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Old 10-06-06, 11:04 PM
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Short Shifter

I cant find a short shifter for my 86 RX-7 GXL can someone give me a site that is possibly located in canada if not can i atleast have the site... i want to find one really bad, email it to me at thewindsuer@hotmail.com thanx
Old 10-06-06, 11:21 PM
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www.mazdatrix.com has s4 and s5 short shifter kits
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www.ebay.com also has shift kits.
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Some guys also use miata short shifters.
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i milled my stock one down. cut it and tapped it. not so bad as of yet
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homemade short throw

How far did u mill the stock one down? Did you just stick it in the lathe chop it off a bit and then redo the taper on the shifter till u had enough space to put a good amount of thread on? Also how much was the shift reduced?
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Originally Posted by dreadseb
How far did u mill the stock one down? Did you just stick it in the lathe chop it off a bit and then redo the taper on the shifter till u had enough space to put a good amount of thread on? Also how much was the shift reduced?

thats exactly what I did
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Originally Posted by alwayssideways
i milled my stock one down. cut it and tapped it. not so bad as of yet
pretty sure the poster was referrin to short throw...
not just shorten the height of the column..
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