025 Motorsport 711 Shifter Available at T3 technique...

[4Gears4Tires]

This is a great upgrade. It took me a little to get used to it, but I am liking it more every day. I think it's one of those mods that, at first its so different you think about it a lot, but over time as you get used to it you think about it less and less and you wonder if its good? But thats the thing about great design, if its done properly you will barely think about it at all. I bought this shifter because the stock shift throw consistently annoyed me for 6 months.

The 025 motorsport 711 shift throw is how VW should have designed it from the beginning.
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[Gpeck96]

It would be great to see a write up, with tons of pictures from anyone that has done the installation.... just saying

[9.5isCanadian]

Second the idea of a comprehensive write up.

Shows “out of stock” now btw.....

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1980 Sunroof Vanagon
2018 BMW R Nine T
2012 Golf tdi

[16CVs]

Interested, but will wait until the 2nd Generation unit comes out. I've driven a couple of those Big Shot shifters and I can say I am not impressed.
It feels like the BERG shifter I once had in my bug that I took out and put my Hurst right back in.
This new shifter looks much nicer and more normal.

Stacy
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[4Gears4Tires]

[Gpeck96]

[Franklinstower]

anyone know how adaptable this shifter would be to run a modified ball and cup for a Subaru tranny? Has it been done yet?
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'75 Miami Blue Sunroof FI Standard Bug

[Multiman mv]

How is the install? Is it already set up so that if your stock shifter is dialed in, this one will be automatically dialed in or is there some fiddling to do in order to get it calibrated properly? Looks like something i might have to put on my list.
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[Multiman mv]

[Christopher Schimke]

[DigiMatrix]

I'd like to get a copy of the instructions, BUT with one of these shifters! Christopher, when are they going to finally be back in stock?

[Multiman mv]

[iliketowalk]

I guess I never felt like the stock shifter was really that bad?

A properly adjusted stock shifter in halfway decent shape should work with 2 fingers and no "hunting". Usually the ball and cup at the trans, or the bushings in the middle, or the ears at the front cause most of the slop and this only takes care of 1/3 of those things.

If you're doing a spared no expense build I can see the appeal though, because shiny and made by a craftsperson.
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[Crooked Designer]

I'm using stock shifter (with short shift kit) at the moment with 5speedbus hardware under the van. Any chance this would work on a subaru 5 speed transmission on a 2wd? The amount of left right movement in the shifter when I'm in gear has always bothered me. Also very easy to put it in 3rd instead of 1st on startup from a stop.
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'85 Westy full camper, Subaru 2.5L, 5 speed SubiGears + 5speedbus shifter kit

[1988Dokaguy]

[Christopher Schimke]

Just a quick note to let those who have been waiting that the 711 shifters are back in stock.

http://t3technique.com/drivetrain-parts/479/
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[DuncanS]

First try at the boot--too short, but if you're going to have a sporty shift lever, why not have a sporty boot? JoAnne Fabric vinyl. Brake boot is real leather. Hate plastic stuff. Next step is to cover the clock heater panel with matching dash crash foam as well.

[Tristar Eric]

We've got one on the famous Polizei 24 hours of lemons race van. I was lucky enough to score one from Christopher earlier this year.

I have to say, it took me about 3 tries to get it dialed. For the race track we do a bunch of 3-4 shifts. Having the shifter favor this gate makes it precise and easy.
When we do have to find 2nd, there's no hunting, and the adjusting the pressure to enter the 1-2 gate is just that, adjustable to your liking.

With multiple drivers during a race, taking the slop out of the shifter prevents a ton of mis-shifts. It does also help to go through your entire shifter bushings and replace with new. Makes for crispy very precise shifting.

We finished our last race with this shifter installed 3rd overall and 2nd in our class. Our saturday times were 2 seconds faster than the previous year. Only changes were 1. Shifter, and 2. a 9" wheel on the fronts vs 7.5"

Two thumbs up on the shifter, and it held up to our abuse. We have another race in December - Sonoma raceway just north of San Francisco.

Eric
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[Tristar Eric]

We've got one on the famous Polizei 24 hours of lemons race van. I was lucky enough to score one from Christopher earlier this year.

I have to say, it took me about 3 tries to get it dialed. For the race track we do a bunch of 3-4 shifts. Having the shifter favor this gate makes it precise and easy.
When we do have to find 2nd, there's no hunting, and the adjusting the pressure to enter the 1-2 gate is just that, adjustable to your liking.

With multiple drivers during a race, taking the slop out of the shifter prevents a ton of mis-shifts. It does also help to go through your entire shifter bushings and replace with new. Makes for crispy very precise shifting.

We finished our last race with this shifter installed 3rd overall and 2nd in our class. Our saturday times were 2 seconds faster than the previous year. Only changes were 1. Shifter, and 2. a 9" wheel on the fronts vs 7.5"

Two thumbs up on the shifter, and it held up to our abuse. We have another race in December - Sonoma raceway just north of San Francisco.

Eric
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[Multiman mv]

So I just installed the 711 shifter (sourced through T3 Technique) and man I love this upgrade. The install was very straight forward and took a little over an hour. I had to make a minor adjustment at the spline joint but other than that this was a plug and play upgrade. The shift pattern has been tightened up dramatically. The feeling is very notchy and there is absolutely no slop in the stick shift at all. My stock shifter used to rattle in 4th gear and all gears had a certain amount of slop. For anyone who is considering this upgrade, I highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed. The engineering and fabrication of this shifter is top notch. It’s amazing how much tighter the shift pattern is. The shift pattern at the knob has been reduced to a 3 1/2’ wide x 6 1/2’ high area as measured from the outside of knob (not including reverse.) If measuring the shifting area from the center of the knob, the area is only 2” wide by 5” high. As described in the product description, neutral is centered within this pattern, not biased to the right in line with 3rd and 4th like stock. Great upgrade.

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