I may have complained, some time back, that my "S" was rather difficult to shift, especially when cold, and especially compared to my 60k mile base 986. note these are in fact different transmissions - porsche 911 tranny in the S and Audi "01" in the base.
Well, its been getting worse. One cold morning at home i thought i'd never get it into reverse (required). I finally pushed it down the driveway backward and dealt with it. A bit later, one cool morning at the hotel at WGI, R was unavailable - and thsi time i was parked head into the motel, downhill. I *finally* got it. But even when warm, some gears were a bit more difficult than I'd like.
I had the car in the shop for a windshield (route 80 rock off truck, grrrrrr), and they noticed it too. I gave the shop the ok to dig, and they found deteriorating cables and bushings. Wow, those are some expensive cables ($400), so i decided to plunk down another $70 for the Numeric racing cables - which are supposedly both sturdier and give better feel (solid metal bushings/connectors). We'll see. I do hope that many of the minor shifting issues can be traced to this - for all that money (install isn't free either) i hope to gain something other than the ability to find gears on cold mornings :-)
I continue to LOVE the way this thing drives with GT3 control arms and much more camber and caster up front. Alas, it is not legal for my AX car, running in stock (PCA) and Street (SCCA), so i won;t be doign the GT3s to that car until it no longer qualifies for S, based on ageing out.
Off for a lovely 1 hour country highway mountain (ok, hills) drive to some friends' for BBQ. The journey is sometimes half the fun.
G
ps: motor seems to be behaving itself. More on that when i feel like typing a tome.
Grant
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