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Jan 28, 2004 | 11:13 AM

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Another satisfied B & M user here.

Jan 28, 2004 | 11:46 AM

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Anyone know which shaft is shorter? Petit or rx7store...I would assume the Petit one.

-C

Jan 28, 2004 | 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by rotaryhardcore
Anyone know which shaft is shorter? Petit or rx7store...I would assume the Petit one.

-C

They are the same product. Read Jason's post on the first page.

Jan 28, 2004 | 12:35 PM

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Mahjik....what kind of shift **** is that? i love the aluminum ***** with either a cf center section or leather.

Jan 28, 2004 | 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by cowsniperRX7
I think it depends how good your motor mounts are and how your tranny moves around. If everything is solid in you're car its not going to make a big difference. In my car with over 100,000 miles on it I'm sure it would make a big difference.

I don't think my motor mounts and other stuff are stiff anymore, 109K miles, she's an old lady now,

still hanging pretty strong with the new compettitors.

Jan 28, 2004 | 01:04 PM

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Mahjik....what kind of shift **** is that? i love the aluminum ***** with either a cf center section or leather.

That's the Razo CF Weighted shift ****.

Jan 28, 2004 | 02:39 PM

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I love the mazda speed

Jan 28, 2004 | 04:03 PM

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I recall hearing that the B&M shortshifter comes w/ a 5th gear lockout mechanism when shiftin from 2nd to 3rd gear, thus making it impossible to break your 5th gear synchros...any truth to that?

Jan 28, 2004 | 06:13 PM

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I didnt hear about that.

The only shifter I hear that does the lock-outs is the STILLWAY Shifter, THAT ONE IS AWESOME, if I upgrade or even change thats my next one.

Jan 29, 2004 | 05:18 AM

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Mahjik,

Sorry about the stupid...I misread the quote under the photo.

The photo certainly answered my question about the height, thanks a bunch.

-C

Jan 29, 2004 | 05:30 AM

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Stillway shifter,

Does the Stillway version sit (high) up on top of the console? The seq. shifters I've seen look like some kind of gremlin on the console.

-C

Jan 29, 2004 | 06:02 AM

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No thats IKEYA your talking about rotaryhardcore.

The stillway is here

Jan 29, 2004 | 06:33 AM

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That definitely looks a lot better.

I wish I could put my RX-8 **** on it, sort of stupid reason not to get one though.

-C

Jan 29, 2004 | 07:00 AM

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stillway looks bad-***!!...i have the pettit....no complaints here....throws are very short and precise...a little notchier than stock, but in a good way....action feels very thick and heavy witht the stock ****....

Jan 29, 2004 | 11:30 AM

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love the mazda speed in mine. definately better from 2 to 3rd

Jan 29, 2004 | 12:09 PM

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Went with B&M found it for only 159.00 shipped on e-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEBWN%3AIT

Jan 29, 2004 | 05:21 PM

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Stillway is the best, but $$

The reason is, short shifter combined with lock out. For example.....

in 1st it will only let you shift into 2nd, in 2nd it will only let you shift into 3rd and so on.... OF COURSE there is a bypass, just pull up on the lock and you can shift into any gear you want.

Jan 29, 2004 | 08:46 PM

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Anyone have a picture of the Stillway installed in an FD? Just curious as to how bad-as* it looks...

-C

Jan 30, 2004 | 12:10 AM

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so will cutting and
rethreading the stock shifter lower provide any noticable differnence or just bling bling factor?

Jan 30, 2004 | 01:38 AM

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Pivot points change in short shifters.

Jan 30, 2004 | 10:59 AM

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cutting will lower the shift ****...but will not shorten the actuating throw....as said, the pivot point of a "short shifter" is higher up on the shaft, thus creating less leverage but shorter throws to accomplish the shift....