Short Shift, Kartboy or TWM

[GXL]

I'm ready to buy a few goodies for my baby this weekend, but like to get your opinion b4 making the purchase.

I'm looking at a short shift kit, intake filter kit, and Piaa ION yellow fog lights.

These will be the first modifications to my 3 month old MP5


Here's what I found:


Kartboy for $100 with bushing included

And the other is TWM for $120 but no bushing?

Which one is the better buy?

 

[Sir Nuke]

Kartboy....

 

[opalaboi]

i just installed my kartboy and the bushing and its awesome.
lowered the height in the shifter and reduced the throw a lot.

 

[azeli73]

I've heard this adds stress to the shift fork/tranny and some folks have had to dish out a couple grand to fix the tranny. Is this true?

 

[Jim Frye]

Nope!

I've heard this adds stress to the shift fork/tranny and some folks have had to dish out a couple grand to fix the tranny. Is this true?

Stress on the shift forks is operator induced. The short throw levers just shorten (and thus quicken) the shifting. It requires more effort on the part of the operator, but does nothing to the forks.
People who put short throw shift levers in are most likely shifting harder and faster, and that's where the stress is comming from.
Voice of Experience. Jim

 

[azeli73]

Thanks Jim... (thumb) Now lets see if I can put together a few buck and get one

 

[Boxer6]

I've got kartboy and I have not tried TWM so I might be bias but I love my kartboy

 

[mp3moose]

I have a kartboy in my 3, but I replaced it for the B&M shifter for the shortest throw recently. The B&M is a little more, but I was definately pleased with the Kartboy......out of the two, go kartboy

 

[tom@kartboy.com]

i say go for the Kartboy. hell yes i'm biased!!! LOL
and look what we have done for the community.

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and we just finished up a Mazda Specific shift knob.
i'll try and get a picture up ASAP marks out of town and does the webpage

happy shifting

 

[GXL]

Thanks for the replies, guys!

Does the kartboy kit come with those spacers like the TWA?

 

[Antoine]

It's all about the candies

 

[zoompr5man]

I HAVE A KARTBOY + BUSHINGS AND ITS GREEEEEEEEEEAT!

 

[GXL]

I found this one:

No bushings or spacers???

 

[70]

Get the Kartboy, seriously.

TWM isn't on the site, neither is B&M...Kartboy is "local" and they are here on a regular basis.

I'm also partial.

 

[GXL]

Kartboy local??? For you maybe, cuz I'm in North Carolina!

 

[70]

Kartboy local??? For you maybe, cuz I'm in North Carolina!

I said "local" as in, they are on the board "local"...I'm Colorado, not California.

 

[tom@kartboy.com]

i'm in SO CAL

email me
i got a whammy combo
Shifter, Bushings, Knob and Eibach springs!!!
tom

 

[GXL]

I'm just looking for the short shift and bushing, what deal can you get me?

Email me at auteck@msn.com


Thanks,
Xavier

 

[DevlynSyde]

Heh, whats the pricing on the deal w/ the springs. Got a picture of the knob yet?

 

[tom@kartboy.com]

shoot me a email for pricing
and a picture of the knobber.
marks out of town so the webpage isnt up yet

Tom