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When you adjust the cables in the back; you need to make sure you take the cable play and actuator play into the account. You have to be very precise to zero out to be in the middle of that play for both when you select your point where you set and tighten...Easier to do if you are looking straight at the actuator, which means plastic pan out.

 

I did it with the whole big plastic pan under the car off, and diffuser off... just so I can look at the actuator perpendicular (or close to). You do have a better look from the front side of the rear lower frame bit...
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In the pic the pan is on, but just wanted to show what I mean...

 

In any case if the shifting gets worse when hot, the shift cable to adjust is the lower cable at the actuator (which rotates the actuator shaft). At the cabin end, it is the cable which attaches to the "triangle" on the left, corresponding to the sideways movement of the shifter.

 

But George, isn't the cable your referring to the main one to focus on for ease of going into gear adjustment? The other cable is for forward and back which how far your in gear is the easiest to adjust if I'm correct

 

Hi Lorenzo, that is correct. The shifter front-back movement is easy to adjust, the side to side is the difficult one. The point here is that the shifting can be perfect when cold, but if it gets worse when warm (due to transmission metal expansion) - it most likely means that the original adjustment was not done correctly and further, small side-to-side adjustment is needed.

 

Nicely done..Looking forward to the updates.

 

Good choose of mod! If you we I'll do the carbon inserts like the scuderia, I have a brand new set laying