I had one made, and it turned out amazingly.
I didn’t want to spend a fortune on something then have to put a ton of work into it, nor did i want to have to change the shifter stock to the aristo.
I also couldn’t freaking stand smashing up my center console every time i shifted gears using the 93 SC shifter……
Instead i started thinking and with the help of the friendly folks at Zen Motors here in the Atlanta area, we have a pretty darn awesome short shifter.
Sadly i do not have pictures to show you guys, as i am on the road for work and will not return until Friday, but i will post pics and vids of the awesomeness soon. Perhaps they can chime in in exactly what they did somewhere along the way.
I started with my stock w55 shifter that was removed with a meager 20k miles on it, and i also purchased a short shifter from Drift Motion ( R154Short Throw Shifter) i asked the kind folks at Zen to graft them together to make a stock sounding/feeling but shorter throw shifter.
a little while later i got back in the car and it was night and day… super short throw, crisp feeling and vibrations are dampened.. amazing.
I was told that there was an easier way to do it that was discovered, but i can’t remember what exactly was all said. anywho – they did an amazing job and i now have a short shifter on my r154 after 7 or 8 years of being miserable with the long sloppy throws.
I would say that the throw was probably cut in half or super close to it. feels solid and notchy, one of the better shifters i have ever felt.
First I polished the ball so that it would shift nice and smooth:
finished product installed:
Here’s a video of how it performs:
