2G Short shifter

[96talonchick]

On my other 2g's I have eBay shifters. They needed slight modification to use as well, it's eBay crap. What I want to know is do shifters matter and should I spend the extra for a better name than eBay crap? Picked up a 2g AWD and want to do things more than half ass this time.

 

[AllanL]

you have access to a machine shop?

or want it bolt on and go?

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

Bar none, the best mass produced short shifter for the 2g is the B&M shifter. They can be had used, as they are LONG out of production. I would also replace the base plate and shift cable (trans side) bushings.

A short shifter can help take some of the "slop" out of the shift assembly. You would notice a much more positive engagement with one. The basic idea is to reduce the amount of movement while shifting making for a "quicker" shift.

 

[Nathan1993]

I have a b&m (I think) but I'm like two and a half hours away.

 

[spyderdrifter]

Agreed on the B&M shifters. I bought one new, when they were still produced, when I had my first spyder. I loved it. The gsx donor I bought for my 2nd spyder, just happened to have one as well. I put it in that spyder too, but it was one of the few parts I removed before selling the car. I no longer have a manual DSM, but my current gsx will get a manual swap eventually and the B&M will go on it too. They seem to be properly weighted and just make shifting feel so much better.

 

[sinned4g63]

Stay away from the eBay crap. The closest thing to the B&M is the Megan short shifter from what I've been seeing. Been looking into one myself but I'm torn between that and chopping the stock shifter about an inch.

 

[Nathan1993]

Nevermind, it is a Megan racing short shifter. I had it for a long time so I couldn't quite remember. Sorry to get your hopes up.

 

[96talonchick]

Nevermind, it is a Megan racing short shifter. I had it for a long time so I couldn't quite remember. Sorry to get your hopes up.

No worries. Thanks for checking though.

Know what a used B&M sells for so I don't get ripped off while purchasing one?

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

They will sell for whatever someone is willing to pay for one. When sold new, they retailed around the $165-180 mark. No doubt, one could still fetch that today for a used unit in perfect working condition. When they were regularly sold in used condition (while new ones were available), they would average in the $80-125 range.

 

[2gGst98]

I got a cheebay on then happened to find my B&M at a junk yard up in DC 3 years ago. Paid 25 bucks for it. A good amount of old DSM's had them, my buddy found one for his 2g not too long ago at the same junk yard, he ended up paying 20$.

I had a noticeably different feel between the two.