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Hey guys,
Over the weekend I installed a custom short shifter in my fourth gen. GT-S. Total cost was $29.94 shipped and insured(and that includes a new shift knob too), and all it required was a couple hours of custom work...no welding or anything like that either. ![]() Basically, I used a '00+ Eclipse/Lancer/EVO Short Shifter, which is readily available for cheap on eBay. After taking the shifter assembly out of my car, disassembling it, and cutting it apart(which took over an hour because the '88's assembly is solid, thick steel and I had no good tools available to cut it...the sixth gen's is plastic.), I put the Mitsubishi short shifter in, did more cutting, placed it in the car, and bolted it in(with longer bolts from a hardware store) with tons of bushings and washers to elevate the assembly and prevent the shift linkage cable from hitting the floor of the car. It wasn't too hard of a process(and the really hard part was cutting the metal, which would be very easy on the sixth gen. because it's plastic), and I think the short shifter will work perfectly in a sixth gen. as well. If you guys are interested, tonight I can take apart my stock sixth gen. shifter(I have a TRD Quickshifter which I love), and see if the Mitsubishi short shifter will fit in it. If so, I could write up a detailed how-to for you guys. Let me know if you're interested. ![]() -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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and you said you mechanically retarded ... lmao
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QUOTE(thedevilmaycrie @ Nov 22, 2004 - 3:26 PM) and you said you mechanically retarded ... lmao -DMC [right][snapback]210564[/snapback][/right] It's true! I can do the basic stuff like a short shifter, but I could never do the mechanical part of an engine swap or replace my own clutch or something like that. ![]() -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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QUOTE(Coomer @ Nov 22, 2004 - 5:39 PM) QUOTE(thedevilmaycrie @ Nov 22, 2004 - 3:26 PM) and you said you mechanically retarded ... lmao -DMC [right][snapback]210564[/snapback][/right] It's true! I can do the basic stuff like a short shifter, but I could never do the mechanical part of an engine swap or replace my own clutch or something like that. ![]() [right][snapback]210574[/snapback][/right] When you get down to it it's just nuts and bolts... and a little confidence. A manual is also a must. If you can fabricate your own short shifter for a 4th gen celi from a shifter for an 00+ eclipse you need to give yourself more credit. -------------------- ![]() Project ST204.5 99.88946% complete... |
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