cutting shifter

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Originally Posted by bigjo5

LOL that will only make it harder for you to shift! haha

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i've tried it...its not that much harder unless you're cutting like 10cms of it off lol.

all in all thanks everyone for their input!

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Originally Posted by bigjo5

LOL that will only make it harder for you to shift! haha

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Think of why a truck steering wheel is soo big. < now put a go-kart steering wheel on the truck and see how easy it is to drive lol

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Originally Posted by Dy_

i've tried it...its not that much harder unless you're cutting like 10cms of it off lol.

all in all thanks everyone for their input!

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Yeah, my mates was so short, it was like just the ball above the plastic surround. It was harder, but it felt good harder. Felt solid, not like some grandma car.

Here my giant stick on my rolla

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...7042008002.jpg

Thats a legit golf ball

yoyo dy__, go to thangs garage in lansvale. they retread it for you for $10-$20 =) so yeh just anglegrind the motherFKKKER off and then retread it =) he did it for my car ages ago when the past idiot owner cut off too much so then i got sick and tired and just bought a real short shifter for cheap ^__^

The civic stick gets fatter as u go down. Thus u cant just rethread it.

Look at the pic of the rolla, same thing with the civic.

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

it will make the throw shorter and increase the effort needed.
So , your shifting will become more difficult. Less leverage.

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All short shifters will increase effort, cut or aftermarket.

To get into gear, you have to do the same work on the shift linkage (a force applied for a distance). Regardless of how you setup the lever, your left hand has to do the same ammount of work. No matter how you setup the lever, the shorter the distance the knob moves to change gear, the harder it will be to push.

The advantage of cut stock is less exhaust intrusion. My 3" exhaust has to hang quite low because of my ebay shifter.
The advantage of a aftermarket "double bend" is that they shifter sits at stock height. This means that the lower lever arm must be lengthened to decrease knob throw, causing it to hit your exhaust shielding or exhaust.
I have been using a $40 ebay shifter for the past 2 years. It is the worst of both worlds. Long lower throw, and short upper. Knob is lower than stock, and shift throw is tiny. My syncro's eat major ****, but it's a blessing in disguise. It's really hard to get into gear when the syncro's have to do a lot of work, but when the shafts are at the same speed it's smooth as butter.

If you want to modify the stock shifter, just cut a section out between the thread and ball and weld it up.

turn down?

make your own proper short shifter. Not hard to do if you know how to weld.

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Originally Posted by string

Knob is lower than stock, and shift throw is tiny. My syncro's eat major ****, but it's a blessing in disguise. It's really hard to get into gear when the syncro's have to do a lot of work, but when the shafts are at the same speed it's smooth as butter.

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True that... hope people realise that when they go for a short shifter.

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Originally Posted by aimre

turn down?

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Reduce the thickness of the stick.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Reduce the thickness of the stick.

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Sounds fun with and angle grinder... I value my finger more than $40

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Originally Posted by aimre

Yeah, my mates was so short, it was like just the ball above the plastic surround. It was harder, but it felt good harder. Felt solid, not like some grandma car.

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sounds like my mates old mr2 short shifter LOL