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Old April 18th 2013, 23:25
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i was thinking on my way home tonight after working on my car. i have a scat drag fast shifter i modified a little to look more like a proper german look item, BUT while its a good shifter for drag racing and shifts from 1st to 2nd then to 3rd really well, down shifting from 3rd down to 2nd seems to be difficult. so i guess thats why its called a "DRAG" fast..lol! so my question being...ill be looking for a good shifter here soon one better suited for more road racing type of shifting, what are you all running and experiences?
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Bug-Tech.

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Old April 20th 2013, 02:32
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yes...i need that in my car badly. where to buy it at...? thru you?
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Old April 20th 2013, 09:39
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Do you know it the bug-tech shifter will work with a subaru trans? I think it should but I don't know if anyone has tried it yet. Also, what's the shifter going for these days?
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Old April 20th 2013, 23:51
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x2 of what humble said. and im interested in the black shifter with the carbon shift knob.
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Old April 21st 2013, 09:47
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I have not done it or had a direct report on it. Are you using the VW shift rod?
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vw shift rod, planning to use the mendeola coupler with it too. as far as I've read you can use a stock shifter after removing the reverse lock out plate under it. I don't know how the reverse lock out works on the bug-tech, so I wasn't sure of compatibility.
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Old April 21st 2013, 13:54
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To get the Bug-Tech into the reverse gate, you overcome the spring loaded bar. The spring pressure is adjustable so you can make it as easy or a hard as you want to move the bar.
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Old April 22nd 2013, 01:07
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sooo a price would be good. so i can buy one.
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vw shift rod, planning to use the mendeola coupler with it too. as far as I've read you can use a stock shifter after removing the reverse lock out plate under it. I don't know how the reverse lock out works on the bug-tech, so I wasn't sure of compatibility.
The Mendeola and Subaru Trans shift couplers are just a band aid job.
If you look how it mounts with that plate, when you rotate the shift rod through the left / right plain the shift rod rotates over the subaru shift rod and is hardly presise.

I am supporting the end of the rod, then running two small universals with a diagonal shaft to bring them together.

In a suby trans install, the shift rod on the trans is about 2 inches off centre.

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Yes you can. The price for a bug shifter is 299 Euros for standard machine finish or black anodized. Plus 35 Euros for direct shipping to you in the US.
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ouch, I was expecting $250-ish, but $435 including shipping is a bit steep for a shifter IMO
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ya surly a bit steep. ugh. i hate that the europeans have all the goodies... . maybe with enough pics, i may make one for myself. " famous last words of...it doesnt look that hard to make..lol!"
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You can't blame the Germans for our weak dollar. Our government printing money out of thin air will only make that worse. Once you start machining each part and then the bushings for each pivot point you will find it is more expensive to build than you thought. They are not for everyone. But those that have them, love them. There is always the old Scat/Empi/Bugpack/Berg stuff. I did see a used one on thesamba.com the other day.
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