Short shifter...B&M....IS300...W58...R154

[drunk_medic]

Alright, I am doing this. Well, I will be - I am leaving for vacation on Monday for about a month, but when I get back, I have a project waiting for me:

I have my IS300 B&M shifter which I put a new OEM shifter bushing for a R154 on, and my Trust knob threaded onto it VERY nicely [hooray! no more cheapo shift knob coming loose in traffic], and a NA W58 shifter housing to hack up. All I need are some longer bolts and a drill press now, and I'll be cooking with grease. I think I will also buy a new shift boot cover, since the two metals look disimilar.

 

[monkihead]

picture 1 shows you how to cut the top part out. Make sure that you don't cut out the base of the top piece where the green bushing rest onto.

picture 2 After cutting, you'll end up with what inside of the red square box that I drew.

What you want to do now is grind down all the excess edges so you can have a flat surface to mount your shifter onto. You'll be mounting this spacer up side down so this flat surface will attach to the bottom of your shifter. You don't have to measure how thick your spacer because that's how thick it needs to be.

Now, you need to drill the four bolt holes all the way through, cut the two pins and enlarge the middle hole (pic 3) until your shifter could drop into it. That's what you need to do for the spacer.

i hate to sound like an idiot, but do i need to cut where the blade is at on pic 1??

 

[siman]

"blade".....

go ahead and explain your question a little more :icon_conf


-J.Mann

 

[Kyle87T]

Is anyone making a kit for us Supra owners? I am a novice when it comes to all of this stuff. I can buy the B&M shifter off of ebay, and I will be willing to pay for someones time and effort to get me all the extra parts I need to convert.
I have some extra money lying around for something just like this!!! Let me know.

Does the tranny have to be pulled at any time in this project?

 

[shaeff]

no need to pull the tranny. just the center cosole area around the shifter.

-shaeff

 

[Kyle87T]

ok awesome. Just waiting for a reply so I can get this upgrade over with

Is this the right one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/B-M-...33736QQitemZ8010631524QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[siman]

Anyone got one going yet besides me?

Mk3_300 and I are building another one this week for his supra ( converted from auto to 5spd this winter)

 

[NashMan]

man that mod must have cost more then mine to make

 

[NashMan]

why bother buying the is300 shifter when you can use the stock shifter ?

 

[bigaaron]

why bother buying the is300 shifter when you can use the stock shifter ?

I agree, with all that work cutting and drilling stuff you are only one weld away from using the stock shifter and saving $200.

 

[NashMan]

I agree, with all that work cutting and drilling stuff you are only one weld away from using the stock shifter and saving $200.

bingo you hit it on a nail

sure ity pretty but may way is alot cheerp

but i have to say it is shinney

 

[siman]

Well you keep the arm rest accessible stock height (well about 3/4" lower than stock shifter position) for COMFORT.

2. The shifting is reduced around 60% judging from my friends non-modified shifter on his R154.

3. The CRISPNESS is unmatchable.

4. It takes less than 15 minutes to do. Providing you have all the tools neccessary etc.

its about as simple of a "mod" as you can get withou plug and play.

I am not here to force my idea and incredible findings here on anyone. You will never know until you try.

Ever single person that has sat in my car and has felt the shifter ( rowing through the gears) without me heading them off about the B&M, they shift it and just LOOK at me with big wide eys and say "my god! What kind of shifter is this???"...Maybe I should tape record some of it. LOL

-jonathan

 

[xarewhyayen]

anybody know what size die it is to rethread the shifter?

 

[siman]

You do not need to rethread anything on the B&M or the R154.

 

[NashMan]

cheeper sution is to get a w58 hat and then take you stock shifter cut teh ball off and rear weld it so ti is longer then you are done

mush mush cheeper and shiftes the same way

cetpt eh one si make are angled to even the shifting throws between 1st and 2nd

 

[siman]

cheeper sution is to get a w58 hat and then take you stock shifter cut teh ball off and rear weld it so ti is longer then you are done

mush mush cheeper and shiftes the same way

cetpt eh one si make are angled to even the shifting throws between 1st and 2nd

Please PLEASE re-type that.:aigo:

 

[supra90turbo]

You know... way to be a cock, man.. he's got dyslexia. I'm proud for him for every post he makes.. You ever met someone with dyslexia? Ever seen the consequences? Fuck, that's insensitivity at it's best...

for you, and anyone else with a closed fucking mind...

cheaper solution is to get a w58 hat, then take your stock shifter, cut the ball off and re weld it so it is longer when you are done.

much much cheaper and it shifts the same way.

except the ones i make are angled to even the shift throws between 1st and 2nd.

 

[Dave Hughes]

So did anyone else get this done?

 

[supra90turbo]

haha, boy I was pissed huh? lmao!

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

I would be too. NM is FTW