lithiumus

I finally put all my pictures of my DIY porjects together so I figured I'd post each project... I have a knack for picking DIY projects that somehow becomes much more difficult than I expect...

This was a service offered for a short period of time until I quickly realized that the time spend swapping the shifter assembly was not worth the fee.

Only 3 people have this on thier cars...

- LDYKLLA aka Ian Carlo
- Jammerz on torontoaccords.com
- and myslef


Original idea:
After installing my SSA adaptor I realized that all it really did was move the link position up to create more leverage to shorten the shift. I had an idea to deweld and reweld the OEM link higher up on the shift rod.

This also required that the rod be slightly adjusted 1-2 degrees to offset the bend in the OEM rod. With the help of cntrl at torontoaccords.com who did all the welding work, this turned out to be an excellent mod.

The cheap SSA's were only held on via an allen screw pressed up against the rod. Didn't give me much confidence for track or quick hard shifting use...


Short Shift Adaptor placement for reference. This was a cheap eBay adaptor I got for $40.


I used a dremel to deweld the OEM link. I did the first one and cntrl did the other 2.


Dewelded. In the later pics you'll see that cntrl buffed the rod and you can't see the original scorching from the OEM weld.


Since I had a Momo aftermarket shifter, I cut down my rod and got rid of the OEM threads




Shortened by about 1.75"


This is the piece that holds the entire shifter assembly together. It snaps into place but is not meant to be removed so it's a struggle to pop this out. Takes 15-20 mins of fighting to get it out.




Shift rod before cntrl re-welded.




Welded and buffed


The weld can withstand up to 1000lbs of pressure.






Reassembled after welding


Comparison to OEM shifter


Another side by side.

Monkey Fing a Coconut

i had tried cutting the shifter and redoing the threads on my 4th gen, who knew the shifter is hollow lower down.....ended up just buying a 4bidden, but yours looks damn good for diy...

fw190bvi

im assuming your gonna have to tap threads into the end of it.....but looks really good......

damn, honda made the 6th gen shifter a pain in the *** to work with....

notoriousB

wow, I'm glad my B&M ss adapter doesn't hold on like that crappy ebay one, I wouldn't trust that for a minute!!!

nice work on the shifter, looks like a big ol' PITA!

lithiumus

Thanks for the kudos, guys!

I didn't thread it because I was staying with an aftermarket Momo which did not require the threads.

The B&M is definitely a much better adaptor design.