I had the b&m short shifter installed today. The little plate version that goes down under the car.

The results right now are not good. First thing I noticed was second is a little hard to find. I really have to focus on pulling back and kind of shuffling the lever back and forth to avoid grinding the gears. The other thing is there is a high pitch noise under hard acceleration in first gear....

Please advise.......

 

Also had the rims refinished (had a little curb rash) and new tires. Got the GT3 front installed... looks great. Got the LLoyds rubber mats (killer look)

 

The same here, I had very hard time shifting into second gear. Went from 30% to 15% reduction and it did not make any difference so I reverted everything back to stock

 

Azaytsev, How long did you drive it like that for? I picked up the car today and really realized it was a problem shortly after. I'm a bit nervous about it.

 

And thank you.. Good call. That's what I'm gonna do too.

 

Were your shift cables adjusted or readjusted properly? That would be the only thing I can think of.

 

I have one sitting in my garage ready to install when I do my 30K service soon. I am interested to see how this gets resolved.

 

I just installed a short shifter as well, but mine is the shifter version in the cabin.
Everything is awesome! except i cant find reverse and it feels all the shift points has move over one to the left, 1st feels like where reverse would be and reverse is pretty much not there.

I believe this be the shifter linkage cables need adjusting

 

I believe you guys may be right. I took it to another shop who told me adjusting the linkage cables would fix it. Although the guy told me he needed a special tool to do it and I couldn't wait for him today. More importantly, he pointed out the leak coming from either the RMS or IMS! I just had the RMS, clutch and flywheel replaced last year. This is about to get expensive

 

You don't need any special tools to adjust the cables themselves, unless you consider your hands to be special.

 

How do you know how much to adjust and how to adjust?
I reinstalled my linkage cables exact positions where i uninstalled them.

 

Generally Porsche shifters come with a bracket that aligns the shifter.

This example is orange but IIRC it can be also blue or green.



This won't fit B&M and certain aftermarket shift rods but the OP has original lever so it should fit. Clamp this onto your shifter and adjust cables as necessary until they are snug.

Porsche Part #: 000 721 961 90

I've been doing a lot of spoon feeding lately but if you "search" all the info is right here or on one of the accompanying Porsche forums. Your Welcome.

 

No special tools required? man, I just don't know what or who to believe...

 

Ok I tried to help you out but if fallen on deaf ears, I'll just stay quiet next time.

Believe someone who has done it half a dozen or so times.

 

Alpine is right, no special tool needed. I install my b&m about 1 1/2 year ago and it's the best mod. Get yourself a different shop...