Pictures of B&M fitted (56 K warning)

[Rick_172]

i realise there is a similar thread further down, but i did promise to post some of my B&M once i got photos taken, so here goes

B&M Sports Shifter (from driver side in neutral)

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1081515056__BMSide1_WEB.jpg

B&M Sports Shifter (from passenger sidein neutral)

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1081515142__BMSide2_WEB.jpg

B&M Sports Shifter in Neutral

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1081514921__BMinN_WEB.jpg

B&M Sports Shifter in 1st

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1081514711__BMin1_WEB.jpg

B&M Sports Shifter in 2nd

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1081514815__BMin2_WEB.jpg

 

[Michael]

NICE.........

 

[Rexy]

Orr i thought these were piks taken underneath the car, before and afta stylee

 

[BUTRE]

Well.... Ive tried to mod my std "gear lever stick" and its not that easy.

ok, Ive draw something for better understanding.

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Perception/stuff/leverstick.jpg

Here we go.
The height " h " is the gear stick inside the car.
The height " h " is th gear stick underneath the car.

To have smaller movement of the gear knob, as I understand it, you need to have the " h " longer. Since it hardly can be done because it would hit against the Heat Shield, I think what B&M did was a smaller " h " and with this "fouls" the driver because this way the gear knob movement is also smaller. It actually is, but you need the gear knob to be as close as possible to the steering wheel (remember where is the gear knob on BTCC cars, rally cars etc etc, even thou its seq gearbox) for fast shifting since both hands should be on the steering wheel has much has possible!

I think B&M is cheating. Leaving the " h " alone and getting the " h " longer should be the right way.



This are my thoughts about the subject.

 

[swelch]

interesting point, however:- as the current gearbox requires a certain amount of movement to change gear and the heatshield / exhaust are in the way to properly modify the gear shift distance. I thing B&M have designed in an ideal practical alternative. The standard Gear positioning is not close to the steering wheel anyway, so a couple of inches in gear stick length makes negligable difference to time to move from steering wheel to gear stick, but with half the travel distance on the gear change, by moving the fulcrum (hinge) point the time to change gear is halved. This time saved is minimal, probably acouple of tenths of a second at most per gear change, but if you are in the 1/4 mile sprint times this could be a world of difference when making 3 rolling gear changes.

 

[BUTRE]

Yes, but I dont like the idea of having to go even lower with the hand to change gear. I dont drag racing! Im more into trackdays and circuit speedway enjoyment.

I also own a FRST and on it I even welded a longer stainless steel "stick" so the knob would be higher. This made shifting actuarcy even lower (but std one is really crap when you also drive a clio) but also moding whats going on underneath the car made it a little more "friendly" to use on a circuit.