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simonweisberg · 07-01-2015, 12:25 AM

Hey has anyone installed (custom or otherwise) a gated shifter like on the old school R8 or Gallardo? Price or link? Thanks!

DrunkMonkey45 · 07-01-2015, 11:43 AM

I want to know as well

MalcolmHimself · 07-01-2015, 12:39 PM

AFAIK; nothing has been done & it's been stated that it would be too expensive to design. There are a few threads about it.

boredom.is.me · 07-01-2015, 12:53 PM

8R6 · 07-01-2015, 01:24 PM

R8 is considered old school now??

fang_gt86 · 07-01-2015, 01:44 PM

It's just a luxury and unnecessary feature.

WhiteFRS69 · 07-01-2015, 02:08 PM

personally always been a fan of this

murdoc · 07-01-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by simonweisberg

Hey has anyone installed (custom or otherwise) a gated shifter like on the old school R8 or Gallardo? Price or link? Thanks!

With the design of the reverse lockout, it would be diffucult to implement a gated shifter.

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Originally Posted by 8R6

R8 is considered old school now??

The new one doesn't have it available.

calmtigers · 07-01-2015, 03:08 PM

do want

Slowmotion · 07-01-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by murdoc

With the design of the reverse lockout, it would be diffucult to implement a gated shifter.

If you got around that, you still have the issue where the shift pattern is not symmetrical, so there is a chance there wouldn't be enough material to create a strong slot for 1st and 2nd. Also, for anyone who had a short shifter would have to forgo it since you side to side movement would have reduced your shift slot walls to nothing.

Someone did it for a miata, and is producing it, but as said before, it's more for luxury than performance.

Irace86 · 07-02-2015, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

AFAIK; nothing has been done & it's been stated that it would be too expensive to design. There are a few threads about it.

too expensive, why?

MalcolmHimself · 07-02-2015, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Irace86

too expensive, why?

I am not sure, that's just what I have seen posted before when people have talked about shift gates.

Irace86 · 07-02-2015, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MalcolmHimself

I am not sure, that's just what I have seen posted before when people have talked about shift gates.

I think for any car it wouldn't be cheap to have a professional do it because it would be time consuming, but I'm sure there are ways to make it cheaper. For instance, if you could design the dimensions of the pattern with a basic CAD program then that would greatly cut costs. Also, I would think a person would be better off having them cut the pattern in 6061 aluminum thin bar stock then to create a 3D effect someone could sand it and polish it into a dome shape. The alternative is to make a fiberglass mold with a carbon fiber top layer or metal cap.

Poodles · 07-02-2015, 04:01 PM

While possible, there's always the question of "why?" If you drop something down in there, you're going to have issues. The entire shifter assembly has to be changed as it needs to be a thin rod (in the case of the Miata kit, they had to go further and flatten it on the sides). Reverse lockout would have to be removed, so you wouldn't have any real safety for reverse. Shifting is also slower, so it's not a performance mod at all...

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