have any of y'all ever shortened the stock shifter from a mustang. i want to do this with my stock shifter but haven't found any write ups. can y'all post pics?
homemade short shifter??
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Just buy a handle.
I forget who made it, but i bought a short handle on EBay with no rubber bushings. I bolted it to my stock base and it was a HUGE improvement. I got it for like $5 on ebay.
It was something like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Tri-...itemZ270313138158QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts
I forget who made it, but i bought a short handle on EBay with no rubber bushings. I bolted it to my stock base and it was a HUGE improvement. I got it for like $5 on ebay.
It was something like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Tri-...itemZ270313138158QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts
5.0Droptop
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I took a stock handle cut off the threads then cut off the handle as short as possible welded the threads back on and I have a very short handle now.
This is not a Short throw shifter as they are designed to actualy change the travel of the shifter. This is just a short handled shifter.
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This is not a Short throw shifter as they are designed to actualy change the travel of the shifter. This is just a short handled shifter.
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I did the same, but keep in mind when you get rid of the stock rubber bushings, its going to vibrate like crazy. That and if you continuously bang the gears hard, you risk bending your shift forks.....which is going to get you nothing but an expensive rebuild.
For what an aftermarket shifter costs now a days....especially used, its not worth the time, aggravation and possible broken parts of trying to build your own.
For what an aftermarket shifter costs now a days....especially used, its not worth the time, aggravation and possible broken parts of trying to build your own.
the prob with a longer handle is that you will eventually hit the radio, but Steeda I think made a pretty trick piece that looked a tad longer than the stocker. it was just the handle portion. it was designed to bolt to the stock shifter base.
stangster50
New Member
i have a pro 5.0, didnt like the short handle.... so i welded washers to the shock handle, to take up slack, and so i didnt have to use the rubber bushings, and i have a pistol grip handle on it... its close to the wheel, and has the leverage the t-5's require.
1991notchbackLX
Active Member
i'm replacing my old short throw with the new SICK MGW shifter i just bought a few days ago... i won't be needing my B&M short throw shifter for the T5 any more... it's a pretty good quality shifter, accepts the stock shift knob and has the shift stops already set, cost me about 180 bucks... you can have it... just pay for shipping! PM me dude
it's this one
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=BM-45050 1&comp=LRS
Chris
it's this one
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=BM-45050 1&comp=LRS
Chris
i'm replacing my old short throw with the new SICK MGW shifter i just bought a few days ago... i won't be needing my B&M short throw shifter for the T5 any more... it's a pretty good quality shifter, accepts the stock shift knob and has the shift stops already set, cost me about 180 bucks... you can have it... just pay for shipping! PM me dude
it's this one
83-00 SHIFTER, T5/T45 PRECISION SPORT MUSTANG
Chris
Pay the shipping and take that. Your to nice haha.
SteedaGT9150
Advanced Member
i'm replacing my old short throw with the new SICK MGW shifter i just bought a few days ago... i won't be needing my B&M short throw shifter for the T5 any more... it's a pretty good quality shifter, accepts the stock shift knob and has the shift stops already set, cost me about 180 bucks... you can have it... just pay for shipping! PM me dude
it's this one
83-00 SHIFTER, T5/T45 PRECISION SPORT MUSTANG
Chris
wow, the world needs more people like you
Every handle i've ever had was custom made. Mine right now is loosely based off the Tri Ax handle but slightly more back towards the driver since i sit all the way back. There isn't much of a write up to it...just get out a welder and some scrap metal and make something. We used some stainless threaded rod for the thread section and some 1 inch by 1/4 inch metal strip for the arm part and bent it in a press to how i wanted it to angle towards the side, and then cut/welded the bends going back towards the rear of the car.
That is badass!!! Did it shorten up at all?
I did the same, but keep in mind when you get rid of the stock rubber bushings, its going to vibrate like crazy. That and if you continuously bang the gears hard, you risk bending your shift forks.....which is going to get you nothing but an expensive rebuild.
For what an aftermarket shifter costs now a days....especially used, its not worth the time, aggravation and possible broken parts of trying to build your own.
+1. Gotta keep the rubber bushings if you do this, just like 5.0DropTop did. He should take 1991notchbackLX up on his deal. B&M shifters are around 199-219 depending on which one you get. I had one in my Cobra for 7 years, it's a great shifter.
i'm replacing my old short throw with the new SICK MGW shifter i just bought a few days ago... i won't be needing my B&M short throw shifter for the T5 any more... it's a pretty good quality shifter, accepts the stock shift knob and has the shift stops already set, cost me about 180 bucks... you can have it... just pay for shipping! PM me dude
it's this one
83-00 SHIFTER, T5/T45 PRECISION SPORT MUSTANG
Chris
MGW BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to the club. You are gonna love it!!!
P.S.....your too nice....hahaha
5.0Droptop
...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??
Special Agent Mukity-Muck Whats in Charge Round Here
It makes it feel like it has tighter shifts, but thats because the handle is so short.
1991notchbackLX
Active Member
HAHA maybe I am too nice... but I remember what it was like to be 17 and delivering pizza trying to scrape together money to buy car parts... plus it's the holidays! 
as soon as he pays the shipping it'll be on its' way down to GA...
Chris
as soon as he pays the shipping it'll be on its' way down to GA...Chris
I did the same, but keep in mind when you get rid of the stock rubber bushings, its going to vibrate like crazy. That and if you continuously bang the gears hard, you risk bending your shift forks.....which is going to get you nothing but an expensive rebuild.
For what an aftermarket shifter costs now a days....especially used, its not worth the time, aggravation and possible broken parts of trying to build your own.
+1
Knowing how finicky T5s can be, a good shifter with shift stops should be first on everybody's list of mods. The stock ones are sooo sloppy, too.
I took about 3/4" off my B&M Ripper. When I was measuring the threads to make a shift knob (I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay $40 or more for a stinkin KNOB) I realized there was still some of the necked down shaft that wasn't threaded. I threaded it the rest of the way down & cut some off the top.
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