Shifter height
Safety Car
Joined: May 2000
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From: Albuquerque NM
Re: Shifter height (97Black)
If you pull off the stock shifter **** you will see the shaft is threaded for a loooong way, it's easy to hacksaw off most of that, and then put on a smaller shifter ****. Not a very elegant solution, but it works well. It aslo gives you a shorter throw I.E. The distance you move the shifter when changing gears is less. Almost like buying a "short throw" aftermarket shifter. :cool:
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2003
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From: Columbus OH
Re: Shifter height (97Black)
I removed the black sleeve, rubber damper and its rings. That will shorten the shifter about 2.5 inches. You will need to use an aftermarket (universal mount) shift ****.
Racer
Joined: May 2003
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From: Hanson Ma
Re: Shifter height (Wah)
allthough most performance shifters have a shorter than stock shifter handle this is not what makes it a "short throw shifter". cutting down a shifter rod will give you a shorter shifter but will also give you more effort needed to shift. A performance shifter has shorter throws because the length of the rod on the underside of the shifter is longer, this means it will take a shorter movement of the shifter to move the bottom shifter ball. It is the length of the shaft under the shifters base that determines the shifters throws. the longer this shaft is the less you will have to move the shifter on top .
Pro
Joined: Oct 2001
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From: Foresthill CA
Re: Shifter height (6Speeder)
If you pull off the stock shifter **** you will see the shaft is threaded for a loooong way, it's easy to hacksaw off most of that, and then put on a smaller shifter ****. Not a very elegant solution, but it works well. It aslo gives you a shorter throw I.E. The distance you move the shifter when changing gears is less. Almost like buying a "short throw" aftermarket shifter. :cool:
Can anyone provide the die #'s so I can thread it down further, or would I be limited by the groove for the wedge (that I can see in link above) to gain much by cutting the threads farther?
Anyone do the math to determine how much to remove from the shaft length to equal the reduction in throw of a true short-shifter? (I will assume I have the arm muscle to handle the increased effort required, thanks.)
thanks in advance if you are able to resist cracking any jokes, but go ahead if not
Drifting
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: I hate you and I dont even know you
Re: Shifter height (Stu in CA)
I cut about 3/4" off of mine and still use the stock ****, no rethreading was required. I don't notice any extra effort to shift. Thread size is 9/16-18 if you need it.
Safety Car
Joined: May 2000
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From: Albuquerque NM
Re: Shifter height (Stu in CA)
I cut mine down to about 1/2" of threads, then used a flameball shifter ****, which is shorter than the stock one. This setup gave throws almost as short as my current Hurst. The force required to move it was also about that of the Hurst. :chevy
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