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Review: Mine's Racing Shift Harness for 5AT
I hadn't heard of this before I saw it on Bulletproof Automotive: http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com...il.php?ID=5898
After I'd bought it, I saw Gordgee's DIY: 5AT Shifter Direction Mod
The idea is to reverse shifting direction of our manual mode so you upshift by pulling back and downshift by pushing forward....something that is much more intuitive. It felt a little awkward to be pushed back into the seat and have to push forward to upshift. Small thing maybe, but I was up for trying something new for $50. It came in about a week, and the instructions are in english but might be hard to follow.
Both the Mine's harness and the DIY reverse pins 7 and 8 as described in the DIY, but with the harness you don't have to mess with the OEM connectors. I thought that would a small thing until I removed the center console (per service manual IP-12) and saw how little room there was to work in. The harness plugs right into connector M47 (see DIY). The second time I tried it, it was installed in five minutes. The first time, we discovered the Mine's harness was miswired, causing a blown fuse to the brake lights (which also locked the tranny in P)  .
After some road tests, I think this is a very subtle mod but one I'd look into if you track the car or use manual mode a lot. Upshifting and downshifting are definitely more natural. The only complaint I'd have besides the harness coming miswired is that now the button on the shift knob is in the way (you pull into it when you upshift)...but I'm sure that can be alleviated with a Momo knob  .
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2005 G35C 5AT diamond graphite/ full aero package / 3M Clearbra / HKS Hi-Power exhaust / Crawford V5 plenum / K&N filter / Z-tube / Hotchkis sway bars / Nismo S-tune suspension for JDM Skyline Coupe / Mine's Racing Shift Harness / tune by Technosquare
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03-16-2007, 04:24 PM
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