Ok so I recently acquired 2 additional shifters, reason: I don't know really, I like to buy Porsche parts
Anyway, I am wondering what the best setup is for my 77 and what the differences are. So my car came with what I thought was a standard shifter. I have come to find out it has a short shift kit installed. Not sure how different that is from a stock 915 shifter. I see base plates floating around on ebay for the "short shift" kit, but mine does not have that. My only info that it is a short shifter is that it has a welded ring below the shift knob and when I posted a pic someone told me it is a short shifter. I then acquired this one off ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-86-Porsche-911-930-Robotek-915-5-amp-4-spd-Gated-Shifter-Assy-VGC-NR-/113429077999?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=xJjEf9ftrzCEykpNQf8FFhYyjzU%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
Not sure what all these parts added to the standard 915 are for and if they actually make the shifter better. This one has an additional shift plate at the bottom.
Then I picked up this one to possibly use parts off of:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-911-Carrera-915-Shifter-Assembly-/233037689262?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=xJjEf9ftrzCEykpNQf8FFhYyjzU%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
This one look very similar to mine in that it has the welded ring close to the shift knob which leads me to believe it is also a factory short shifter. Are these short shifters better than the stock 915 shifter? Why is there a separate base plate? I can only assume this is to make the shift throw even shorter by raising the shifter up. Is this plate to turn the stock shifter into a short shifter?
I am hoping to install a shifter that rids my car of a rattle when in 3rd and 4th. I have replaced all the bushings in the shift assembly. It seems like the rattle lies within the shifter itself and needs new shims/bushing internally to rid it of the rattle. I can make the rattle go away by putting very light pressure on the knob to the left when in 3rd and 4th. If I stop touching the knob the rattle comes back.
Anyway, any help in the 915 shifter mystery would be helpful.