Best Short Shifter
09-06-04, 11:37 PM
#1
No money. No love.
Thread Starter
iTrader: (12)
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SACRAMENTO
Posts: 2,807
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Best Short Shifter
Hey, I am sick and tired of this stock long throw shifter. It's 6" I belive. I have driven cars that have a throw of about 2" and loved them. I searched these forums and the net. All I found was the mazdatrixs short shifter and some other generic brand. Are there anymore? I heard C's makes them, but have never found any. Please help!
-Nick
-Nick
09-06-04, 11:44 PM
#3
Full Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Upstate Ny
Posts: 66
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I got mine from mazda racing http://www.mazdaracing.com/
I LOVE IT... its a compleate kit.. easy to install... what a diff it made more me.
Some people say its a lil too short. but I differ on that one. I think its perfect. Somthing like 60% less throw... it says on the site
I LOVE IT... its a compleate kit.. easy to install... what a diff it made more me.
Some people say its a lil too short. but I differ on that one. I think its perfect. Somthing like 60% less throw... it says on the site
09-07-04, 12:57 AM
#4
Clogged cat
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 2,000
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
search on mazdaracing 1st tho, seems that a few people had problems with them.
b&m doesnt make one for the FC.
the mazdatrix one is pretty good tho, I have it.
b&m doesnt make one for the FC.
the mazdatrix one is pretty good tho, I have it.
Trending Topics
09-07-04, 03:33 PM
#10
Full Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: SF BAY AREA
Posts: 180
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What are you basing your comparison on sunshine?
I'm just curious on what makes one shifter better than the other.
I have a C's, and love it, so I'm curious as to how the Mazdaspeed one is better.
Oh, one tip for people getting short shifters, get the ones for the S5, even if you have a S4, cos this makes getting shift ***** much easier, and more varieties.
I'm just curious on what makes one shifter better than the other.
I have a C's, and love it, so I'm curious as to how the Mazdaspeed one is better.
Oh, one tip for people getting short shifters, get the ones for the S5, even if you have a S4, cos this makes getting shift ***** much easier, and more varieties.
09-07-04, 03:35 PM
#11
Originally Posted by sunshine
in order from best:
Mazdaspeed
C's
Mazdatrix
Higgitrix
Mazdaracing
Mazdaspeed
C's
Mazdatrix
Higgitrix
Mazdaracing
I think you have that backwards.
Mazdaracing is the best.(although I don't know about the "C's" I have never seen specs on it.
I have a mazdaracing unit. Its wonderfull. I didn't have any trouble with them at all.
Santiago
09-07-04, 05:34 PM
#12
88 TII = Action Bills
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Berkeley, Ca
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Im all set to get an S5 Mazdatrix one myself (especially since I have an RX8 **** already)
Ive always heard they were the best to get, but then Mazdatrix is the only one I know of thats reasonably priced outside of Mazdaspeeds
Ive always heard they were the best to get, but then Mazdatrix is the only one I know of thats reasonably priced outside of Mazdaspeeds
09-07-04, 05:36 PM
#13
Nothin But a G Thang
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 1,213
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
if your still using the stock shifter or even not, make sure to replace all those damn rubber bushings, they get worn out and make the shifter feel like ****. its a night and day difference with new bushings compared to extremly worn or non-existant bushigns. thats about all the experience with shifters i have to offer.
09-07-04, 06:19 PM
#16
Crazy Potter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 78
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i put a mazdaracing shortshifter in my 88' TurboII and if you were racing and wannted to shift fast it would grind going into second i still have it but went back to stock shifter and have no problems
09-07-04, 08:07 PM
#22
No money. No love.
Thread Starter
iTrader: (12)
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SACRAMENTO
Posts: 2,807
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mazdatrix says their's reduces throw 40% and mazdaspeed says their's reduces 60% and some1 posted that the mazdaspeed has the least amount of play so I might go with teh mazdaspeed one if I can't find the C's SS kit.
09-07-04, 08:25 PM
#25
Wait................What?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Raleigh/Cary, NC - USA
Posts: 521
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mine has absolutely NO play. None. It moves MAYBE 1.5" from side to side (1/2-3/4) and shifts VERY nicely. This may have more to do with your actual tranny/bushings and the such... but mine is not sloppy/slacky at all.