mr poo

i just had an auto-manual swap done, not sure if the shifter and linkage is oem, but they fit.

the problem is it's hitting my exhaust. its hard to get a close look but i think its hitting the exhaust shield?





as far as i can tell i have two options

1. go to an exhaust shop ask them to give me 1 inch lower exhaust hangers

pros: should be cheap
cons: car is already lowered, might cause scraping problems


2. buy a new shifter, hope it's different from the one that's giving me problems

pros: might be the technically more correct solution, exhaust is unmodified why should i put a bandaid over my problem?

cons: shifters probly more expensive than new exhaust hangers


what would you do?

charlee

i got the exact same problem but its with an ef. thereason why its becasue i have a short shifter.the shorts shifters are all bigger form the ground down to make the throw smaller, thus making the shifter hit. i justgot around it by makind the exhoust a bit lower and cutting that piece of meatal that hangs to the side from the tip of the shifter.

mr poo

oooh thanks i was thinkin about cuttin away at pieces too.

i was also thinking about buying a short shifter, since it's the same price as an oem shifter, but now i think i'll just go oem

gsrturbo-ek

cut part of the shield of were it hittin

charlee

oh. if u buy a short shifter its gonna get worse. the short shifters are longer from the bottom to shorten the throw like i said. that looks like a short shifter to me. but ya get the oem one

teknoracing

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Either that, or you can bend it so it doesnt hit anymore.

sh00rik

I had that prob on my old car, but it was my cat and not just pipe. I think I wound up removing the heatsheild which in turn made my short shifter hot.

steveo2000em1

Just try to manipulate the rubber exhaust hanger bracket in a position where the shifter will not contact it.

I recently installed a Skunk2 dual bend and was having a hell of a time trying to get it not to hit the heatshield on my 2000 Si.

I was able to get it adjusted and then just "wired it up" with wire cable. I know it sounds ghetto but it works if you take your time and use some common sense.

Good luck

SOHC4life 96

I just removed the heat sheild. BTW, that is what your shifter is hitting, not the exhaust.

Syndacate

wow...does everybody run into these problems when installing a short shifter on a honda? I was goign to want to buy one but I'm really getting deflected from buying one if it's going to be a pain in the *** to set so it doesn't scrape There anyway around this? Like buying a certain brand or anything..

steveo2000em1

It really just sounds more complicated than it is.

It's not very hard to install and it makes a significant difference vs the factory shifter.

Don't be scared by this stuff. Like I said before, use common sense and you'll be ok.

pdiggitydogg

remove the damn heat shield
easy

(nothing bad will happen if you rip it off...promise)

modifyORdie

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easy

(nothing bad will happen if you rip it off...promise)</TD></TR></TABLE>

i thought you were supposed to remove it when you did the swap anyways?

Tuesdaynightfever

I have this same problem now...only happened after I installed my short shifter. I have complete custom piping so I'm pretty fucked

steveo2000em1

Unless your car is really low you should just be able to lower the exhaust.

JDMbull

I gots same problem I was thinki of putting sometype of plastic or rubber to reduce the noise

Syndacate

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It's not very hard to install and it makes a significant difference vs the factory shifter.

Don't be scared by this stuff. Like I said before, use common sense and you'll be ok.
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Blah, I wouldn't say I'm scared of doing it per-se, it's just that like I rather install something that goes right to than to mess w/ it, but w/ stock suspension I should be able to get longer hangers on it...though this is AFTER I swap because right now it's completely useless to me with my stock motor

Bulli Kid

y frinds civic had this problem to well actually only when going into 5th. his exhaust was 3in so when he would go 5 it would kik it back out so he held in in there by force.. getto? hehe
- ls/vtec= fast ****

Tuesdaynightfever

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Sounds like a very good idea. Let me know if you decide to try it, and if so how it works out

Sean @ ESG

iTrader: (1)

take it to an exhaust shop and have them heat up the exhaust pipe and bend it down a little bit. They should do it for free and it takes like 5 minutes - i had the same problem last month

Markb16a

mine did the same thing and when you moved it back and forth you could hear it like grind on it well anyways I didnt worry about it cause it wasent hurting anything and that was with my b16a in my crx. with hasport everything

Savage211

I have the same problem, causes my shifter to vibrate and annoy the heck out of me.

apm

dood i have 2 extra longer exhaust hangers if you want ...

used to be in my old civic because the exhaust was hitting the bumper...

it's high grade parts from autozone...i have no use for it..

just pay for shipping and they are yours

mr poo

well guys i took it to an exhaust shop today

they said it was definitely a short shifter cuz they've never seen this problem on civics before.


the first removed the heat shield, that fixed i'd say 80% of the contact, then they welded a new hanger in a lower spot and attached it to the stock hanger. that seemed to cure all issues.

but later on hte road accelerating hard in 2nd and 4th i can hear a slight rattle, this should probly be completely eliminated when i get a genuine shifter.

o yea my exhaust hangs probly about 1 and a half inches lower now

JDMbull

MR. Poo how much did they charge?