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Old 01-25-10, 05:39 AM
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^Sure, the next time we have a meet and I am in California. Just remind me and we'll work something out.
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Originally Posted by 80's old school
Dunno if it is original. Fits my hand well and has a heavy weighted feel!!! Don't you just love those long sticked 79-80 shifters!!??? Don't sell me no short shifter!!!
Someone told me my shift **** is from a Miata. I dunno...feels good. I also have done the 4 speed to 5 speed swap.... oh my how nice!
Old 01-26-10, 08:00 PM
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i probably own the cheapest one out of everyone it sucks, it really does nothing as far as feel or grip, it spins around and falls off on hard shifts but i think it looks great...and it used to look better :P



and in case you don't know what it is, it used to look something like this:

http://www.bitwisegifts.com/page/bg/...na-*****/12606

i really should go back to stock for SOOOOO many reasons, but its always cool to open up the secondaries look down and see a little devil smiling at you
Old 01-26-10, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeezus
Ah, much better pictures now. Here is the honda ****:



Honda on left, stock on right:



In the first picture you can see a crease in the shifter boot of where it originally was stock, and now the new "crease" is about 1/2 inch lower.
well here is where i put my honda shift ***

Old 02-11-10, 04:03 AM
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WTF some1 deleted my post... Here's a better pic of my RAZO.
again...

Here is a Stock NA35 Miata SHift ****. I use an Ebay $20 miata short shifter. Yes they work perfectly and it has for 5 years now.
Old 02-11-10, 08:26 AM
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Here is mine... Grant Corsa GT, it matches the wheel. The second pic is before the Rotary Shack shifter. So much nicer not having that awful Mack Shifter




Old 02-28-10, 01:30 PM
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Thumbs up At Long, Long Last...

"At last, my arm is complete again!"

After many a false start, false alarm, and a number of abandoned auctions, I have finally scored my car's heart's desire...



Haven't even tried it out yet, as my carb is once again in bits across my workbench, trying to find the cause of that god-bedamned post-shutdown flood.
Old 02-28-10, 08:19 PM
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Congrats ..... screwing that on must have been like a smoker that hasn't had one for a month
Old 03-04-10, 04:17 AM
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hey Glenn! Nice find! Happy you added one more original bit to your lovely SA. Now we have to find you a leather one....

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Old 03-04-10, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ray green
The only way to go:





That looks exactly like mine--even though mine is connected to a S5 TII transmission.

Old 03-04-10, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 80's old school
Dunno if it is original. Fits my hand well and has a heavy weighted feel!!! Don't you just love those long sticked 79-80 shifters!!??? Don't sell me no short shifter!!!
wow that is nice! stock? can i ft this on my 82?
Old 03-04-10, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
"At last, my arm is complete again!"

After many a false start, false alarm, and a number of abandoned auctions, I have finally scored my car's heart's desire...

Haven't even tried it out yet, as my carb is once again in bits across my workbench, trying to find the cause of that god-bedamned post-shutdown flood.
I see you finally got one that looks good. Where did you score it at? Ebay?
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
I see you finally got one that looks good. Where did you score it at? Ebay?
Yeah; paid more than I'd care to admit, but since our new friend that was parting the 79 out just up and vanished halfway through his sale, I just wasn't going to let a nice one go by. Too darned hard to find!
Old 03-11-10, 05:14 PM
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crappy picture. RX-8 six speed

Old 03-12-10, 03:26 AM
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-8's ***** are certainly cool. Heft and weight is big surprise! Like a paper weight! Pleasant surprise to have the threads match our 7s!! Found this 5-speed version in Europe, where the base model comes with a 5-speed. Occasionally load it up on the shift for a drive - goes nice with the -8 seats... then its back to the old-skule SA leather


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I've taken a couple drives with my "correct" shift **** in place now. After having just gotten used to the heavy-weight S5 **** I bought last summer, it is surprisingly light and agile.
Old 03-12-10, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 7aull
-8's ***** are certainly cool. Heft and weight is big surprise! Like a paper weight! Pleasant surprise to have the threads match our 7s!! Found this 5-speed version in Europe, where the base model comes with a 5-speed. Occasionally load it up on the shift for a drive - goes nice with the -8 seats... then its back to the old-skule SA leather


Stu Aull
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I need to find one!!!
Old 03-14-10, 03:49 PM
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lol @ the thread being tagged openshot


oh and to stay on topic here's a picture of my favorite **** in my collection. RE-Amemiya "personal hotness". Its grey, but the heat from your hand makes it change color to black where your hand sits over time, and after a while of not using it the grey color easily comes back.
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Old 10-13-10, 12:35 AM
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Just recently, I found out that my OE shift **** from a '95 miata fits on my FB! its in better condition than the one that was originally in there, and its counter-weighted too! woo! So, I guess shift ***** for the NA miata's fit on FB RX7's too.. interesting.. Oh, I have a '82 GS btw.
Old 10-13-10, 08:30 AM
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Team Voodoo ****, magnum, polished. The best **** ever, simple, gives that short throw feeling without the short throw price. I had one in every one of my cars.
Old 10-13-10, 10:19 AM
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Momo

Old 10-13-10, 12:48 PM
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Got a new **** last month don't mid the rusty floor or saggy shift boot in the 2nd pic haha

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This thread is also more proof that Mazda did a ****-poor job of engineering for the the proper fitment of the shifter boots.

Almost everyone's here has fallen out of place or is just kind "thrown into the hole"

We really need to come up with a permanent fix that looks great, without having to drill holes and what-not.

Perhaps some kind of Billet ring? IDK.
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old school 1960's mazda logo:



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Originally Posted by Directfreak
Momo

This the same one I have. I like it a lot, but it does transfer the heat a little more than I would like.

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