Short Shift ????
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There ae some people on E-bay selling what is basically a ripoff of the Mazdatrix short shifter... but it will still cost you aboiut 160 bucks.
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I just cut the stock lever about 1" shorter.
Then I drilled a wood shift ball so it would fit tight & sit low on the lever.
A short piece of heater hose cover the hot steel lever.
The throw distance ends up about the same as a short shifter.
Here is my current console:
Then I drilled a wood shift ball so it would fit tight & sit low on the lever.
A short piece of heater hose cover the hot steel lever.
The throw distance ends up about the same as a short shifter.
Here is my current console:
Originally Posted by YearsOfDecay
There ae some people on E-bay selling what is basically a ripoff of the Mazdatrix short shifter... but it will still cost you aboiut 160 bucks.
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Ya know Higgi... why don't you just send me a parts list so i don't keep stepping on your dick when i post!!!!!! 
Cutting the shifter down is the Ghetto way to do it, but it does shorten the lenght of travel, but it will make it a bit harder to shift. I'm actually thinking about cutting the shaft on my Mazdatrix Ssort Shifter and re-machining it to accept the stock shifter.
PS...... OH MY GOD IS THAT A CB??????????????????????????????????? :O
Cutting the shifter down is the Ghetto way to do it, but it does shorten the lenght of travel, but it will make it a bit harder to shift. I'm actually thinking about cutting the shaft on my Mazdatrix Ssort Shifter and re-machining it to accept the stock shifter.
PS...... OH MY GOD IS THAT A CB??????????????????????????????????? :O
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Seduced by the DARK SIDE
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From: Orange Park FL (near Jax)
Originally Posted by YearsOfDecay
PS...... OH MY GOD IS THAT A CB??????????????????????????????????? :O
If I push the radio to 10 watts & overdrive the linear, it broadbands enough to talk to nearby cops.
(Anonymous transmission) " Did you see how fast that Honda was going? "
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Originally Posted by Gatlin
I love that wood ball, that's awesome. I've always wanted to use wood in my car somehow. And it would wear nicely over time!
The only problem is, they come with a #10-32 set screw.
Drilling the wood to fit the shift lever threads & retapping the set screw to 1/4-20 makes it real solid.
Last edited by SureShot; Oct 15, 2004 at 12:33 PM.
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Shortie shifter demonstration video.
91 NA, electric pump for aux ports & VDI, full dual exhaust, 225/50-15's on the back.
link to 2M video
91 NA, electric pump for aux ports & VDI, full dual exhaust, 225/50-15's on the back.
link to 2M video
Last edited by SureShot; Oct 15, 2004 at 12:41 PM.
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Odd. everyone asks me if I have a short shifter. I just used a S5 GTU **** and rod (huh huh) and put it into my TII tranny. There are some ***** where the thread is at the top of the **** itself. So it goes down alot. I'll show a pic of mine.
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