if only i have time and money. i would try to fit the b&m style short shifter for the FD in our car.
i think those thing totally eliminate the bushing right?

 

FD trannies have a different turret than FC's.

 

couldnt you just redrill the holes?

 

I have not looked in detail at the B&M unit, since the only pictures I have seen are online. I would think that it can be retrofitted, but without physically being able to mess with it, I can only guess.

I currently have a design of an FC bushingless shifter in prototype, and it is TIGHT. Ever driven a Ferarri and felt their gated shifters? This feels better.

 

well hurry up with it

 

+1

 

i'm seriously contemplating this.

 

I already comtemplated and bought the damn thing LOL DAMN YOU EBAY once again!!

 

Got mine today and installed wow its shorter then a midget in the nba i mean damn its pretty sweet install is pretty straight forward just gotta sand the nylon like Karack said

Karack do you know if i took the weight part at the top off you how it unscrews if i could put my **** on the lower half?

 

Haha ...you said "****"

 

bet your *** i did

 

mr fuzzy your avatar is making me crave some sushi ..

and i think this is a great thread ... i want a short shifter, and this budget is right up my alley ...

so all i need is
1 the ebay shifter
2 new set of bushings (even though mine are fine, they are so cheap i might as well change them out)
3 and a shift **** to screw on? earlier in the thread it mentions that you had to buy a new **** ... how much did that cost and where did you get it from ?

 

I got the Mazdatrix SS in my vert. The shift makes me feel like I am playing a video game. Its short and no slop at all. Once you get used to the feel it works out great. I dont like the sloppy feel or the long throws anymore. Its nice and precise, but $200 was pretty steep. I had to buy bushings anyway so I opted for the SS.

AR

 

Only problem i have so far is that the weight section keeps comming unscrewed and its rattling but thats easily fixt

 

What can i use to make the stock **** fit? would duct tape work? everytime i see duct tape on the shifter it doesnt turn out well

 

dude dont use ducket tape, just get a miata shifter from ebay or something..

the only complant i have about this miata short throw shifter is the damn high picthed rattle at certian rpms other than that its a BIG saver so i think its worth the noise

 

sorry i haven't done the writeup yet, i've just been too busy to get around to it, hopefully soon though.


yes, i know it is only a 10 minute job too...

 

Not everyone feels like blowing the $300 on a MazdaSpeed short shifter like me eh?

Too bad, don't know what you're missing.

 

missing a couple hundred bucks out of your wallet i would assume...


ask anyone who has felt my shifter on their feelings of it.

 

well i didnt miss the 230 savings for the same thing.. miata short throw shifter is identicle to the others from what i've observed from pictures.

 

heh, i'm sure a Ferrari conventional shifter is awesome, but never tried one out (lol, i wish!).
best shifter i have ever felt though is the one in the Honda S2000. damn thing feels so precise and it just "clinks" into position. what a sweet 6 speed, too bad i didn't get to drive it...

anyways, it'd be awesome to see a custom-made shifter Aaron, let us know how that goes!

Karack, good job on trying this out

- Aaron

 

The shifter is going well. I broke my prototype in stress testing, and will be making a new one later this week after I pick up some more welding wire.

 

I just bought one off of ebay I have been looking for a while and this is definitly the way to go. Short shifters cost waay too much for the FC 2000 to 300 ***** that hehe. This is the way to go.

 

shift **** what?

 

hehe, stress testing. for some reason i have a picture of you going crazy on the shifter with the car in park, lol!

well i guess you don't want that to break while driving, that would be scary! haha, just falls off in your hand...