Shifter question??

[MK3_Turbo]

i was just wondering...does chopping down the shifter really help?? or should i just go with a short throw shifter...they cost so much though!:nono: i found a short throw shifter on ebay for like $150+s/h but not sure if it is good.

ohh yeah..another question my supra seems to smoke when i rev it up..the smoke is white...is that suppose to be normal?? i'm still pretty new to supras..i dont really know it does that. it also smoked when i raced my cousin's civic Si on the highway..i of course pull him and then he told that there was smoke coming out when i let off the gas to slow down. i only pushed it to like 5k rpm.

 

[tubbie]

Choping the shifter makes shifting shorter, but a whole lot harder to shift. Search for the IS300 B&M shifter mod, I think that is the best ss for under $200.

BHG.............. :bigthumb:

 

[s383mmber1]

yeah......BHG:bigthumb:

 

[daledoe]

someone told me that the c's shifter is good but costs a bit?????

 

[MK3_Turbo]

yeah......BHG:bigthumb:

i got a MHG though...

 

[MK3_Turbo]

someone told me that the c's shifter is good but costs a bit?????

yeah it costs like $300:icon_conf

 

[IHI-RHC7]

MHGs blow.
Did you surface the block when you put it in?

 

[supratkfy]

yea cutting the shifter makes it hard to shift and isn't really making the throws shorter...the c's is a good short throw shifter but just cost too much....i've been wanting onebut don't wanna pay the $300

as for the white smoke, that means coolant, water...was teh MHG installed by you? check to make sure the car is not overheating, check the coolant to see if it has milky paste to it....

 

[IJ.]

MHGs blow.
Did you surface the block when you put it in?

Yep I blew all 6 cylinders on a Cometic

 

[IHI-RHC7]

That's cause your head did the banana dance though.

 

[Sonex2000]

You don't have to cut the stock shifter. If you take a blow torch to the black plastic part on the top of the shifter. You can actually take it off all together. After that you can get an after market shifter knob....or making threading on the new shifter. and viola!!! shortshifter. COST: 15min and a blowtorch.

Note: make sure you got some wrenches. b/c that shit get hot QUICK!!

thanks Yonkers87T

 

[sarichmond]

I thought White smoke also could mean that the turbo is shot? Is this not so?

 

[BoostFreak]

no the turbo shot would be blue or oil smoke and you would see alot of oil in your intake.
smoke colors
black-rich the smeell burns your eyes and nose
white-coolent and smeels sweet
blue-oil smells like a civic, also could be that a smerf as been sucked into your masive turbo

 

[shaeff]

you guys are blowing the SOGI short shift mod way out of proportion. mine is even shorter than that calls for, and i dont have trouble shifting... get some good tranny oil, new bushings, and some muscle.

be prepared to miss shifts whilst driving agressively with a true short shifter.

-shaeff

 

[IJ.]

That's cause your head did the banana dance though.

LOL nope it was from inhaling a gut full of oil after the Injector torched a piston pressurised the sump blew oil into the intake through the turbo and into the chambers! (oil doesn't compress so something had to let go)

 

[cruzinbill]

hey I thought Yee or one of the OK supra guys had one of the shortened ones if i remeber correctly you should see, and if so try it out on their car and see if you like it at all

 

[MK3_Turbo]

hey I thought Yee or one of the OK supra guys had one of the shortened ones if i remeber correctly you should see, and if so try it out on their car and see if you like it at all

Both the OK supras have the short shifters...they look way better..i'm thinkin of just using the blow torch(15min. Short shifter):icon_bigg oh yeah and Yee sold his supra....SO SAD!!! he's got a '93(i think?) Sentra SE-R with the SR20de soon to be boosted.

 

[MK3_Turbo]

yea cutting the shifter makes it hard to shift and isn't really making the throws shorter...the c's is a good short throw shifter but just cost too much....i've been wanting onebut don't wanna pay the $300

as for the white smoke, that means coolant, water...was teh MHG installed by you? check to make sure the car is not overheating, check the coolant to see if it has milky paste to it....

i didn't put the MHG on...the guy i bought my supra from said he put one on already..it not overheating, it stays right in the middle. it does smells sweet either...i know the smell of the white coolant smoke. the smoke comin from my supra smells kind of like oil..:icon_conf

 

[IHI-RHC7]

Just so you know, you don't need a blow torch to do the SOGI shifter mod, just grab onto the shifter with some vise grips or channel locks and twist...

 

[antman]

no heat, no tools, just muscle. and whatever you do don't hack up your stock shifter. do it right. you'll like it better.
1j: could you elaborate a little more on your bhg theory?