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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 11:48 PM
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Metal shift ***** a bad idea?

I know that the shifter area usually gets decently hot, so would an all metal shift **** be a bad idea right? I was looking at the voodoo ***** but I know the heat transfer will be killer.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:03 AM
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Ya, I'd think it would get pretty hot
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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yup, i could feel the metal ring below my shifter today, since it is nearing summer the damn thing was near burning my finger so i wouldn't suggest a metal shift ****...
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:29 AM
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I have a Voodoo shift **** and like it alot. It screws on and does not use set screws which caused my MOMO shift **** to come loose a couple of times. A metal shift **** will get hot/cold with the weather. It is not that bad but, it is uncomfortable till it cools down (makes you shift faster). It does not seem to heat up while driving, just from sitting in the sun.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:35 AM
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mine doesthat too its a solid steel **** and i just put a clean sock over it when i know itll be in the sun or just throw a shirt on it and it keeps it from baking, itll be about as warm as your dash, not killer, just warm.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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I have a Silver aluminum Sparco ****. It was a bad idea... I have to keep a rag or something to cover it up with when I park..
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:00 AM
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Black leather is a bad idea too! In only 70º weather when I park for long periods of time my shift **** is BURNING by the time I get back in. Same with my steering wheel -_-
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:02 AM
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i have a aluminium rotor shift **** i made in high school a while ago, it doesnt get hot from driving, but if it's in direct sunlight it can get pretty hot...now that im used to it i wouldnt consider trading it for any other shift ****
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:13 AM
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i had an aluminum shiftknob in my old integra, i had to put a glove on the damn thing cause it got so hot
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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Yea, it's a bad idea, I pulled in a car at work with a metal shift **** that had been sitting in the sun a few hours. I put on a glove so I could drive it in and I could still feel the heat through the glove.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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yeah mine only gets hot when it's in direct sunlight so i keep a wrist band on it in the summertime. the first time it got hot i couldn't touch the thing and had to use the shirt i was wearing.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:21 AM
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iv noticed too that the metal ones that have lights in them tend to die because the heat fries their circut board, so those are a bad idea, ive replaced em twice befor switching to solid metal
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 37FC3S
I have a Voodoo shift **** and like it alot. It screws on and does not use set screws which caused my MOMO shift **** to come loose a couple of times. A metal shift **** will get hot/cold with the weather. It is not that bad but, it is uncomfortable till it cools down (makes you shift faster). It does not seem to heat up while driving, just from sitting in the sun.
You can do like I did, take a piece of pipe that fits snugly in the MOMO shift ****, JB Weld it in the ****, and tap it to thread on the stock shifter.. Works like a charm..
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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I thought about doing something like that to the MOMO shift **** but, decided to spend the $30 for a round Voodoo shift **** instead. The first time the MOMO came loose was while I was at a track day and on the track.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:00 PM
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doesn't anybody like to keep the stock shift ****?
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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nope, its 15 years old and worn out in almost all cases
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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Hot ****

i have a greddy all aluminum shift **** I made Fit!!! on my maZda speed short shifter and shince its a bout an inch shorter it gets hot really hot i too throw something over it butim glad i work graveyard i would hate to drive with a hot ****!
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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I was considering the black voodoo ****, maybe not...
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Gadget
nope, its 15 years old and worn out in almost all cases
I've had 5 of them and they've all been in perfect condition every one. What do the voodoo shift ***** look like?
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:46 PM
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I watch in hilarity every time my friend burns his hand on his metal Greddy shiftknob in his 300ZX, so I'd steer clear of a metal ****. (shift **** that is, u sickos.) Course his cars black/black leather, which doesnt help heating up of the car as a whole...
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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Just get some racing gloves. lol
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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I bought the MazdaSpeed short shifter and I couldn't afford a ****, I run without one! It isn't bad at all. The shifters actually have rubber inside the two pieces and it helps insulate the heat pretty well so most of it doesn't even make it up to the top half of the stick.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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i have the greddy shift ****. i have been fine driving it in the summer and in the heat. it doesnt get hot at all. the only time i hated driving it was when i drove it in the winter that thing got so cold.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gerbraldy
doesn't anybody like to keep the stock shift ****?
if it didn't peel like crazy.
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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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This one is like mine. Check out the other designs here http://www.teamvoodoo.com/Voodoo/*****.html
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