"Short shifters"
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: New Braunfels TEXAS (Were really a country)
MGW was the best mod I have done $ 4 $. The new style is fully adjustable so when I want easy effort I un screw the ROD and when I really want it to feel good I screw the ROD down tight. (LOL). All kidding aside it does work that way and is a great product with great service. You can chage the effort with about 5 mins work by lifting the shift boot and loosening the jam nut and adjusting the ROD and re-tighening the jam. My $.02
Pro
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Hightstown NJ
anyone looking into a short shifter for their daily should seriously consider the RSD Snap Shifter
I've had it for just about 7 months now and drive 120 miles a day in some traffic and I totally love it. It is basically just a stock C6Z shifter AND shift box, but its been cut down.
I've had it for just about 7 months now and drive 120 miles a day in some traffic and I totally love it. It is basically just a stock C6Z shifter AND shift box, but its been cut down.
Pro
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Austin TX
Pro
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 636
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From: Hightstown NJ
MGW was the best mod I have done $ 4 $. The new style is fully adjustable so when I want easy effort I un screw the ROD and when I really want it to feel good I screw the ROD down tight. (LOL). All kidding aside it does work that way and is a great product with great service. You can chage the effort with about 5 mins work by lifting the shift boot and loosening the jam nut and adjusting the ROD and re-tighening the jam. My $.02
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2009
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a little Southern NJ for me (actually NC) but I have had the MGW in my 2000 for about 8-9 months- love it !! Also just my taste but I may be one of the only Vette guys that like the stock shift ****- so cleaned out the inside of the top so you can screw it down onto the MGW post and fit a thin lock nut on top in the recess and then snap in the rectangular pattern piece- so looks just like a stock shifter except much shorter (if you want ot to be) and WAAAYYYYYY better shifting.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Yorktown Virginia
a little Southern NJ for me (actually NC) but I have had the MGW in my 2000 for about 8-9 months- love it !! Also just my taste but I may be one of the only Vette guys that like the stock shift ****- so cleaned out the inside of the top so you can screw it down onto the MGW post and fit a thin lock nut on top in the recess and then snap in the rectangular pattern piece- so looks just like a stock shifter except much shorter (if you want ot to be) and WAAAYYYYYY better shifting.
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From: North of Canada
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Yorktown Virginia
Maybe Im a lot harder on the shifter than most because it would rotate every time I went to have some fun, just couldnt get it tight enough to keep it from spining.
And its only costing me 15 to make an entirely new shifter out of an 8 ball so I cant see spending 9$ on a little pice of metal, maybe 3...
And its only costing me 15 to make an entirely new shifter out of an 8 ball so I cant see spending 9$ on a little pice of metal, maybe 3...
Safety Car
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Maybe Im a lot harder on the shifter than most because it would rotate every time I went to have some fun, just couldnt get it tight enough to keep it from spining.
And its only costing me 15 to make an entirely new shifter out of an 8 ball so I cant see spending 9$ on a little pice of metal, maybe 3...
And its only costing me 15 to make an entirely new shifter out of an 8 ball so I cant see spending 9$ on a little pice of metal, maybe 3...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Yorktown Virginia
Yep, not your typical 8 ball though its got what I would call a marble finish on it so its black with a little bit of white mixed in. I dont care for the 8 thats going to be positioned on top so I will probably mill that out and put in a plate with either the shift pattern or corvette logo engraved in. Im just having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to use the mill that my uncle has and he knows even less about it than I do....
Safety Car
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Yep, not your typical 8 ball though its got what I would call a marble finish on it so its black with a little bit of white mixed in. I dont care for the 8 thats going to be positioned on top so I will probably mill that out and put in a plate with either the shift pattern or corvette logo engraved in. Im just having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to use the mill that my uncle has and he knows even less about it than I do....
Melting Slicks
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From: Yorktown Virginia
Safety Car
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Melting Slicks
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From: Yorktown Virginia
Im not too sure how much they run right off I looked them up sometime last year and it was pretty cheap all things considered. I had though about a set screw but Im not sure how the derlin would hold up to being threaded, I guess I could always get a step drill and make a tapered hole in the derlin and fill it with jb weld and then tap that. Maybe I just dont have enough confidence in plastic to hold any amount of torque.
Safety Car
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Im not too sure how much they run right off I looked them up sometime last year and it was pretty cheap all things considered. I had though about a set screw but Im not sure how the derlin would hold up to being threaded, I guess I could always get a step drill and make a tapered hole in the derlin and fill it with jb weld and then tap that. Maybe I just dont have enough confidence in plastic to hold any amount of torque.
gtg grocery shopping brb lol
Melting Slicks
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From: Yorktown Virginia
Jb weld is actually really strong once it is fully cured, you just have to make sure you prep the area so that it bonds well. Maybe I dont need to insert a nut into the 8 ball with a jam nut that will hold it tight, I suppose I always over engineer stuff. I dont think I have a 9/16 18(I think thats the correct pitch or whatever) tap though so I would have to get one and I would def use a set screw.
Safety Car
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Jb weld is actually really strong once it is fully cured, you just have to make sure you prep the area so that it bonds well. Maybe I dont need to insert a nut into the 8 ball with a jam nut that will hold it tight, I suppose I always over engineer stuff. I dont think I have a 9/16 18(I think thats the correct pitch or whatever) tap though so I would have to get one and I would def use a set screw.
Melting Slicks
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From: Yorktown Virginia