Well I have a twm short throw and its great. But i heard from one of my friends that having a a short throw will wear out the syncros due to that fact they do not have enough time to line up again because of the shorter shifts.
i myself have never heard of this. So now im here wandering to go back to stock shifter becuase of this.

Basiclly my question is do short throws wear out the syncros?

 

40k miles on my WORKS shifter and bushings without issues.

 

I have a fidanza short throw shifter thats been through many tracks days and autocrosses without issue.

 

alright thanks guys
im starting to think its more of driver error now more than the short throw

 

it will eventually wear your syncros out... had it happen to me, and i kno its not driver error on my part

 

Slamming gears isn't good for anything. People love to do it however...

 

A short through shifter only helps to wear out your transmission faster.

 

I hear a lot of talking, but I don't see any data to back-up these claims.

Just sayin'.

 

It was explained to me that people tend to slam through the gears with a short throw shifter. Maybe my old mechanic wAs wrong but I never had a problem with a short throw in my old gsx.

 

I guess I'm just lucky since I rev match, eh?

 

This article explains it does not.

http://www.tunersgroup.com/TunerWire...chro_myth.html

 

Facts ftw? Nice article find. A very good read.

 

Finally!

Well, that would explain why I've had no problems with my transmission, now wouldn't it?

 

I was going to write a long response to this thread but that article was dead on. The myth that short shifters wear synchros is just that, a myth. It is 100% driver error and cannot be proven otherwise.

Patrick
Team TWM Performance

 

Thanks for the link to article it cleared up everything for me. It looks like ill be stick with the TWM short throw. Oh and TWM your guys shift knob and short throw are top notch quality. Def the most enjoyable mod I have bought to date