So.. New synchros and gears.. 3rd is being a bit obstinate on the break-in.. Have to be moderately direct / firm - done right the baulk ring stops the shifter and then it slides in like butter as it should.. Limp wrist it a bit and I end up with a bit of a grind under certain conditions.. Plus I have an uber short shifter than allows for about a .000001% error in shifter movement.

I like driving like a lazy, limp wristed old man in traffic (unless I'm driving an actual dogbox - then I just pretend I'm Petter Solberg running through an Urban Stage) and don't want to grind the dogs off 3rd... Too lazy to drive around and shop for a weighted shift ****..

Solution! (Untill I order a weighted **** somewhere - I like heavy *****)



Heh. heh. hehheh.. eh....

 

My buddy Adrian makes delrin *****, weighted really nice and they sit nice 'n low too. I have one in my car right now and love it. His SN is ARWilliams, hit him up

 

I actually want kind of the opposite.. My short shifter already sits VERY low.. That socket is stuck on top of the factory shift ****...SO whatever **** it is needs to be threaded to the base so I can space it up a bit.

I like delrin - but I like heavier better.. At LEAST 300 grams. I haven't seen a weighted delrin heavier than around 140 grams.

 

Nice

Sounds like you would would love something like a 3" stainless steel ****. I want to make a 3" **** so bad, but my buddy lost the tap that we used for our current *****. ****ing metric ****.

 

If you swing by Paul's, ask to see the **** in the Forester. I had it made on a lark, it's about a pound and a half of stainless steel, in the form of a 6" piston-style ****. I have a guy back east that makes 'em for me. It's a 6MT ****, but it'll work on a 5MT. Only drawback is that it cost a few bucks, but it'll cure ANY shifting problem, lol.

FWIW, I have a SS sphere that's also got a lot of weight to it, and looks "normal". Any "weighted" **** is just an attempt to get close to a solid chunk of metal anyways.....

 

get a metal ball and drill hole in it, here is ur shift ****

 

IIRC skunk2 makes some that are like 440grams.

 

Or if you want something custom that sits higher PM me, I'm a machinist and wouldn't mind helping a fellow i-clubber out.

 

Do you know where he got it from? I've been looking for a tall piston ****...preferably one with a knurled surface to. 1.5 pounds might be heavier than I want though.

 

I do, he got it from me

Company that made it for me is WC LatheWerks, back east. They'll do anything you want.

 

I've got a Skunk2 weighted **** laying around at home collecting dust. Let me know if you're interested.

 

Good looking Mang

 

How does it work on hot days? Might be a stupid question but I drove a friend's IS200 when I lived in the UK and it had the stock metal ball. OMG HOT HOT HOT!! I swear you could read the shift pattern on my hand after I was done haha..

 

I've always had them done in a bead-blasted finish, which shouldn't make any difference, but it seems to make it tolerable.

But, uh, you know my wheel *issues*?

It extends to shift ***** - I can see 11 for the STi on my desk right now, and that's not including the one mounted and the spare in the STi. I turn my own out of cherry, oak, etc, in addition to having a number of copolymer ones (including one of Adrian's once he gets white stock in, uh, stock), so I don't run the stainless steel ones in Sac summers.

 

LatheWerks ***** are awesome. Good weight and doesn't get too hot or too cold. If you really wanted to, you can call them up and you can completely customize it. Check them out.

http://store.lathewerks.com/