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> Cable Shifter, why are these so hard to find?
TimMartin
post Apr 3 2003, 04:51 PM
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I'm interested in cable shift kits, which the way i figure it don't have to be Porsche specific. I'm thinking about fabricating the parts necessary to make a tailshift tranmission run with a race-style cable shifter.

The problem is all i can find are shifters for automatics. I'm guessing web research isn't going to cut it. Things this specific are often hard to find.

With that said, I was going to do this for just the standard 901, but perhaps such solutions don't exist unless you're running a 915?
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post Apr 3 2003, 05:00 PM
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901 Cable shifter


This guy was talking about making a kit, no idea if he is doing it or not.

The Boxsters and new Audi's along with most Asian manual cars use cable shifters.
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post Apr 3 2003, 05:00 PM
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Check the sand rail magazine...

these guys all use the tail shifter and cable shifters...

Seems like quite a few alternative, but from what I here they all work worse than a well tuned stock setup.

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post Apr 3 2003, 05:21 PM
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when do we get picks of this thing hhhmmmm brad????
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post Apr 3 2003, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE(Mueller @ Apr 3 2003, 03:00 PM)
901 Cable shifter

This guy was talking about making a kit, no idea if he is doing it or not.

I'm going to hook up with Eric in a few hours to pick up an extra cable he had for sale on the classified's page. Since it looks like I'll be moving the subaru engine and the tranny forward a few inches the stock shifter setup won't work for me. I could just shorten the shifter bar but after feeling what his cable shifter is like I think it would be a very nice alternative to the factory rowboat.

Thanks for the tip on the sand rail magazines, I didn't know that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 3 2003, 05:28 PM
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it is not going to be cheap! can't wait to see one tho ...

(i'm talking WEVO)
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post Apr 3 2003, 05:33 PM
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want one, must have one.....
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post Apr 3 2003, 06:05 PM
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Can someone clarify what the new Wevo product is and will do? Is it a replacement shifter and does it use stock linkage or it's own? Also will it be a direct bolt in for our 914 sideshifters? Sorry to sound dumb but sometimes I can't help it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Apr 3 2003, 06:52 PM
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Patrick Motorsports sells cable shifters for 914's... the only list 915 and g50 apps though
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post Apr 3 2003, 08:24 PM
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Mueller,

As an engineering type, what are your thoughts on the one at the link you posted?
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post Apr 3 2003, 08:33 PM
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looks like a bit of a hack (as all prototypes do) but the thing that stood out to me was that the plates are much thicker (and heavier) than they need to be.

I was asking Eric for any information he learned from that process, and my plan is to make a bracket that's a bit more elegant in design. Which i should be able to do since it's what i was trained to do...
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post Apr 3 2003, 08:36 PM
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show some pics as you go along...
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post Apr 3 2003, 08:48 PM
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How about an air shifter? That would be coool. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Apr 3 2003, 08:55 PM
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Some of you guys may want to check this...
A fellow 914 nut here in the NL used the g-box parts of a hyundai scoupé
(dunno the year)

It was practically a bolt on (only very minor mods) to the tailshifter

He got the parts dirt cheap at the local pick-n-pull

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post Apr 3 2003, 08:57 PM
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any pics or more details to share on that one...
And more importantly why have you not recruited him to The premier 914 web site????
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post Apr 3 2003, 09:00 PM
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I'll see if I can dig up sum details from the club magazine...

cheers,

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post Apr 3 2003, 09:16 PM
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thanx jeroen
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post Apr 4 2003, 01:55 AM
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Tim,

build your own and use the Boxster shifter and cables. This shifter (and cables) have been well proven in racing (GT3RS and Carrera cup use the same shifter w/ shorter cables) The Boxster/996 shifter will work perfect on top of the center tunnel.

I know you have the ability to do this. The main hack part of Eric's (in my opinion) is the shifter. The way a Boxster shifter works ....is trick. Fairly cheap too.

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post Apr 4 2003, 08:10 AM
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On the WEVO shifter - if you guys can wait a couple weeks (maybe less) I will have a comparable shifter to the WEVO for about half its price.

It will be available for both side shifter and tail shifter applications, and have the option of stock or short shift throws. Spring loaded gates, precise feel, and a bolt-on stick so you can tailor it to the length and angle you like.

It will bolt in to the stock shifter position (you still need to fix all those bushings you have been meaning to take care of (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) but will require a different shift boot and mods the console if you have one.

Coming soon... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Apr 4 2003, 08:38 PM
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Brad,
how would you deal with the tranny end of the cable shifter? It would be easy enough to get a shift mechanism from a balled up boxter.

My 914 seems to shift well, but then I can only compare it to my '69 911.
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