Do you prefer a heavy shift knob?
I'm thinking about getting a heavier shift knob for my 2006 Honda Civic Si. I was just wondering what types of shift knobs people prefer. I don't mind the stock knob on my car, but I hear people say it can be easier to shift into gears if the knob is heavy. This is my first manual transmission car. I've been driving for 12 years. The only other manual transmission vehicles I drive are my companies delivery trucks. Which have really long throws ( distance between gears ) I think that's the correct word. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, what are your thoughts? Much appreciated:-)
I've guessed that you want to shift through the gears faster. Does the term "Synchronizing" mean anything? What you'll need is a shorter shifter shaft. When I was in your age, I remove the shifter shaft and have my brother machine shop shortened it and put the stock knob back on.
Are you rev matching on your shifts? By that, I mean give enough throttle while the clutch pedal is depressed to get the engine to the correct speed for the new gear.
There are two ways to shift a manual silky smooth -- either you rev match with the throttle (the preferred way) or you let the clutch pedal out really slow (rev match with the clutch -- which causes excessive clutch wear).
If you rev match well, a passenger in your car won't be able to feel the clutch re-engage. If the clutch re-engagement can be felt by the occupants of the vehicle, the revs weren't matched well enough.
One other thing to do: Try holding the shift knob with just three fingers and pretend that it's an egg. Slamming the gear selector around with a lot of force is not the way to go.
Specially with a "Heavier knob" and the way you shift by trying to make the transmission go into the next gear faster other than synchronizing properly like other people said: It'll destroy either the clutch or mess up the internal gears quicker that you thought. HTH
It should shift at the touch of a finger anyway.
The heavy know only damages the shift mechanism and gives nothing to the shifting.
Keep it stock.
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