Zefy Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 alright so i went to a VIC (ish) meet at rocket rally in squamish today... they were all installing short shifters... so i was looking at my tower of a shifter and then after a few convos we all thought it'd be funny to install the stock WRX shifter into my brat... well it wasn't a quick bolt on of course... the shifter required modding... luckily i can change it back in about 10 mins... it makes me laugh everytime...:-p makes my shoulder cry... just so you know... PURELY FOR THE GIGGLE! so anyway... i don't recommend this mod to anybody... while it does improve shifting (really quite tight shifts... kinda cool) its WAY to short to be any good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86ruguy Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 that's sick dude:headbang: i want to put a wrx shifter in my ej swapped ea82 wagon:banana: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjo Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 can you say short throw on a d/r tranny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry DeMoss Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Um wow.Would be a long reach for those of us over 6' but definately looks too cool:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineAgeVictim Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 would be a cool place to start and lengthen to a bit higher, wouldn't work for me being 6'3" on a side note, is the stereo depth standard or shorter than most radios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 How much of the WRX shifting mechanism did you use? Just the shifter rod? Linkage? Granted, I think it is too short for an EA81 car, but I think it might actually work for an EA82 and still leave a reasonable length shifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Um wow.Would be a long reach for those of us over 6' but definately looks too cool:D What? I thought you taller folks had longer arms? I think it would be more functional if a few inches were added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zefy Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 no i just used the shifter rod... no linkage... i used a grinder to make it fit into the stock linkage... when i get my RX trans in there i'm gonna try and use the other WRX shifter i got... (yes i got 2...:-p) ya i kinda wanna add a few inches... but then again it would probably be easier to chop down the stock shifter... another problem is if i don't hold the shifter right then my hand hits the stereo... so i'd have to angle the shift lever more like the stock lever... and the stereo is a normal pioneer deck... same size as all the rest... i plan to change it back to stock after a while... its still kinda fun having such a short shifter... i'd put it back in for shows and such... still funny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I had a chopped shifter in my Brat. It was cool! I cut off the threads of the shifter where the shift knob screws onto, chopped the rod off where it does the step up to hold the boot in place, then welded the threads back onto the shifter and voila! 5'' gone and worked real smooth:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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