Heck, All along I thought it was so I'd stop crushing the stock shifter knob.

 

Californium is the only way to go - warm to the touch and glows in the dark. Heavy too!!

2x6spds

 

I've been looking for one made of that "turbonium" stuff that Volkswagen has been using in the new beetle. Anyone know where I can get a shift knob made of that junk?

 

I love this board!!!!!!!!!

One last thought... When I replaced my Stock shift knob on my old Miata with a lighter MOMO one, I noticed that the shifting action didn't feel as good. It was the weight I was missing. It did make a difference in shift feel, the shifter seemed to snick easier with the heavier knob. I sold the MOMO, and bought a '99 OEM knob since it was roughly the same weight but shaped better than the '97.

Andrew

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2kRob
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by Black99Coupe
[b]The advantage of Ti is in its strength to weight ratio.

 

I bought my Ti shift knob for just one reason. Back in October, on the old board, gregstevens said to. No kidding!

Now that I have the Ti shift boot trim and Ti cup cover trim, you'd think I'd show off the Ti shift knob. But not me. I keep the Ti one protected with Rick's leather shift knob condom.



Barry

[Edited by Barry WY Silver/Black '01 on 02-26-2001 at 09:00 PM]

 

could it be possible that honda's knob is a sintered ti part??in quantity they could be pretty cheap and indistinguishable from a billet part that would end up with lots of waste material...plus the oem ti part seems to have some sort of surface finish...i don't think we're seeing the actual material surface...anybody out there polish a stock knob????

 

on a side note - the *primary* reason that Ti bike frames are so damned expensive is not material cost. building frames from Ti is *very* (VERY) difficult and very (*VERY*) unforgiving of any failure or error or deviation). domestic, russian, japanese, european... tube set source is basically a fractional change in cost.

a little background... i used to race (crit and time trial for the most part). one of the other riders on the team ended up as a senior frame builder for Fat City. after the sale/implosion there, he went to Merlin (one of the best Ti fabricators out there). since then i've sat through some truly epic discourses on the difficulties of fabricating with Ti.

oddly enough, since then i've had a couple discussion on a similar vein with some ex-Electric Boat employees about Ti fabrication on subs (some *weird* and very cool shit going on there).

of course, all this is irrelevent when it comes to the shift knob in the S2000 (grin).

[Edited by malachi on 02-26-2001 at 09:31 PM]

 

Funny some of you are getting a ti knob because it weighs MORE than the AL one. 'Cause ti products on bikes, etc. are usually lighter than the original ya see...anyway I think it's kinda funny! So should I put helium in my tires to offset the extra weight of the ti knob? I know, old joke.

 

Black/black, titanium has some really great uses which depend on its strength for weight, not just its weight. For example, in backpacking titanium cooking kits and titanium tent pegs weigh about the same as aluminum cook kits and aluminum tent pegs, but are much stronger than the aluminum counterparts. The titanium equipment is lighter and stronger than steel, but not lighter than aluminum.

For the shift knob, the added weight is supposed to enhance the feel of the shift. I don't know because I've never tried the aluminum one.

Like I said before. Good enough for gregstevens is good enough for me.

Barry