Sun shades are your friend.

 

i have the stock shift **** and love it! altho if something else came up that was superior i'd have a go at that...but the stock one is just so perfect

 

does it get hot at all from the shifter?

 

Honestly, I don't think I'd ever change out the stock shift ****. It's the best shift **** I've ever had in any car, it's really comfortable to shift with, and you can throw it around pretty quick when shifting fast.

 

yup I have my stock one too!

 

Nope, I hate the stock shift ****, it sits nearly 1" higher than my Momo **** and the shift throw is longer with it compared to my Momo Airleather. As soon as I can get a Shortshifter that shifts like my WRX with a Shorthshifter, Ill be happy

 

Well nobody is mentioning that if you have your Cat removed the heat transfer is much less.

 

I have the same one. Gets hot from the sun, but not from driving. I need to throw a sock or something over it. My stock steering wheel gets just as hot, so use that as a reference if you're worried about it.

 

OK, so since we're on the subject, Is M12X1.25 the correct thread pitch for an S4 shifter?

 

LED Lights + FC = RICE

 

omg...you guys sound like my wife! "your shift **** is too hot!" , "Your shift **** is too cold!" Yes they get hot, and they get cold...big deal...they cool off/warm up in a few minutes. Toughen up a little

 

I believe that's the thread size of shifters in FD/S5/Miata (and many other cars). S4 should be M12x1.5 (which I could not find anything on the internet that has the same size, couldn't even find any ***** that would fit). I had to drill and tap my voodoo **** to fit my S4 shifter, not a big deal.

 

well, damn. that's the one size that voodoo dosn't have. Guess it's tap and drill time.

 

I have my stock shifter and it's still like brand new, Hate the S4 steering wheel though..

 

When you buy the Mazdaspeed short throw kit, what thread size do you need then? I figure it's probably different than the stock S4 thread and pitch. Thanks in advance guys.

Zach

 

Ditto

 

you know you could just get some leather driving gloves

 

What you crazy man?!?!

No really, I have the stocker too, just haven't found anything that screms out to me, and the stock one works damn well. MAybe if I was using the car as a track car/DD then maybe I'd have a shorty. But for the day to day, I don't want to have to force the thing around.


I wonder if my tranny is about to blow, or something else? cause it gets so damn hot , just from driving. In about 20-30 minutes of stop and go the damn car is cooking. And I don't redline it every gear either( actually have never redlined it in every gear) The whole center console cooks, and it's not just because of the Angry South Florida sun. I know that black leather gets damn hot in the sun, but as someone else said before, that's what sun shades are for!( and If there's space to keep one in a vert, then there's space in all the 7's for one!) There is a noticible difference from sun hot and tranny cooking hot. The tranny heat comes up and through everything, you can feel it all around the center console. If you feel the boot, or anything right next to it, it's damn hot, almost too hot to touch.
But that nice Stock shifter just stays nice and warm. Not a biggie though, but I am getting my tranny flushed out next week.
Prevention is better than a Cure.


And I can't afford a new tranny now!

|M|

 

I have yet to find anything that beats an old school wood ball.
Easy to grip, sensitive, not too much inertia, stays cool, can be drilled to fit tight & sit low on the shift lever.

Here it is on my previous NA.
That's a short piece of heater hose covering the metal ring & set screw.



The same **** migrated to the turbo.

 

Tranny running hot? - switch to synthetic gear oil...

 

I have a stock shift ****- in my closet!

I run a metal one, and the calluses from repetetive wankeling have made me immune to the heat...

 

what kind of coating do you have on that badboy?

 

Sounds to me like someone is due to replace the rubber boots around their shifter. That will fix the heat coming up problem that you'r ehaving.. Fair warning though, it's like 60 or 70 bucks to get the boots!

To keep on task, I have a metal **** in the Miata, and I love it.. Once I get my Miata shift kit, then i'm going to get a metal **** for the 7.

 

I've had metal shifters on all my cars and never had a problem. You all must be pansies...

 

Metal is heavy, I use the stock S4 plastic one on a cut down stock shift rod.