My Short Shift Plate

[hectik1]

Making any more?

In Jazzy's defense $85 is not much to ask. This is not as easy to make as it looks.
I designed mine in Auto-CAD and cut 15 out on a wetjet. Reduced the throw by 35 - 40%.
I also made a new weight to replace the factory shifter weight.
This is the way the car should have shifted from the factory.
It's really nice now.
It was like driving a slot machine before.

 

[JBR]

I will have several in the next couple of days. What color?

 

[Darth Vader]

This is what I really wanted out of this whole endeavour. People helping other people, NOT sticking them for outrageous profit. We now have 3 different ways to do this listed here, 2 for free or, near as makes no difference and, one at what I consider to be within range of a reasonable price for the product produced ($80, shipped). WTG, to Jbarone and JamesCH, for being good citizens of the community.

 

[armas_ms3]

I will have several in the next couple of days. What color?

Do you have a drawing for this you could share ??

i would ask u for one but i'm outside US ...(unamused)

thanks !!!

 

[Darth Vader]

So am I. Send me a PM with an outside email address and I'll send you my drawing.

Ken

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

Could something like this work to provide a little adjustability? After a little thought, the dual holes for the post probably wouldn`t work, but the slot and sawtooth slots could.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

I will have several in the next couple of days. What color?

How much $$ do you want for one?

 

[JBR]

How much $$ do you want for one?

edit: Joo need proper pics. Thank you.

-Evil

 

[jeff4880]

Could something like this work to provide a little adjustability? After a little thought, the dual holes for the post probably wouldn`t work, but the slot and sawtooth slots could.

What are the deminsions of the holes? put some mesurments on the picture and I can make it.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

In Jazzy's defense $85 is not much to ask. This is not as easy to make as it looks.
I designed mine in Auto-CAD and cut 15 out on a wetjet. Reduced the throw by 35 - 40%.
I also made a new weight to replace the factory shifter weight.
This is the way the car should have shifted from the factory.
It's really nice now.
It was like driving a slot machine before.

Looking at this, it appears that your design moves the lever towards the back of the car. Whatever direction the ball is moved, in this case towards the front, the shift knob moves the opposite way. Is this correct?

 

[JBR]

Looking at this, it appears that your design moves the lever towards the back of the car. Whatever direction the ball is moved, in this case towards the front, the shift knob moves the opposite way. Is this correct?

Shift knob back...Lever moves back.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

Looking at this, it appears that your design moves the lever towards the back of the car. Whatever direction the ball is moved, in this case towards the front, the shift knob moves the opposite way. Is this correct?

Shift knob back...Lever moves back.

Let me rephrase slightly. I meant that your design moves the shifter back toward the center armrest.

 

[JBR]

When in neutral...The shifter is in the same spot as without the plate. The picture is an illusion. The ball is moved towards the left side of the car. Not forward or back.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

When in neutral...The shifter is in the same spot as without the plate. The picture is an illusion. The ball is moved towards the left side of the car. Not forward or back.

I went back and looked at the photo of it installed, and you are absolutely correct (big surprise - you designed it). In car, you can see that the new location sits squarely on an imaginary line drawn between the original and the shaft.

 

[JBR]

I went back and looked at the photo of it installed, and you are absolutely correct (big surprise - you designed it). In car, you can see that the new location sits squarely on an imaginary line drawn between the original and the shaft.

You are correct sir!

 

[Darth Vader]

Well...the supposedly weak generic ball stud I used withstood a night of powershifting at the track...I guess I got the good "bad" ones.(rockon)

 

[choprdav]

Just wanted to say thanks to Darth Vader. I built one of his shift plates and it seems to work great! Thanks for putting the work in and drawing up the plans. I appreciate it

 

[JBR]

It looks like the install instructions I sent out on CD are corrupt. If you need them you can download the here:
http://www.jamiesplanet.com/ms3/docs/stsp_inst.doc

I had 6 on Saturday, now I only have 1 in black left. I'll have six more by the end of the week. If you want one let me know so I can get it painted.

 

[nate0123]

Have you applied for AV/AMM status?

 

[JamesCH]

This seems to be the thread for custom short-throw shift plates and shifter weights. I've worked on my own design and I finally finished and tested everything!

My twist is that I made everything from Titanium scrap I had at my job. The shifter weight is pure titanium while the STS plate is Ti-6-4. Long story short I love the shorter shifts and the lighter shift weight.

If I had to do it again, I'd probably not use Ti-6-4 because it's like machining hardened steel, only tougher. I actually skipped the tapped hole and used a nut instead, I could see the flutes in the tap twisting as I tried to tap it.

Feel free to use my print at will. I included tolerances on the location for the new shift point so that you may move it wherever you like. You can probably move it further than my tolerances if you add material to support it.

Props to jbarone and DarthVader for their designs!