any kinda of upgradable or home made short shifters

[dude_4_sale]

i have read a few posts but thats just ppl cutting the shift knob shorter. i aint in to all that. so are there any short shifter mods or upgrades for a 94 loyale 4wd.

 

thanx

[GeneralDisorder]

It really isn't *that kind* of a transmission. You'll shorten the life of the syncro's trying to shift it like one.

 

Shift it like the 90 HP, 50/50 4WD that it is. There's no reason to short-shift it unless you install an RX tranny or EJ tranny. Give it the time it needs to properly sync up the gear speeds.

 

Running some scotty's cocktail to help it shift easier would be wise, but don't ruin it by trying to shift it like a sports car cause I got news for you..... IT ISN'T

 

GD

[subiemech85]

just the opposite: http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/471000-471999/471729_20_full.jpg

 

make two cuts of the shift rod and weld together leaving out the center section

 

the subaur gearboxes weren't really built for speed shifting

[WoodsWagon]

A short shifter on a subie tranny isn't really what you want. The leverage of the long shifter gives you the force on the sychros you need to shift the tranny quick. I can "plow" the transmission into gears just as fast as any honda can snick-snick through them. If you can't handle grabbing a shifter and giving it a quick 8" haul, you need to work on your reflexes, not the shifter.

 

I'm on my third tranny... and engine...

[Alaska Style]

Is it loose and sloppy? If you have acess to a welder/cutoff wheel, you can easily do it. The shifter in my 89' GL project had LOTS of side slop, so I took a good look into it and found out that where the female side of shift rod from the shifter slides over the male shaft rod from the tranny "just like a tiny cv setup" was very loose and sloppy and was contributing to mega amounts of side slop. There is a roll pin that keeps it on "just like cv's" I put a bolt/locknut in there and cranked'r down and I now have almost NO side slop, just rod flex. I also took the bushings apart on the shifter handle and cut up a tin can and used pieces of that as sleeve inserts to make the bushings tighter to further stiffen the feel and take up bushing slack. You can use chapstick for a cheep bushing/sleeve lube, I did. But if you want a shorter throw, you can easily remove the handel from inside the car, there are 2 welds that hold the bracket that the shift rod bolts through, you can cut that bracket off and move it up a few inches and bam!!! shorter throw. The stroke from 1-2 will be alot shorter/quicker and possible harsher, depends on driving habbits. But side to side will remain the same and the shifter height will remain the same unless remove rod from under that bracket which the knob will interfear with the shiftboot. You can take the easy fast way around and drill a hole on the very top of the bracket. It will feel a bit shorter, but there won't ba a huge difference. Run Valvoline 75w90 Synthetic with Slick 50 gear addiditive.

[Flowmastered87GL]

I had it shortened in my 87 GL (chopped 1 inch off the rod and rethreaded it... 12mm 1.25 pitch die required if I recall) and then put on a forester leather knob which cut off another half inch from the stock knob. I kept the stock geometry so it still moved the same number of degrees, but my hand was just lower and moving a slightly shorter distance. I often would beat the tranny to the next gear as i agree that its not really designed to shift too fast. I switched to a leather shift boot as well and that made it feel lots better too. I may have some pics....... somewhere.....

 

 

if I had another GL would do the swap again though.