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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rnye,Aug 27 2007, 06:57 AM
Reminds me of a video game
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Project22a,Aug 28 2007, 07:01 PM
Reminds me of a video game
not a fan, looks like a half ball shift boot, nothing like a gate setup.
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by S2KPUDDYDAD,Aug 28 2007, 05:56 PM
not a fan, looks like a half ball shift boot, nothing like a gate setup.
So what is stopping you from making large quantities of the gate itself made (the one you have) since you have access to a CNC machine?
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 12:07 AM
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Methinks this works better for cars that have remote shifters.
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by trivium,Aug 28 2007, 11:32 PM
So what is stopping you from making large quantities of the gate itself made (the one you have) since you have access to a CNC machine?
Every thing I do is by hand, no CNC
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 12:51 AM
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I want it
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by S2KPUDDYDAD,Aug 29 2007, 01:34 AM
Every thing I do is by hand, no CNC
So you made your own shifter plate by hand?
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rnye,Aug 27 2007, 08:57 AM
Agreed. Its on the S60, possibly the S40...



Make that and I'm in.

Gated shifter is too retro for the S2000.
With the additional intention of helping to avoid mis-shifts I don't think this one would cut it. Though I like Puddy's, it wouldn't serve that purpose either.

Visually I think this ball one is stinky as well. I'm happy with a short shifter or countersunk knob with a nice leather boot, personally.
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by trivium,Aug 29 2007, 03:56 AM
So you made your own shifter plate by hand?
Yes, by hand with hand tools nothing is metric, it
Old Aug 29, 2007 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by S2KPUDDYDAD,Aug 29 2007, 06:45 AM
As to the benefit of avoiding miss shifts, it dose help. You always know what gear your in and if you go for a down shift a quick glimpse of the shift plate lets you know if your good to let the clutch out
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I suppose it does give some better idea of gear based on not having a sloppy boot where you can recognize the distance of the shifter for each of the extreme gear locations, but I was thinking more along the lines of still not having a visual on each gear (which I'm sure you understand).

Maybe a better way to avoid mis-shifts would be for Rick's to start offering the ol' Trunk Monkey's with chauffeur ability.



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