How many people have autos and how many have 5-speeds

[Jeffro]

That's because its a firebird... lol... just kidding...

I think my short shifter cost me about 70 or 80 bucks. The hard part of it is this:

Finding a die kit to thread it properly.
Finding a tool to cut it cleanly.

I bought the dies I needed from a local hardware store (you need 3, 4 would have been better) for about $20 total, and a friend had a grinder with a cutting blade, and he designed a vacuum to go around it and suck up the shavings. Did a really nice job. Everything else is cake. And you can get the DC sports adapters for about $70 or $80 shipped to your door, so if you get one on ebay, don't pay more than that...

 

[ninety4formula]

Do you have any sites for the DC adapter at those prices? I don't really want to spend $200 on a shifter, at least not right now. When you did the adapter and cut the shifter did it fell a lot better as far as not flexing so much? I would that that with the lower height, and I would assume a bigger diameter (the shifter is tapered right?), that it would be a little stronger. the company where I work has a good machine shop and I can prolly borrow the dies from one of them. If I got the shifter out of my car they may do it for me (cut and thread).

 

[Jeffro]

I think this is where I got it from:

Clicky

And once the shifter is threaded, it won't be tapered. There is a bend about 3 inches down, so you can only thread that far (about 2 1/4 inches or so to leave room for the knob)... Here's my write up on puttin' it on. IMO, $70 is still too much for what you get, but whatever. I think it feels great, but like I said, I hardly notice anymore...

 

[Totalimmortal]

I know you're not looking at the PSPEC, but here's mine after the job.

I like being one of the fourty people I know of that have this

 

[Quicksilvercord]

I'm really thinking about getting a PSPEC shifter....how long did it take for him to send it to you Totalimmortal? Install was probably pretty easy as well.

 

[Jeffro]

How tall is your shifter and how long are your throws? I think I might go measure mine for comparison purposes. Measure from 3rd to 4th gear if you do

 

[Totalimmortal]

I'm really thinking about getting a PSPEC shifter....how long did it take for him to send it to you Totalimmortal? Install was probably pretty easy as well.

It was a group buy on Everything-Honda.com, and it took a while. Try emailing him on his website. Install was a total pain in the ***, took all night. Buuuttt....soo worth it!!!

 

[Totalimmortal]

How tall is your shifter and how long are your throws? I think I might go measure mine for comparison purposes. Measure from 3rd to 4th gear if you do

I'll do some measuring tomorrow, hell the adapter might have the same shift length.

 

[Totalimmortal]

My neutral position is at a reference point of 6".

N to 3rd comes approx. to 7.5"

N to 4th comes approx. to 4.5"

So that's an inch and a half shift from N to 3rd or 4th, and three inches between the two.

So if the stock throw is 2.5 inches, and mine is 1.5 inches. If my math is correct, that's a near 60% difference in throw

 

[Jeffro]

And I'm assuming you measured from the top of your shifter... As soon as I get my daughter to bed I'm going to measure mine. My shift knob is pretty close to the same size as yours I think, so the comparison should be fairly accurate.