Re: After market shifters...

[Jake Kooser <jake_k@ibm.net>]

I can't remember if I already pitched in my .02, so if I'm being
redundant, bear with me.  So if I'm being redundant, bear with me.
Barney (the evil zooper beetle, more on that later) has a Scat Drag-Fast
shifter installed.  I think it's too notchy and harsh-feeling for my
tastes.  It does have a lot shorter throw than a stock shifter, but I
feel that it is at the cost of usefulness.  The only redeeming feature
to me is the reverse lock-out, which doesn't work too well either.  I
have installed a quick-shift kit in the little girl (my '71 Squareback),
that I am much happier with.  This reduces the stock shifter throw some
40%, the advertisements claim.  It costs a lot less, and once I adjusted
my shifting style a bit (i.e. quit rowing the car with the shifter), I
can shift with it much quicker than I can the Drag-Fast in the super
beetle.  I think I'll tolerate it in the zooper, but when I finish my
roadster, it will probably have a shortened stock shifter with the
quick-shift kit in it.  Come to think of it, I can't remember the last
time I even came close to hitting reverse with a stock shifter that's in
good shape.

Jake Kooser
'71 Squareback (the little girl)
'66 type 1 roadster (terminal project)
'73 zooper beetle (Barney)