After doing some searching i found out the stock GSR shifter is too wide for the crx linkage... i read that others just grinded down the shifter to fit in the linkage. Is this a true. How much bigger is the shifter? so how much is grinded down?

Does anyone have pics of a stock GSR shifter out of the car??

 

i dremel it down to fit.
you got a big chunk to cut

Jeff-

 

What's the difference is size though, like 1/2" or what??

 

It's about that. Cut about .5" off each side.

 

is the gsr shifter shorter?

 

It has a slightly shorter throw than civic shifters. I use the gsr shifter in my cars, you don't really need anything shorter. Short shifters = grinding trannys

 

get a b&m shifter, it is designed to fit 88-00 civic's & it also fits tegs (i forgot all model years), but it utilizes teh bushings that are on your current shifter to fit properly.