Herrod Sure Shift

[Guest blueXRT]

Just found out about the Herrod Sure Shift when enquiring about the suspension and was hoping I could get some thoughts from people who have it and weather or not it improved the quality of the shifts etc. To have it installed was approx $600 which is not cheap. The rep was saying it shortens the throw by 40%. Are these things meant to shorten the throw, improve the shift or both? Also are there any other similar suppliers/products anyone has used which they would recommend?

[cdm]

G'day blueXRT. Have a look at these threads:

XRT Gearbox rough

Lightning shift

In answering your question. I haven't yet found anybody with a short shifter fitted to a BA. I think when my car comes up for the 15000km service I will get them to change the gearbox oil to something different and I will probably go see Herrod for their sureshift as well.

Cheers,

Chris.

[Guest herrod motorsport]

Just found out about the Herrod Sure Shift when enquiring about the suspension and was hoping I could get some thoughts from people who have it and weather or not it improved the quality of the shifts etc. To have it installed was approx $600 which is not cheap. The rep was saying it shortens the throw by 40%. Are these things meant to shorten the throw, improve the shift or both? Also are there any other similar suppliers/products anyone has used which they would recommend?

Demand for the sureshift has been way beyond greater than we expected and response from our customers has been nothing but positive.our shift is 100% australian made and wil reduce the shift throw by 40% changing from 2-3 is vastly improved.Test one in a car and that's all you have to do as the feel of the shift sells itself.most of our dealers will have one fittd in a vehicle to test

[bcl]

I'm having one fitted on Wednesday in Sydney, so I'll give some feedback.

If demand is so great, I would have expected some feedback from members on this forum.

Brian

[Grant]

I'm having one fitted on Wednesday in Sydney, so I'll give some feedback.

If demand is so great, I would have expected some feedback from members on this forum.

Brian

Bear in mind that the Turbo isn't the only BA with a manual shifter....

[CJF077]

Yeh Rob you told me about this the other day.. sounds great

[DavoWA]

In answering your question. I haven't yet found anybody with a short shifter fitted to a BA. I think when my car comes up for the 15000km service I will get them to change the gearbox oil to something different and I will probably go see Herrod for their sureshift as well.

Hey cdm, by all means have a go with the Herrod shifter if you wish, but knowing a bit of the background to the oil used in the manual transmission and the reasons why, I would suggest that you tread very carefully if considering anything different.

The product used in it was rather extensively tested, and modified to specifically meet the requirements of the transmission, namely to make it live.

The product is a full synthetic so anything different might compromise the shift performance or the potential longevity of the transmission.

[cdm]

Thanks for the advice Davo. I must admit, I am no expert on what oil to use and was purely basing my thoughts on what I have read on the forum. Having said that, I think I will do a bit more research before I do change it!

Look forward to hearing a review from bcl on this product!

Cheers.

[Guest blueXRT]

Well I took Robs advise and went for a drive today although I could not find a dealer in Sydney with the short shift in a T5 box only the tremac?? I must say the shift greatly improves not only in throw but has a quality feel as well. I was assured by the dealer that this would be the same for the T5??

Brian, I look forward to reading your thoughts once installed. While testing the sure shift I aslo tested the Herrod springs again on an XR8 but I was mainly testing to see what impact it had on the ride when cruising and trvelling over sydneys roads(wholes) and it had very little impact but the extra balance/control is certainly noticable.

[WBT56]

wil reduce the shift throw by 40% changing from 2-3 is vastly improved.

So the throw from first to second in a T is now 66mm with one fitted?