996 short shifter (OEM)

[tmc]

I installed a short shifter in my 987S using the factory kit (which includes the shifter housing/frame). Now I got a B&M kit for my 996. I'm wondering if I can use the 997/987 "frame" on a 996. (If so, I can do the surgery to install the B&M in the spare frame, and thereby minimize the "down time" of my 996).

Do the two kits (996 and 997) have the same part numbers?

Tom

[geoff]

I installed a short shifter in my 987S using the factory kit (which includes the shifter housing/frame). Now I got a B&M kit for my 996. I'm wondering if I can use the 997/987 "frame" on a 996. (If so, I can do the surgery to install the B&M in the spare frame, and thereby minimize the "down time" of my 996).

Do the two kits (996 and 997) have the same part numbers?

Tom

Maybe not exactly what you're trying to find out, but a data point to help. I put the Porsche 997 short shifter (blue plastic shifter in the housing) into my 986. The old 986 housing is not exactly the same as the newer 997 short shifter housing, but pretty close in terms of holes lining up exactly right, etc. The 997 short shifter feels very nice in my 986 (same housing as the 996)

Since the biggest time part of the shifter install for me was removing and re-installing the rear center console, you might want to pull off the center console, swap shifters with the one from your 987 (assuming it fits), leave the center console out while you install the B&M kit on your 996 housing, which sounds like a known fit, then swap them again when you have all the surgery done

[tmc]

Ok just tried it, and the short answer is YES the 997 and 996 "shift tower" are identical.

Nice to have a short throw shifter in the 996....... :D

Edited September 19, 2006 by tmc