Hey there....

Is it really worth it to get a short shift kit or is like your appendix....your body works with but it can do with out it.....the stock shift feels ok to me but i was just curious about the short one.....if is any better could u recommend what type and where to find the best deal on one.....Thanx

Damian

 

trust me get one they are worth it I love mine don't know how I ever got by without it. Don't pay the extra money for the Mazdaspeed one get the one at Mazdatrix it is the same as the Mazdaspeed one but about $100 cheaper

http://www.mazdatrix.com

 

whats so great about them? i would probably get one for comfort because right now i grab the shifter in the middle usually.

 

dont they rattle at high revs? i heard some bad things about them...which one is the best application for a 90 N/A?

 

I have a mazdatrix shortshifter on my 90 NA and it is great. At mazdatrix they have a big article about the rattle that some people have a problem with and they show that it is car specific, and not shifter specific. In other words if you put a new shifter in your car and it rattles it will rattle no matter what shifter you put in it...the rattle is comming fromo the car not the shifter, and so if you have a rattling shifter and you cant stand it and you return it, and get a new one and put it in, it will still rattle becaus eit is from the car and not the shifter. SO the rattling issue is all about the car an dnot the shifter. My mazdatrix shifter in my car is tight and has zero rattle, even if I'm holding it at 7500 RPM in 2nd gear. I love it, it feels very solid and the throw is reduced from 6 inches to 3 inches, I topped mine with a MOMO carbon and aluminum **** and it is VERY nice. Get one. Mazdaspeed is 280 but mazdatrix is only 180 and it comes with teh new bushings and the new pivot cuff.

 

Thanx man.....I'll check it out....

 

i also have the mazdatrix one ..i love it and it doesnt rattle at all. but like as said its car specific and not the shifter.

 

if you can stand the way the shifter is right now, I'd say keep it. at least for now. That's $200 that could best be spent somewhere else.

 

is it possible to make one yourself?
there was a thread about this a while ago
it can't be THAT hard....

 

my stock one gets the jitters at high rpms, but of course i have the oldest, most worn bushings this side of the rio grande.

 

Why are there so many worn bushings in Rio Grande?










I'm kidding.

 

opk this is what u do if u want a quick short shifter
u just take out that little nuth on the top of the shifter buy a different dhifter *** and screw it all the way down and wala u got a short shifter

 

and vibration is not there as well

 

Oh ya... it'll still be there.... ohh..... ya.....

Vibration means you need new bushings.

A shorter **** just means a shorter throw... but still the same amount of arc, so it doesn't feel the same as a true short shifter at all.

 

nah u see the only reason u dont have vibration on a normal shifter is becouse a shifter has 2 peices to it and they are sperated by some rubbery stuff well if u just drop it like that u stil have the rubber stuff in between and a shorter shifter

 

I did this on my 88 GXL so I know for a fact it works on series 4s. Just unscrew your ****. Then get some vice grips and clamp down on the top part of the shifter. Then yank and turn and twist till it comes off. The shifter is actually 2 pieces glued together. Then get an aftermarket shifter that uses an allen wrench to tighten up and your done. It doesn't give you sooo much less of a throw, but it does feel lots better.

 

OUCH!