anybody have a good short throw shifter. i was thinking of getting the mazdatrix sts but it says something about them rattling somtimes. any info helps

 

SEARCH!!! there are hundreds of threads about this...check the archives. i was reading a thread earlier about this...

 

i bought one from a friend of mine...now if u can do this urself it will be nice but if u cant then i suggest u buy one from a site....any way he went and got a s5 shifter cut it down and rethreaded it....the throw is definately shorter then what my stock shifter was and its got good weight to it....u got to cut the shifter down bout a inch or 2 and thread it and it comes out nice...

 

there is a write up on here somewhere on how to do it. it works


It is not as easy as cutting down the stick and re-threading it - this will not work as it does not change the fulcrum point on the gear shift

 

i found a thread that a miata short shifter will fit in the fc's and the throw on then is much shorter and the physical size is shorter
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...99#post4587699

 

Okay, since you were unable to see this link at the top of the second gen section,
I`ll move it down where you CAN see it

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...wpost&t=445801

I have this shifter installed since last friday everything works well and the writup is SUPURBE (yea Karak) . As for the rattle Its just a matter of removing a very small amount of metal with a file/grinder/dremal to stop it. Every shifter/car is unique.

My advice it buy this shifter kit and follow the writeup.

 

trust me my throw is shorter....i have it....lol



maybe he did more then i knew.....ill ask him when i c him...

 

I have a mazdatrix SS and never rattles...