KAD quickshift yes or no
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The gearshift in the mini does feel long, I am going to cut down the gearstick and see if that has a dramatic effect on how it feels, however was just wondering what peoples opinion of the kad one is.

I have seen a youtube video with one in and it does seem very shot indeed, is there any trouble with finding the wrong gears, or does it just take a little getting used to.

Those who have a KAD one, would you buy one again.

Any other thoughts on the matter welcome

Thanks
James

Yeah i've got one, and would get one again if I had to but as with all the KAD stuff the price is quite a disadvantage!

It took me a bit of getting used to, and the shift throw is alot shorter and is great once you get used to it. Reverse is easy to select with the pull up collar, but for some reason my collar has come away from the plastic sleeve so wont work sometimes!

Dont be tempted to get one of the copy ones on ebay theyre no good.

Thanks, If I go for one it will be a KAD one. I will hopefully cash it in as a christmas present!

i had/ have one in my off the road mini took some getting used to but gives it a nice short clunky feel

Yes i moved to the darkside

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It improves the feel no end, first and third get quite close to each other, so does second and fourth but as people say you get used to it. It does require a little more effort to shift as the fulcrum is moved up but yeah it's a good buy alright.

Sod it, I'm gonna go for it. Going halves with mum for christmas:)

i got 1, very cool, and u get used to it

think i have heard that these damage the gearbox somehow (maybe syncros). not sure if calver of someone said that, or how true it is. ta

Cant really see how they would? It's the same motion as when changing with a normal gear stick

Hi,
I guess you could wear the syncros out faster as you're moving them quicker, hence the term quickshift.
Having said that I ran one for 10 years before the bearings went in the box, but the syncros were still good :)
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i have the older style one, no lift up collar but i would buy one again, as everyone has said it takes a while to get used to but is soooo much better

i brought a cheap one from some where like mini spares and to be hones it makes a difference but i had to modify it to fit properly i would by a proper KAD one if u going to get one at all

Edited by turbominij on 27th Nov, 2008.

"Tuning should be a compromise between what is possible and what is necessary"

10)Thou shalt always quest for more power

No, possibly if he brought a Sheep.

If you're going to be pedantic make sure you're 'witty' comments hold water!

Vegard.

Thanks for the heads up on the spelling I’m hopeless with it and i openly admit it also did not help trying to post quickly at work.

But u might want to take not of graemec's re-correction

"Tuning should be a compromise between what is possible and what is necessary"

10)Thou shalt always quest for more power

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has Vegard just called somebody Pendantic??????????

hehe

Edited by James_H on 27th Nov, 2008.

Don't mess with the V, he has better english than me (wait that rhymes...). Plus he was pointing out the use of the word bRought which can be difficult to cope with when you have such good command of the english language.

I would fit 1 to any mini i have nwn There fantastic. Ive got 1 on my gt with 6 gears and its still simple enough to use once u get use 2 it.