these guys?
http://cableshift.com/914/914%20page.html
What was your experience/opinion of the product?

[ChrisFoley]

I have a custom shift rod for V8 option:Tangerine Shift Linkage Webpage

[VaccaRabite]

I have a custom shift rod for V8 option:Tangerine Shift Linkage Webpage

I have this on my car, mated to a Rennshift shifter.

It kicks ass, and is very precise (for a 914 shifter - its still a rod going 1/2 the length of the car). It's a bitch to get adjusted perfectly, partly due to the fact that the setup is stiff at first. But once set up, there is no stirring the bucket when shifting the car. Mine is still in break-in, but after about 50 miles, its just getting better and better.

Don't bother with a cable shift setup on a near-stock configuration.

[HalfMoon]

I have a custom shift rod for V8 option:Tangerine Shift Linkage Webpage

I have this on my car, mated to a Rennshift shifter.

It kicks ass, and is very precise (for a 914 shifter - its still a rod going 1/2 the length of the car). It's a bitch to get adjusted perfectly, partly due to the fact that the setup is stiff at first. But once set up, there is no stirring the bucket when shifting the car. Mine is still in break-in, but after about 50 miles, its just getting better and better.

Don't bother with a cable shift setup on a near-stock configuration.

My set up is about as far away from stock as it gets. Sbc, Dr. Evil 914 trans axle (btw, a 901 trans axle is aluminum and used in the 911's) with 1st blocked, 2nd 3rd flipped and an H gear.
Your comments, "It's still a rod going 1/2 the length of the car", makes me think that while Chris's set up is probably great, I'd most likely need a Rennshift to compliment it so all said and done, about a grand for both and still on a rod 1/2 the length of the car. It looks like I'm too be the sacrificial lamb for Cable-Shifts set up as I've yet to find anyone anywhere who's given it a try/review. At seven bills total it may be viable and an improvement over rowing through oatmeal .
As an aside, I could care less that I'm going to be adding a hole in the firewall as the car is already so heavily modified that one more non-stock item isn't something that remotely concerns me.
Not clear on why the poster above said the design was bad as it looks ok to me....
Maybe I'm not seeing something he saw?
See images.

[Chris914n6]

Not clear on why the poster above said the design was bad as it looks ok to me....
Maybe I'm not seeing something he saw?

What mepstein said plus I would have done a straight shot with the cables and designed the shifter to match the gear pattern.
Their problem seems to be that they used an off-the-shelf rear engine VW shifter and tried to make it work with a 'flipped' trans.

I had to bend a custom rod to clear my oil pan and I can shift it just fine with new bushings.

Rods are still used in many fwd cars so it's not an outdated design by any means.