freddie44 said:
Stuart Mackay said:
Had these parts arrive from the USA this week from Function First to upgrade the GT3 shift to all metal from the stock plastic parts. Sharkwerks sell them also, but I bought direct.
Was thinking about Cup Shift cables, but Matt at Fearnsport advised against it due to noise transmission into the cabin. Particularly so as I am already running a single mass lightweight flywheel in the car.
www.function-first.com/products/engine-trans/shift-right-solution
When installed, I will post a before and after video here to show the differences.
Cor, like this Stuart. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it..
Just back from test driving the new Function First metal shifter kit that have just installed.
Wow, the shift has transformed from AK47 to Lee Enfield 303 quality. There is absolutely no slop in the linkages now!
The OEM shifter had slight play in the two white hard plastic bearings necessary due to manufacturing tolerances, with the alloy fore/aft bushings there is no play or lost motion whatsoever now!
The replacement alloy side yoke/lever is beautifully made (6 axis CNC machined alloy) and also fitted with ball bearing. The whole unit replaces the Porsche injection moulded plastic piece.
Everything can be adjusted to remove any slop in the shift linkages and from an engineering standpoint...a thing of beauty!
Everything fitted beautifully and the only change I made was to replace a shakeproof washer with a Belville one as I prefer these as a locking means.
Fitting the new parts took about half an hour at a leisurely pace!
The only play that I could now see is the tiniest amount of side to side in the gear lever to the original plastic yoke. the shift quality is now excellent (it was good before I must add) and any "springiness" in the shift is probably down to the clevises on the cables and backlash in the gearbox. Function First do a mod kit to improve the clevises at the gearbox end. without going the harsh Cup Cable route
Is it any better than the Porsche 997.2 GT3 unit?
To conclude, it is very comparable on price, $295 plus $30 shipping, to the Porsche 997.2 shifter (£300 I believe) the fitting time is irrelevant as you have to have the centre console out anyway and would say the centre console removal is the lion share of the work.
I didn't have to remove the original gear knob from the lever (which is a mission in itself) and,
It is all metal and not just the two bearings as on the Porsche unit.
You decide, but I would definitely go the Function First unit over the Porsche offering if I was doing it again.