Short Shifter Question?
05-15-2010, 11:32 PM
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Short Shifter Question? Fellas,
I am in the market for a short throw shifter for my V. However I really don't want to tackle an install that requires dropping the tranny or the exhaust.
Thus, do all makes/manuf. require this (if so I will just wait till I do a Clutch, etc to do such mod) OR is there a shifter that truly is a "bolt on" kit?
Thanks in advance,
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I am in the market for a short throw shifter for my V. However I really don't want to tackle an install that requires dropping the tranny or the exhaust.
Thus, do all makes/manuf. require this (if so I will just wait till I do a Clutch, etc to do such mod) OR is there a shifter that truly is a "bolt on" kit?
Thanks in advance,
LAW
05-15-2010, 11:46 PM
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No you will not need to drop the transmission and/or the exhaust, to swap to a short throw shifter, is done from inside the vehicle, nothing that bad of a job.
05-16-2010, 03:45 AM
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I installed a UUC in mine. No need to drop the trans, but the shifter console has to come out, and I had to get under the car to bolt the new shifter in. No too terribly bad.
05-16-2010, 05:09 AM
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No need to drop the trans or the exhaust.
but it is alittle tigh under the car were you have to reach , and drilling out the rivets is a pain in the butt.
Theres a few threads kickin around. One of the newest ones is called short shifter install "from the top" , that one has some good info and tips.
but it is alittle tigh under the car were you have to reach , and drilling out the rivets is a pain in the butt.
Theres a few threads kickin around. One of the newest ones is called short shifter install "from the top" , that one has some good info and tips.
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05-16-2010, 01:38 PM
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lol for the price B&M......like ewvryone else said, pop the shifter boot off, unbolt the dust shield, drill the rivets. Hardest part is reaching the 3 bolts under the car to install the new one. You def need two people for that part. Other then that its not too bad.
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Where are those instructions that say to drop the exhaust and the transmission to install a short shifter? They should be permanently removed from the internet.
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I just bought a UUC VKnob and love it.
It is raining here today and I just went out in the garage and played with the VKnob. As most of you know, where it mounts on the stock shifter is a joke.....way too high.
So, I was brainstorming for other options and I think I may have figured one out. I am going to "notch" the stock shifter down much, much lower so that the VKnob has all of the stock shifter shaft "inside" of it.
I just test fit this idea and the shift pattern is much better....by dropping the shifter height it makes the shifts much shorter.
LAW
It is raining here today and I just went out in the garage and played with the VKnob. As most of you know, where it mounts on the stock shifter is a joke.....way too high.
So, I was brainstorming for other options and I think I may have figured one out. I am going to "notch" the stock shifter down much, much lower so that the VKnob has all of the stock shifter shaft "inside" of it.
I just test fit this idea and the shift pattern is much better....by dropping the shifter height it makes the shifts much shorter.
LAW
