I wanna get a Maddog 72% shifter!!!!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:40 pm

I found this video on YouTube, shows the stock SRT shifter vs the Maddog 72% shifter...I didn't know how much it would actually change! It's phenominal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsFKbTjjAUw

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:47 pm

i have a 72... wish i would of got a 80

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:52 pm

There's barely any throw at all in the 72! It was like night and day! How much did you get yours for?

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:35 pm

$120something maybe? I can't remember.... whatever the usual cost is.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:53 pm

80% is the only way to go!

BTW.. thats what I have. lol

http://www.midwestneons.com/maddog.html

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:22 pm

Opi wrote:i have a 72... wish i would of got a 80

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:23 pm

Hell, buy the 80, and if you don't like it,I'll trade ya.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:58 pm

80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!80!

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:18 am

I've got the 80%! Its mad crazy short! Ask everyone that was at Carlisle last year that tried it in my car.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:22 am

short shift shifters are the main reason why so many people miss shifts in races.....it's to tight and no room for error. i shift faster without a short throw shifter than people do with them...that's just my opinion...never been a fan of them...

OB · Post by OB » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:23 am

Ive gotten so used to my mopure sts that I kinda want to take it a bit further. mines only somewhere around 45% reduction, as per mopures specs. How exactly do they rate the reduction? My shift sure isnt much larger than that 72 in the video. looks about the same.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:18 pm

Eh, got a Mopar STS...the 72 and 80 seemed a bit TOO small for me. Hope to install it within a few weeks.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:30 pm

I had the Mopar one and hated it. The hurst is great but without the solid cradle bushings its to close to the floor

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:33 pm

I dunno, my opinion of the 72% has changed alittle. I'm kinda with J-villa now. After trying it at the drag strip, it 's very easy to mis-shift and just grind gears. But then I don't redline shift too much anyway.

sirvaliant_98 · Post by **sirvaliant_98** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:14 pm

I havent used the 72% sts, but i did have is 50% sts and loved it do death. That was back when 50% was his lowest sts. I plan on getting another when i get another neon. Cant go wrong.

fireantz · Post by **fireantz** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:32 pm

Definitely go with the 80%...I got the 72% and wish I went with th 80.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:14 am

80!!!! I love mine lol i accually with there was a bigger reduction now i cant shift at redline FAST with zero error i just had to take a week or so to get used to it and where to shove it lol

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:57 am

you shouldn't have to shove... It should just go into the next gear.

For second, I just pull back with my fingers, third I push with the palm of my hand, let it go to neutral in between third and fourth on it's own, push into third, then pull back with my fingers for fourth. No effort at all, altho I think I'm losing second's syncro, starting to get a bit tough to shift smoothly. This is with a mopar sts.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:35 am

i havent missed a shift with mine... but i do have a heavy gearshift knob so i have to use very little pressure to change gears ...

TN.Frank · Post by **TN.Frank** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:44 am

Compared to the stock shifter in my '04 Dodge Ram the Neon's shifter with a shorter shift knob and booger bushing feels like a STS to me, LOL. I can't imagine having a shorter throw. Guess I'd have to try one to feel the difference but I'm pretty happy with mine the way it's set up.