I now have the B&M kit sitting on my desk and I have a nice counterweighted knob on its way, but with the potential transmission issues on the Z, I'm a bit worried about installing it.
I brought this up with the service manager today when I had the car in for its first oil change and he said that the short shifter would definitely void the transmission warranty. I realize that's exactly what he *would* say, and that technically, if the short shifter doesn't cause the problem, it can't void the warranty. However, they could easily argue that some part of the short shifter did cause a problem - it's connected directly to the trans after all. I realize that it would be debatable, since stock cars are having transmission issues, but it's making me worried.
I could always put it in, the swap it back if the transmission goes bad. There's that little problem of the filed-off part (if the dealer noticed it).
Thoughts?
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