there are only 2 available. the one that BDR makes and the one from B&M UK. I say buy the BDR one cause those guys have always been real good to us and make a quality product.
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dittothere are only 2 available. the one that BDR makes and the one from B&M UK. I say buy the BDR one cause those guys have always been real good to us and make a quality product.![]()
I was just gonna cut about an inch off my stock shifter, but then my dremel crapped out.
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I dont understand why shifters and knobs cost so much money.
I already have the coolest shift knob around, so I REALLY dont see the reason to dump $100+.
I dont understand why shifters and knobs cost so much money.
I already have the coolest shift knob around, so I REALLY dont see the reason to dump $100+.
Thanks for the info. After i found out who made them i went online and checked them out. Definatly hands down the BDR was the better of the two.
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my bad then. I chopped mine but it dosent feel any shorter. how exactly does it shorten a throw with the stock pivot point? yes the top of the stick dosent go as far but duh, its shorter. I thought the point of the shorty shifter was the new pivot.
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imagine the stock shifter was 2ft long
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and the pivot point stayed the same, the distance your hand would move would be alot. If you cut down the top of the shifter by one foot leaving the pivot point intact you can see that your hand will move less but the bottom part of the shifter will move the same as before.
I made a picture to ilustrate this but immagestation is giving me grief right now, sorry.
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I made a picture to ilustrate this but immagestation is giving me grief right now, sorry.
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...excuse my ignorance...
So who still sells a shorty shifter....cant find one on a website for sale for the life of me.
I need one...hehe
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So who still sells a shorty shifter....cant find one on a website for sale for the life of me.
I need one...hehe
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I think you have to call bdr or worst comes to worst get it from fc(shudders).
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Good lord....where the hell did that come from?? hahaI think you have to call bdr or worst comes to worst get it from fc(shudders).![]()
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Truth be told...I have driven a manual zetec with almost every aftermarket shifter known to man...aside from the OBX....and the Focus Central shorty and race shifter are the smoothest and best built in my opinion.
....whoa....did I just type that???
haha
yeah, I got ya on that part. obviously the distance of the knob has changed. but my understanding of a short throw is that the new pivot point makes the gates feel closer together. My old delorean had a real tight gearbox. real short stick but the gates were so close you just flicked it into gear. now get in the focus and see how damn long that throw is. with or without a chopped stick, its still a long ways.imagine the stock shifter was 2ft longand the pivot point stayed the same, the distance your hand would move would be alot. If you cut down the top of the shifter by one foot leaving the pivot point intact you can see that your hand will move less but the bottom part of the shifter will move the same as before.![]()
I made a picture to ilustrate this but immagestation is giving me grief right now, sorry.![]()
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k..there's my wonderfull 5 year old style chop
You can clearly see that the cut stock shifter will move less while the angles remain the same and that the aftermarket one will be even quicker. I kept the shorty using the same angles to show that the shorty, will make the shifter cable move a farther distance with the same throw as the cut stock one. However, since the actual cable can only move a certain amount and the shifter has stops the throw will be shorter so the angle will be less like txfo mentioned and not like in the pic.
What i'm trying to confusingly say I guess is you'd have to cut down the stock shifter alot to make the throw as short as a shorty shifter. If you only want to cut an inch off then you probably won't notice it too much but if the shifter was long enough to cut alot off you would notice it alot more. I cut like 4" on my old alfa romeo's shifter and it was fantastic.
Saying spending $150 on a short shifter is about as insane as someone spending $100 on a homebrew tb kit to make your engine more responsive.
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