Ok so I finally installed the custom shifter that 2003rc51 made for me along with the uuc bushings from Luke. Thanks to both parties!!! Cant believe i waited this long to do it but am glad i finally did.I absolutly love it and it makes the car feel a lot tighter all around is around 30% shorter shifts and No more sloppyness and no missing 5th gear anymore for me :thumbsup:

For those that are interested It is alot like the TPIS shifter except you re-use the white bushing on the stock shifter.

The install was pretty easy we used the from the top method and the biggest pain in the *** was drilling those damn metal bushings out :thepan: took forever guess we needed better bits.


But yeah I think ryan(2003rc51) does kickass work and thank him again for letting me be the test mule.

 

awsome to hear. Do you mean drilling the rivets was a pain ?

I just messaged luke for the bushings, how much are they going for BTW?

Im working on the same thing. Got a spare shifter to test on for dirt cheap from a fellow member.
I will be welding a pice of 1/2 steel pipe to the bottom of the shifter assembly.

The I.D. of the steel pipe is perfect fot the stock white bushing to fit in, mine will be getting welded on tomoro ill post up some pics.

Im glad im not the only cheap *** that wouldnt spent 400$ on a shifter.

 

Bushings are a must and i think around 30 shipped for them from luke

your just a baller on a budget

But yeah I cant weld for **** or dont trust it if i do and 2003rc51 made a rediclous nice bead on mine so it was worth it to me to let him make mine....god i just went and drove it again for no reason lol and wow does it feel Great!!!

 

haha ya balled on a buget.

how long did it take you to install ?

 

about 1 1/2 hours including 30 minutes of drilling those damn bushings

 

sweet i might just have to spring for one, any word on the b&M is it pretty good because its the cheapest and i like the b&m on my brothers cobra.

 

I hope it found its way to you safely. Show us some pics of how you modify the stalk before you install it. I haven't seen any pics on either board.

 

yes sir got it, i didnt want to hack mine up incase my idea failed ..

ill post up some pics when im done.

 

What's the dimensions of the urethane bushings?

 

Not sure what they are but the same as stock Im pretty sure if that helps

 

X3 on the pics for us people not wanting to pay Caddy tax on a freaking shifter.

 

Not a lot to it, It looks almost identical to the tpis one so looks like this the only difference is you have to move that white bushing in from the original spot and move it to the bottom. (Its like that already in this Pic)



But there is Zero vibration just feel much tighter and is 30% shorter.
The bushings from luke are a must too though this just shortens the throw and the bushings probebly do most of the tightening and give it the knotchy feel

 

Heres mine just gotta call for some bushing but ive had alot going on , keep forgetting.

Ill post up more info and details once i get it installed and etc..


but its a basicly a 1- 1/16" long piece of 1/2" schd 40 pipe welded to the bottom with a stick welder for good strenght .

 

How much shorter does the shifter sit with this mod?

 

shifts between gears should be about 30% shorter give or take.

 

The shifter doesn't sit lower, the shifts get shorter by extending the arm on the bottom. It decreases your leverage and shortens the shifts. Does the same thing as a short stick, but without the short stick lol.

 

Thanks, I will be ordering up some bushings and doing this mod soon.

 

So which one of you is Luke?

 

Luke is a the parts department manager for Lindsay Cadillac. He is not on this forum but he is on cadillacforums.com Luke sells the UUC shifter and UUC bushings. It is way more expensive, but is very well made and very quiet.

 

orderd my bushings today at noon fro mluke, how long did it take for them to arrive ?

if by some magic luck I get the by saterday ill be posting my custom shifter review as well..