"1)  What does it actually do to reduce the travel of the shifter?

2)  One listmember posted that the 2-3 shift was not reduced so much.
I'd think that's where it would pay off the most.  But I don't know
which kit he had used, or if it would matter."

Tom,
It lengthens the shifter UNDER the fulcrum point, so the net result is a
shorter "throw" at the knob in your hand. Changes nothing from the bottom of
the Berg add-on rearward.

I think it does shorten the 2 to 3 throw, but not as noticeably as the 1 to
2 and 3 to 4. Which makes sense, since those two are linear and the 2 to 3
is both linear and lateral. I notice that R to Granny in my van is also a
shorter throw.

Bob Stevens
'87 Westy Syncro
"Passion Fruit"