my friend is trying to convince me to cut my stock shifter down so it is esentaly (sp?) a "short shifter" would this do anything in regards to making the throws shorter? i am just wonderin so any advice on what to do would be great!

 

no, if you want a short throw, buy a short shifter

 

by cutting it your just making it shorter...to shorten the throw you will need to purchase a short shifter

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek9800 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by cutting it your just making it shorter...to shorten the throw you will need to purchase a short shifter</TD></TR></TABLE>

Truth.

 

yes buy a short. b&m is nice

 

if you cut it down, you'll have to rethred it for the shift ****, and yes it will shorten the throw.

If i were you, just get a b&m short shifter. the price is cheap but the quality is great.

 

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wow if i didnt know better i would say huh?? cutting it will shorten it DUH but you can get the same affect by grabbing the shifter lower. to shorten throw buy a short throw shifter. cheap ones break off in your hand while trying to shift (been there done that laying under car on side of backass road with chick in car. very embarassing!!)

 

for those saying cutting it will not shorten the throw, i made this diagramn to show why you are incorrect.

 

short throw refers to the lower end of the shifter where the linkage is attached not that. why take the time and cut it anyway when you can just grab a little lower on the shifter?? riddle me that

 

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This is obvious to anyone with a brain. However, the effect is not significant at all, and is incomparable to a true short shifter that has the distance lengthened between the linkage eye and the pivot ball.

As civictildeath mentioned, you can achieve the same effect of cutting the shifter by simply grabbing it lower. Big whoop.

 

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I wouldn't cut mine(i have a b&m short shifter), i'm just saying that if he was to cut it.. it would still cause a shorter throw. Only reason i said that is because others were saying it wouldn't cause a shorter throw. I'm not sure as to what you're asking me or trying to say

 

all im trying to get in peoples brain is cutting the shifter is stupid and not worth the time when grabbing lower will have the same affect.