toxic_d

Does any one here have a short shifter setup on their car? If so where did you get it or will a second gen ss fit the first gen tranny?

Kyle

Hyper4mance2k

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www.mazdatrix.com
from what i hear 4 out of 5 short shifters WILL whine or make funny noises. no matter what brand you get. also www.nopionline.com

Hyper4mance2k

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http://www.mazdatrix.com/g4.htm

Rotary7s

actually I was just talking to a local guy who is a machinist,If I get him a short shifter he can make an identical one..Hes going to find out what materials will cost me .Im gonna call him Thursday..pending on cost/labor I might be selling them soon..

MIKE-P-28

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$192!!! They proud of them arent they LOL

I think I will do as I have done before and will continue to do, order my parts from australia

David88vert

I have a couple of short shifters. hIIGI on this forum sells them. He makes them.

onepointone

i just cut 2" off the top because i was not about to pay that amount for one, and i wanted it shorter. its alittle notchy, but its livable.

David88vert

That's a totally different thing from a short THROW shifter

82transam

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would anyone care to elaborate on that? i keep hearing that simply cutting some of teh shifter off, thus making it shorter, is not a true short throw shifter. Since your making it shorter, the throws are in turn shorter aren't they? Why does the fulcrum have to be in a different spot for it to be a true short throw? I'm not trying to insult anyone, just curious as I wanna get one but don't have the cash for one yet.

Rotary7s

A SHORT THROW shifter changes the pivot point,to shorten the shift..

A SHORT SHIFTER is some ghetto rigged **** cut down to look like a short shifter..

82transam

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That's it? somehow i thought there'd be more to that. oh well, thanks.

mar3

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Regardless, the shift throw distance is still shortened from stock. It takes less travel, but a little more effort, to shift. Well, a little more effort if you got boney mouse wrists...I didn't notice an increase in effort, but physics says it must be so...

Directfreak

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A true short-throw feels like a joystickm with 2" throws.
I didn't like it.

onepointone

true, but if i have to pay 195 to call it a "short throw shifter" than i guess ill have my ghetto rigged shifter. reguardless, its a shorter throw, but most importantly, when im shifting softly, my arm lays completely level while my elbow is on the center console. its comfortable and thats what matters. when i find one for under $75 i might consider it, but mine is fine for me the way it is.

82transam

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ok, my question is, why would you waste all that money on something when the same result, short distance between shifts, can be achieved with a sawzall?

onepointone

it actually is different, even though not by much. a short throw shifter actually changes the pivot points making it take less distance to move between gears.

a short shifter is just what it says, and short shifter, and ill admit, mine is a little notchy, and i do change my shift **** back to stock when i autox and drag race because it sits up higher and it easier to throw into gear.


point is... yea theres a difference, small one, but a difference, i just dotn see paying all that money for the name "short throw shifter"

mar3

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Exactly....with that kind of money, you should step up to a quality fuel pump like the Mallory Comp140 and get real results you can measure on a dragstrip....

Junia

Didn't someone post a How to on making you own short throw shifter a while back??

David88vert

There is a big difference between the two types. Own a few different ones and you will see. I have modified multiple shifters and owned multiple short throw shifters - in multiple types and models of cars. I have 3 shifters right now for my FB - for different types and places of driving.

It is not a mod for hp. It won't magically make you shift better or faster. It is simply "feel".

J Oliver

Wont the shifter sit taller in the car using Mazdatrix shortshift by the amount they added between the pivot *****. Think about it and then look at it and you will see what i mean.

moremazda

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Why does everyone still belive that the end goal is different between the $200 shifter and the angle grinder special??

Every time this argument comes up the lecture I had in my high school Physics class on vectors pops back into my head. Am I the only who payed attention in that damn class? Somebody please explain HOW there can be a differance between the two "type" of short shiffters.

J Oliver

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lol

moremazda

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What??

82transam

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yea, i'm still confused on how that can be different, if you look at the vectors its achieving the same goal. Whatever

wwilliam54

My car has a 2nd gen shifter in it, fits fine