gracing shifter
 

Anyone here running the gracing shifter? How is it compared to the stock shifter I read short shifters are bad for your trans blah blah but cant verify if that is true

The what?

I ran one of his previous versions about a year back. The no-bushing design gives some very precise shifts and zero slop, however with the different fulcrum, there was definitely additional effort to shift. Made for some pretty wicked short/quick shifts. I ended getting a different shifter however since the synchros couldn't keep up if you tried to shift quickly. Definitely would take some years off a trans imo. Would be better suited for a track car.

If you shift slowly I would assume that you wouldn't wear your trans down much at all as even regular driving does cause very minimal wear on the trans. Did you notice more grinds after using the shifter?

Correct. If shifted slowly or normally, I imagine it would last just as long. I just felt the synchros would wear a bit faster during quick shifting since they couldn't keep up with the speed of the shifts. Didn't see much of a point in having a short shifter that I couldn't fully utilize so I sold it. Never developed grinds or anything of that sort though.