OBX vs B&M

[tnord]

looking for a short shifter and i'm aware of two, OBX and B&M, noticed the OBX is about 100 bucks cheaper, but if my memory serves me correctly, OBX doesn't make the highest quality parts.........any comments from anyone on the two?

[DSC]

I have an obx and its cool.  It made the shift a good ammount shorter.  But if I could do it over again, I would have spent 300 instead of 75 and got the b&m just because I wanted my shift alot shorter.

[silviaguy]

I am also looking into the same thing.  I got a price for the OBX for (I think) $70 sorry I left the paper that I wrote in on at work.  I have talked to a lot of people and everyone says that they would rather get the B&M shifter so I guess that what I am going to go with.  So does anyone out there have a good price for one?

[transient]

B&M all the way. There's a reason they've been in the shifter business for so long :biggrin:

[Zenki Two40]

for ya'll that have short shifters. is it easy to get used to? or do u gotta work at it in order to shift right for a while from ur experinece?

[DSC]

It takes some getting used to.  After I got mine I would always grind gears when shifting fast, especially from 2nd to 3rd which is my worst shift anyway.  After a week you should be shifting faster and it will feel great.

[Grant]

I can probably get the OBX, real cheap. Would the obx be worthwhile touse in the meantime until I have enough extra cash to spend on a B&M?


(Edited by Grant at 10:29 pm on Dec. 20, 2001)

Question - I heard that the B & M shifters rattled a lot.  Anybody here experience that?  how about experience with the Nismo short shifter???

[S14KAT]

The B&M doesn't rattle, it resonate a little bit.  I think its because of the one-piece alumminum plate they use.  If I'm not mistaken, the stock plate that mounts to the top of the tranny is iron I believe that is poured into a template.  The fact that the stock plate is a poured metal or non-ferrous(don't quote me on that one) it doesn't make that noise.  

And like Transient said, B&M has been around since our fathers and uncles were around pounding the ground with their 70's muscle cars.  Thats gotta tell you something about the quality of these shifters.

[AceInHole]

Is there really that big of a diff between the OBX and B&M??  I've used a Pilot (which I heard is the same as the OBX) and the throw was pretty #### short!!  Felt really solid too....

When you say resonate..  how loud?  is it obnoxious?