Hello, searching little bit of AFE short shifter, which i installed it today.

Noise it made at second gear was little bit annoying. ( 4th gear was alright, not a big deal )

It seems like people are still trying to find proper solution?

how ever...

i've noticed... if you take the gear **** off ( i've drove with gear **** off!! )

that noise was almost gone.

how can it be? hmm.. maybe having really light gear **** can be another solution?

Solutions?
1. Longer, thicker kevelar cup
2. put RP maxgear 75w90 ( i found this from some thread.. putting new gear box? :p )
3. Putting synthetic oils to reduce tranny noise?

Thanks in advance for replies!

 

this is what i did:


go to clark rubber

buy some noise insulating foam



cut them into oversized circles

skewer them onto gear stick into the plastic ring

use 3-4 peices

put the shift boot back on

replace gear ****

volia!



Thats what I did anyway

 

how about this option: enjoy the transmission sounds that your car makes, instead of trying to hide it.

I enjoy it. If I wanted no sounds, I'd be looking for something like a caddy.

 

I've had the AFE S/S in for coming up to 2 years now and have noticed no noise issues. If it's noisier than stock - I don't notice it.

 

with the stock **** is sounds about normal. with something like the voodoo ****, it can make a whirring noise. wrapping the threads with tape or shoving some foam in there might help. But like I said, this issue is totally overblown by people who want some sort of quiet economy car out of the rx-8 :P

 

I've got an Auto-Exe titanium **** and as I said, no noticeable whirring or any other kind of noise.

And agreed about excessive fussiness. I don't like things that go creak or thump ( ) but some operating noises are par for the course I reckon.

 

I have the AFE SS and voodoo **** and the noise isn't an issue.
The leather boot helped because the tabs at the top of the boot fit between the shifter and the ****.

 

when i had my stock **** on the ss the noise was very faint but after i put a momo **** on there it brought the noise out a lot. thinkin about putting the stock **** back on

 

Ive got the stock **** and I love the sound of the tranny comming thru the shifter... dont see what people are upset about.

 

Noise of resonance from the tranny.

Why do you care about? There is nothing broken.

Enjoy the sound.

 

my exhaust makes a noise

maybe I can plug it up with foam. hehe

 

I agree!

Well, first time I heard all the whirring noises it freaked me out a bit, but now it's normal.

 

What noise? I have the AFE SS and I don't notice any noise.

 

Some get the noise, some don't.

I've posted a number of times about it, the causes, and the solutions (effective or not).

Search my posts (keyword "shifter", "noise", etc).

 

Certainly. I have more noise than auzoom for example

And with the search suggested by Gomez, there is a lot of transmission fluid thread.

Here are the older ones that is more targeted to it.
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-aftermarket-performance-modifications-23/short-shifter-noise-real-solution-107310/

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-aftermarket-performance-modifications-23/rp-short-shifter-experiment-114768/