I have read all these threads about people wanting to lower the shifter, but for tracking purposes I wanted to actually raise mine up to the level where my hands are on the steering wheel. I have a custom machined extension and love the height it sits at but it was like rowing a boat, due to the increased length, so I removed it. The extension is around 5 inches.

Just wondering if anyone here has any pictures of your extensions and if any one has coupled the extension with a short shifter? Did this effectively raise the shift **** height while keeping the throws short?

 

So for the track you wanted to make it so you wasted more time doing those long a$$ throws? SHORT shifters are for making quicker more presicise shifts. Long shifters would make slow less accurate shifts so why would anyone want that? I see why you say, have it at steering wheel level but the time u save in moving ur hand, you lose in moving the shifter. it's a lose/lose

 

^+1. Also I can see the tall shifter for more of drifting and touge scene.

 

Ive seen drifting hydraulic ebrake extended lever!

blue handle in pic!


- j

 

That looks like the lever from my garage jack. Yeah, e-brake extenders for drifting are normal but never shifter extenders as far as i've ever seen.

 

^^ correct you are...

thats what they used...the drilled holes in the jack handle and secured it to the lever on the wilwood handbrake used as a in-line hydraulic ebrake.

-j

 

I don't know about the Z in particular, but shifter extensions combined with short shifters are effective and widely used for 240sx's. I see no reason why it would not be effective in the Z as well.

 

Does the Nismo "adjustibility" adjust throw only through lengthening the height like the picture implies? (length above the fulcrum) Because that would be worthless if an extension was used.

Looks like the miata folks have already discovered this http://motors.shop.ebay.com/merchant...1?_rkw=shifter

Now I just need to find a Z owner who has tried this with a short shifter.

 

nismo shifter just makes the upper portion longer or shorter. Not a true short shifer but it gets the job done. Also would do what you want. Makes it longer by 40% I think...maybe just 20% can't remember off the top of my head.

 

aww ****, i gotta see this

 

 

Those really long shifters that you see in the videos and all that crap for drifting and stuff is for Sequential Gear Boxs. Its a manual gear box but all they have to do is push foward or pull back to shift gears. Thats why its faster for them. There's no gear throw.