Short Shift Kit & Clutch Delay Valve fix

[Green Dragon]

Looks awesome! I kinda like its new neutral position. The Lemans X5, has a similar rearward bias, but from a recent Youtube vid of it on the track, you can still see quite a lot of throw. Here's the vid.

BMW X5 LeMans at Nurburgring GP circuit - YouTube

Ricky, Riggo, and Mcurcio, how does your throw compare with the Lemans X5 now that you have the UUC EVO? I know its not quite the same, as they used the manual transmission from 850 csi, the housing is one-off and it's coupled on very standard NV125 TC. Just curious. Maybe they need to update the Lemans X5 with a UUC EVO!

[Ricky Bobby]

I'll see if I can get a good vid of the throw to show you Ry, but just watching the Lemans X5, that basically looks like a stock throw compared to the UUC Evo!

[Riggodeaux]

Taller shifter, longer throw than the UUC SSK. Looks like a mighty fun ride, though. Speaking of the Nurmburgring [sp.], watched Ron Howard's "Rush" Saturday on demand. It would have benefited from more 'racing' shots from a camera mounted behind the driver's head on an F1 racer going around the 'ring [Howard is no John Frankenheimer - compare the chase scenes in Ronin .....] or the Monaco course, but I suppose that would have cut into the 70s' babes' screen time. Sigh .... good times, good times ......

[Riggodeaux]

RB, the shift video is a great idea. I'll see if I can recruit a backseat videographer [Max the Wonderdog isn't so good with a camera] to record while I run it through the gears on an appropriately windey stretch of Georgia asphalt .....

[MINIz guy]

Does anybody who has upgraded with the UUC equipment have a stock lever they're willing to part with for cheap? PM me.

[Ricky Bobby]

Pm sent man it's yours if u want it

[GRBE53]

Riggodeaux - do you have any info or thoughts on what exactly UUC may have done to get 'good' access on your install or if they ran into seized pins on the carrier? I also have a 6 speed, have my SSK and was planning to attack it myself but I am wary that both mccurcio and RB ran into issues with being able to get the carrier out as originally planned. If I am understanding correctly, nobody has yet completed a DIY including getting the carrier out?

[Ricky Bobby]

I'll let Riggo chime in but he is pretty quick.

Since UUC billed 6 hours just for the SSK install, my humble opinion is that they did the install "by the book", dropped the driveshaft, transfer case, etc, and probably lowered the trans itself, to give a wide open tunnel and view of the linkage.

I'm sure if I had wide open access from the side of the pin if everything was dropped I could have gotten it out, but I don't have a lift.

It's VERY doable with the carrier in the car, you just have to unbolt the front mount which is secured with 2 bolts directly in front of the shift knob.

Point is, I would try to remove the carrier by letting the pins loose on top of the trans, if they are stuck, then go to Plan B which is take off front mount and secure height adapter from inside the car.

[Riggodeaux]

I can't say, and don't know if the tech at UUC dropped the shaft. Suggest you call UUC Rob and ask for tips, and speak to the tech who did it, since he did my six speed X5 only 3 months ago ... I'm never happy paying the bill on something I think I could do myself, but I'm certainly happy with the work done. The shift is sweet, sweet, sweet, even has me thinking about running Road Atlanta at the BMWCCA 'high performance driving' course!

[GRBE53]

Thanks RB and Riggo for the input. I had e-mailed Rob prior to getting the kit and he had advised it is "not really difficult but awkward" due to the interference of the transfer case. Calling for more detail is probably a plan - it will be interesting to see how much detail they will share. I am still considering deferring install until I have an opportunity to get to UUC. It's a 2000 mile round trip for me but I can work along the way and it's also an opportunity for a good long road trip to uncover any other issues I may have as I just got this in December and haven't been able to get a lot of miles on it.