ABD short shift q's

[mkii@nycap.rr.com (Josh20V)]

ABD is specific to either the 8v or 16v, at least so far that the 16v
version wont work well on an 8v, but the 8v version is fine for the 16v.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 5:16 AM
Subject: ABD short shift q's


> I recently aquired a ABD short shift kit.  I finally got around to
> installing it this morning and I've run into a major issue.  This is the
kit
> that reduces throw by 25-45-65 percent.  Once I got it through the
bushings
> I went to move it around and sure enough it's smacking the tranny housing.
> Top that off with once I had it in place I also noticed that rod going
from
> the shift kit piece to the tranny isn't level but has a nasty drop down
from
> the tranny to the kit.  First off, I figured since I was only looking to
get
> the 45% reduction I could grind the  rest of the metal off thus removing
the
> interfearing tranny housing issue, but the nasty angle of the rod going
> betwen the kit and the tranny has me worried.  Now this is being installed
> on my 88 16v and I just checked ABD's site and they don't have anything
that
> says 8v or 16v specific, just basicly that there are two kits that fit
> pretty much all A1's.  So if I grind the extra off will the drop between
the
> kit and the tranny cause any shifting issue.  The more I think about it, I
> don't see it causing a problem, but I've also never done any of this so I
> wanted to get the opinion of the list.  So did I get the wrong thing or is
> it happy-happy grinding time?  I want ot be sure since once I grind, my
> chances of selling/trading this kit for something that will work goes
> straight to the crapper.
>
> William Snyder
>
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
>
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