Hello Everyone,

Some of you may have heard of our products or used our services in the past. For those of you who have not, we would like to introduce ourselves to the NAM community. We are TyrolSport, a European car specialty shop located in New York City. We have been in business for 12 years, focusing on performance products and upgrades for VW/Audi/Porsche/Mini/BMW. Our revolutionary Mini products include our R56 Front Mount Intercooler and R50/R53 Rigid Caliper Sliders. We are now introducing a new member to our product line, the R56 Shift Rx.



TyrolSport strives to set itself apart from other products in the marketplace. Our Billet Shortshifter holds true to this philosophy, and once again our R&D team has delivered. Our design goals for the Shift Rx were the following:

1. Develop the highest quality product by using CAD development and modernized production processes

2. Create a short shifter that is easy to install using simple hand tools without a lift

3. Modify the shift feel as well as decreasing the shift throw

4. Allow for the modification to be easily reversible

5. Manufacture, prototype and final production components utilizing 100% American labor and materials

Our design process spanned two years, and included numerous prototypes of different design, construction, and function. Our design incorporated a water-jetted spline for our new shifter, which fits with greater precision than anything we could have in a casting (and even better than the OEM part!). In addition, the simpler two dimensional shift arm further empowered the engineering team to feature a dual-adjustable fulcrum by creating dual stud locations for end user adjustment.

Features from the final prototype include a through-cut TyrolSport logo as well as a hard-black anodizing to ensure years of corrosion resistance and quality appeal. The included lift-lever is laser cut 303 stainless steel and is assembled in-house at our shop in New York City.

The results:

20 minute installation

Adjustable 15% or 40% shift throw reduction

Motorsport inspired shift feel

Street and track tested

Created, prototyped and manufactured in the USA

The TyrolSport ShiftRx fits every manual transmission equipped Cooper and Cooper S R55, R56, R57 up until 8/2009 production

The TyrolSport Shift Rx is now on sale. We are offering an introductory sale from now until the end of Minis on the Dragon May 6th and is available here

 

I wanted one of these but the cost was high and I didn't want the interior all tore up .

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-want-one.html

Maybe yours would be the nuts
I like your intercooler too.

 

Any idea where the price point will be?

 

Intro pricing is going to be sub $200. We will be offering an introductory sale as soon as the first production parts arrive

 

(how much trouble is the install?)

 

To get to the shifter: remove the 8mm screw holding down the coolant expansion tank, roll out of the way. remove the intake snorel (tube from front grille to air box). With the snorkel out, it is a matter of swapping over the cables and factory parts .

Directions are not yet publicized as the images do not contain the final production piece (only difference is the black anodizing and through-cut logo).

 

Spy photo:

 

I'll take your Intercooler too!

my refund money is burning a hole in my pocket

 

That inter cooler looks sick. Please post pictures of this product, installed on a MCS.

 

I got the intercooler last year, it fit like a glove, and performs amazing!! I will definately be getting the shifter kit too. Top notch work.
Thank u guys!!

Quick question: will this work in combination with cravenspeed's shift kit too? Or will it be to much?

 

Yes, this will work when combined with short-shifters that install in-console. If the shift throw is adjusted on your Craven shifter, you will be able to achieve a desirable setting with both products combined.

 

More can be seen here:
http://www.tyrolsport.com/index.php?...iniFMIC_detail

 

Interestingly, and conceptually similar to the short-shift kit that's installed in my Mazda 5. Looks like a good solution!

 

Any updates?

 

Final assemblies should be arriving this week! We will post a few pics as soon as they are in our hands. NAM will be the first to know

 

I don't need this, but I do want it. I think I will need to lay out some cash and do this modification as well. I be been wanting to do this for some time and have been holding off.

 

...maybe this week? I'm really looking forward to this.

 

next week free beer

 

The shift arms are currently out for anodizing, the production run has been completed. In the meantime we have been welding up the lift levers :





These are press-fit and TIG fused for added durability. All 304 Stainless components and assembled in-house

Final assemblies are coming
Thanks for all the support!

 

Our manufacturer pulled one shift arm and overnighted it while the rest of the run heads to anodizing:







It's beginning to look a lot like shift-mas!

 

Looks great, seems like really nice quality from the pictures!

 

ordered the shifter and the IC

no more cool stuff please

 

I ordered the shifter yesterday. Can't wait!

 

Ordered this morning. Is there a wait time prior to shipping out or are these ready to go?

 

Parts are in the mail