HOW-TO: Make an ebay short shifter even shorter for an 8G
Well I finally decided to make my shifter as short as possible. The general Idea is that the longer the rod is on the bottom, the shorter the shift will be. The instructions said that 15% reduction will not require any modifications and that’s how I had it since the day i installed it. Now the 45% reduction will require serious modification to the shifter base. Procedure takes about 30min, 1 or 2 people, (4) 1/8" washers, dremel and a compatible eBay short shifter to do this.
STEP 1: Take you center console apart, unbolt the shifter and the shifter base. You really don't need to disconnect the cables here.
http://www.vertsoft.com/roman/extrashortshifter/1.JPG
STEP 2: Using a dremel, remove the piece of plastic as shown here. You could cut from the top and then flip the base to get it from the bottom.
http://www.vertsoft.com/roman/extrashortshifter/2.JPG
http://www.vertsoft.com/roman/extrashortshifter/3.JPG
STEP 3: Assemble everything back together. Use a lot of lithium grease. Now in order for the shifter cables not to hit the floor you need to offset the base up by 1/4" inch. We used 2 washers here between the shifter base the car. Original bolts were used for this job.
http://www.vertsoft.com/roman/extrashortshifter/4.JPG
http://www.vertsoft.com/roman/extrashortshifter/5.JPG
In conclusion I love this 45% reduction. It’s a little bit difficult to shift now but in overall the distance between 3rd and 4th gear is about 2 inches.
A Thank You goes out to Angel(Sleepervr-4) for actually dremmeling this out.
Re: HOW-TO: Make an ebay short shifter even shorter for an 8
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Originally Posted by GOOSEY2099
A Thank You goes out to Angel(Sleepervr-4) for actually dremmeling this out.
No problemo amigo