Has anyone tried one of these?

MTech Short Shifter

Friend of mine on AlfaOwner has one fitted to his GT JTD, thinking about getting one for mine as per his glowing recommendation.

Very effective by all accounts

Group buy?

Don't forget this will be for the later 5 speed & 6 speed gearboxes due to the fitment. Some of the older gearboxes rely on a shaft, rather than a ball for fitment.

Begbie, How can I discover what type of gearbox is in my car?

Think you will need to remove the battery and battery try to get better access, but you will see either one of 2 things, a dome style ball connection (as can be seen in the photo on the link above) or a circular rubber bush, with a washer and a pin to keep it in place. If you have the washer and pin, then the short shift isn't going to work.

true, the link is for 1998 cars on only. They may make one for earlier cars though, I'll ask.

A friend from italian club found a supplier that can make a similar short shifter for >98 cars.
He said me circa 90euros fof each short shifter.
Is anyone interested?

139 Euros is pretty high

Is that only for the early models or for early and late?

Post 98 model

I have a MotorMech Short-shift setup on my LE reccomended

I like the idea of that but €139 is a bit much. I might be more interested at €90 if that happens - need to check which box I have first as mine is a '98 car.

I'm tempted it's only £115 with the shipping I Rember paying £170 for my b&m short shifter kit for my Punto hgt and that's was a pita to fit this a ten min job website says min order of 20 units for group buy

I changed the clutch slave cylinder and it was quite difficult to reinstall the battery tray. The screws were very hard to get in place

From 18 to 31 december Mtech has a Christmas discount of 15%.
I am wondering to buy one to reproduce it..

Ordered just waiting on delivery now

so it came last week and here it is fitted

Impressions?

item is very good and well made shifting feels more positive i would definition recommend getting one well worth the money

dante20v, is it the distance from 3rd to 4th gear really shorter?
Do you have an idea of the percentage of shortening gear travel?

Thanks!

How does it perform when you push it on some twisties and downshift?

I'll take some measurements tomorrow for you

No complaints from me giving it a real workout down country lanes with hard shifting and down shifting works a treat

Thank you Dante!!!

Any news Dante?