nah i dont think theres any difference but the name, i have a "type R" brand short shifter that i bought for 20 bucks and ive had it on for about 6 months and i never had any problems with it. i dont think the shifter itself were to break if you shift hard. if you shift hard enough to break the shifter then i think you might have messed up something in the gearbox as well. i wouldnt shift that hard even if i had a skunk2 one either, thats just dumb and you're more likely to do something harmfull to the gearbox