Crazy Shifter Mod

[vtmn215]

Originally Posted by ImTheVoiceOfGod

I have a question.

Isnt the point of the short shifter to make the distance you have to more the shifter shorter?
Doesnt raising the shifter make the distance you have to move the shifter longer?

So....... Short shift kit + Raised shifter = Counteractive???

I may be wrong about this..... But.... I doubt it.

From the pic, it looks like He raised the shifter from the base bushings so the SS still does its job :)

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Ahh.... oh, I cant see to well, I was just going off of what I read. If that is the case I recant my statement.

[chenslee_cheese]

The "short" in short shifter, at least for the FG2's TWM or Comptech pieces refer to the throw, not the height of the shift knob.

UPDATE:

There are three locations of minor interference. Oddly, the SS peice clears. The left cable ball, the right piviot mount and the big black shifter dome all interfere slightly with just the shift boot ring. With a little dremmel'n I fixed the right piviot interference without changing the outward appearance of the ring. Honestly, if I took out two washers from each stack, it would probably work without hacking anything.

I'm about to do some major surgery now which may take a couple of hours.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Originally Posted by ImTheVoiceOfGod

I have a question.

Isnt the point of the short shifter to make the distance you have to more the shifter shorter?

Originally Posted by chenslee_cheese

The "short" in short shifter, at least for the FG2's TWM or Comptech pieces refer to the throw, not the height of the shift knob.

Thats the same thing I said, the distance you have to move the short shifter.
Except I accident put an an "r" in move. I need to start proof reading.

[chenslee_cheese]

Alright. I'm done.

I had to hack the crap out of the boot ring and the boot clamp ring, but it fits, and it works.

Here are the pictures:

Note the shifter hole is bigger. I removed the lip.


Hairy legs and a bunch of cut plastic:



And the final product:

[vtmn215]

Wow it looks good but what do you put on your hand to shift with? a brillo pad?

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

[Lilwolvy3]

Originally Posted by vtmn215

Wow it looks good but what do you put on your hand to shift with? a brillo pad?

Nice, I was thinking the same thing!

[chenslee_cheese]

Thats what I thought too. I nothing touches it except for my astroglide softened hands, and no one but me drives it. It does not look that bad when not in a flash, but still, it does look ruined.

...Actually, I shift with the fork that is on my floorboard in the picture. Shift-fork, get it?

[fiji06si13]

Originally Posted by chenslee_cheese

Thats what I thought too. I nothing touches it except for my astroglide softened hands, and no one but me drives it. It does not look that bad when not in a flash, but still, it does look ruined.

Do you wear rings?

[chenslee_cheese]

Originally Posted by fiji06si13

Do you wear rings?

Nope, no jewlery except for my left hand wedding ring.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Actual picture of chenslee_cheese before he goes out cruising.

[chenslee_cheese]

Close, but not quite:

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

[subee13]

Originally Posted by vtmn215

Wow it looks good but what do you put on your hand to shift with? a brillo pad?

Maybe he lets his robots with their big strong metal appendages drive his car and thats why the shift knob looks like cujo got a hold of it.

[chenslee_cheese]

Originally Posted by subee13

Maybe he lets his robots with their big strong metal appendages drive his car and thats why the shift knob looks like cujo got a hold of it.

Dammit!! I told them NO DRIVING THE Si!

They never listen.

http://www.sagerobot.com/videos/pres...r-new.swf.html

[fiji06si13]

Originally Posted by chenslee_cheese

Dammit!! I told them NO DRIVING THE Si!

They never listen.

Who are you kidding you make sexmachines.....the ones where three chicks can use them at a time........ or reciprecating saw with something atached to the end.....
the ones that range from $5,000-25,000

[chenslee_cheese]

Originally Posted by fiji06si13

Who are you kidding you make sexmachines.....the ones where three chicks can use them at a time........ or reciprecating saw with something atached to the end.....
the ones that range from $5,000-25,000

Thats either really funny or really scary that you dug around on the internet enough to find that out about me.

Because it's true.

[fiji06si13]

Originally Posted by chenslee_cheese

Thats either really funny or really scary that you dug around on the internet enough to find that out about me.

Because it's true.

I knew it was true.........haha yes that is funny LOL...J/P

[Fixer]

The idea of having the shifter more to the left and up a bit is spot on! My last car was a slightly modded 2000 MX5. The shifter fell literally to hand when I moved right hand off the wheel to grab a gear up or down. Really miss that. I'm used to the shifter in the Si now however. Strangely, I made the shifter further to reach by replacing the shift knob with a Voodoo brushed alu knob. Comptech SS kit makes the shifts a bit quicker however. About 3 weeks ago I had the most fortunate opportunity to drive a 430, as in Ferrari, with paddle shifters. Whoa buddy. I have paddle shifters on my computer gaming rig for driving sims but nothing compares to the real thing! I hope the next revision of the Si includes proper paddle shifters. Doesn't the Fit even had an option for that?