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bsgts · 10-08-2002, 03:58 PM

My 1990 corolla gts has a super long throw. The stick is really long and i think it makes me lose time. Is there thing i can do about it?
thanks brandon

***REN69*** · 10-08-2002, 04:03 PM

TRD short shifter kit, a toyota dealer should be able to get it.. but probably a bit pricey.

toymaniac · 10-08-2002, 04:52 PM

if your dealer dont have it check on www.trdracing.com

martiniracing · 10-08-2002, 11:27 PM

or go to a machine shop and see if you can make a custom short shift kit for cheap

hopeful · 10-09-2002, 12:40 AM

just take the one you have now, yank it out and cut off about half to an inch from the knob part to the botton linkage and have it welded back on. If u dont care so much as to do so just shift way faster, short shifters do the same thing so theres no harm either way.

bsgts · 10-09-2002, 10:07 AM

so i can just cut an inch from the top of the shift knob? aaaand it will make me shist faster. Or can i cut it just to look btter. everyone looks in my car and says i have such a long throw. I want it to look better. :-?

wunderboy · 10-09-2002, 12:28 PM

No,

You cant just cut off some of the shifter and say its a short throw. You havent changed the throw at all. the throw is from the ball down. If you cut a bit off the top, the distance below the ball is still the same.

hopeful · 10-09-2002, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hopeful

just take the one you have now, yank it out and cut off about half to an inch from the knob part to the botton linkage and have it welded back on. If u dont care so much as to do so just shift way faster, short shifters do the same thing so theres no harm either way.

sorry i coudnt remember the word, by knob i meant ball.

And there is harm, just shifting really fast so be quick with the cluth or you'll grind, and i dont know if the corrola is like this but i remember with this tercel we working on theres a boot all the way up in the engine compartment and it ruptured cos of it changing size so fast and being old.

project trueno · 10-09-2002, 04:24 PM

teh OEM shift boot looks funney....heh heh

old school pump style, chicks dig it

***REN69*** · 10-09-2002, 04:25 PM

hahaha... yeah! mine looks like a fvk!ng accordion!! :x LOL!! xenon is always making fun of it...

bsgts · 10-09-2002, 04:46 PM

mine looks like an according too. to make it look better can i just cut the handle down and get a new shift boot. where can i get a new shift boot?

Lafora · 10-09-2002, 05:13 PM

guy.what's wrong wth the accordian shift boot?

if yall hate it so much, i'll take it

5 dolla for each

hopeful · 10-09-2002, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lafora

guy.what's wrong wth the accordian shift boot?

if yall hate it so much, i'll take it

5 dolla for each

Its an according boot guy. u've got it all wrong, we hate our according boots.
I like my Tims.

***REN69*** · 10-09-2002, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lafora

guy.what's wrong wth the accordian shift boot?

if yall hate it so much, i'll take it

5 dolla for each

hahaha.. it just looks kinda funny. it wouldn't be so bad if ppl wouldn't make fun of it.

hopeful · 10-09-2002, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by REN69

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lafora

guy.what's wrong wth the accordian shift boot?

if yall hate it so much, i'll take it

5 dolla for each

hahaha.. it just looks kinda funny. it wouldn't be so bad if ppl wouldn't make fun of it.

Thats like saying rice on hondas would look good if everyone didn't notice it was rice. :wink: