Short Throws!
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Originally Posted by Srce' date='Jan 25 2005, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Srce' date='Jan 25 2005, 02:40 PM
Just would'nt fit in the tempo huh?
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Jan 25 2005, 10:15 AM
I cut mine down with a hack saw and then just ran a die over it to run the threads down further. I didn't see any reason not to keep the stock boot. I even bothered to snap these pictures off for ye.
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Jan 25 2005, 08:15 AM
I cut mine down with a hack saw and then just ran a die over it to run the threads down further. I didn't see any reason not to keep the stock boot. I even bothered to snap these pictures off for ye.
I don't understand this. You are not change the wieght's height or center of gravity, nor exchanging a longer base for a shoter shaft. I think you just have a shorter shaft. This may be more comfortable but I don't see how it shortens the pendulum swing of the shifter.
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Originally Posted by GoRacer' date='Jan 26 2005, 01:10 AM
I don't understand this. You are not change the wieght's height or center of gravity, nor exchanging a longer base for a shoter shaft. I think you just have a shorter shaft. This may be more comfortable but I don't see how it shortens the pendulum swing of the shifter.
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Originally Posted by GoRacer' date='Jan 25 2005, 11:10 PM
I don't understand this. You are not change the wieght's height or center of gravity, nor exchanging a longer base for a shoter shaft. I think you just have a shorter shaft. This may be more comfortable but I don't see how it shortens the pendulum swing of the shifter.
You need to re-read my original post.. MY SHIFTER IS A MAZDASPEED, not stock shifter. I cut down my mazdaspeed short shifter. Try to read the entire thread before you start replying to one particular post.
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Think of the shifter as a triangle - Position 1 (side A), Position 2 (side B) and a straight line between the two positions at the top of the shifter (side C)
So, if you leave the angle AB the same, and shorten side A and B.. Side C is automatically shorter. The triangle would be similar, but smaller by whatever percentage you cut off.
So, if you leave the angle AB the same, and shorten side A and B.. Side C is automatically shorter. The triangle would be similar, but smaller by whatever percentage you cut off.
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Originally Posted by CletusFD3S' date='Jan 25 2005, 09:31 PM
I took about an extra 2" off the top then re-threaded what was left.