Short shift for 523/568

[turboshad]

Well I used to have a short shift on the 555 but then I put in a new style tranny so it was back to farmer throw for me. Lesson learned....farmer throw sucks. So it was back to the board to make another short shifter. This time along with shortening the top I also lengthend the bottom. The result was a beautifully short throw with just as much effort as the 555 (due to the better shifting of the newer trannies). The throw is much shorter than the 555 was as well. I took about 4" off the top, added an adapter piece I made to fit the new shift knob which probably added about another 2" to things. The aftermarket knob is prbably about .5-1" shorter than the factory so in total about 3-3.5" was taken off the top. Then I added 1" of throw to the bottom and raised the whole carraige assembly to match. There was a little more interference with the assembly and the boot than I thought there would be but the boot still fit on with a little mod. In hind sight I maybe should have made a 1" spacer instead but this one works and I love the shifting. Here's some pics.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/turboshad/ShifterParts.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/turboshad/ShifterAssembly.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/turboshad/ShifterNoBoot.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/turboshad/ShifterWithBoot.jpg

DJ

[Whorse]

Nice work. Did you consider an aftermarket boot that's a lot shorter? Might work better?

[turboshad]

It's not that the boot is too long, it's that the whole assembly sticks out of the hole and interferes with where the boot clips down. I knew it would stick out of the hole but I didn't think it would be quite as intrusive with the boot clipping on as it was. Still I was able to just cut away some of the plastic underneath and get it to fit. I've seen a few aftermarket boots before and was never happy with how they fit.

DJ

[briceturbosports]

heres mine