View Full Version : Relocate shifter farther back...?(less reaching)
lestenson06
04-27-2008, 10:06 AM
I was at our local club meet in Mankato on saturday and saw some pretty cool stuff. One thing i saw was a shift relocator assembly for a old 69 or 70's mustang. This was very simple as it was just a bar going from the original shifter location back to new location where it connected to a shifter allowing normal operation if you can imagine. My question is who makes this for our cars since we have a poorly located shifter in this car.
no one makes them for our car.
ND4SPD
04-27-2008, 10:21 AM
since we have a poorly located shifter in this car.
We do? :confused:
lestenson06
04-27-2008, 10:22 AM
Who makes them period? I'm sure i could make it work somehow. It was pretty strait foreward i just don't have the metal working tools and ability to make my own or i would.
jaged
04-27-2008, 10:24 AM
where do you want to move it to?
it wont work the same as on the older cars cause they use a mechinical (too early to spell) linkage, we use cables
GTownCougar
04-27-2008, 07:11 PM
Yeah I don't really have a problem with mine. Maybe you need to get rid of the gangster lean and put the seatback back where it belongs.
devildog
04-27-2008, 08:12 PM
I think if you move it back its going to be more poorly located your elbow will be back behind the damn seat, not to mention won't you have to cut up your console?
ND4SPD
04-27-2008, 08:36 PM
jackass comments aside... :rofl: I think the bigger problem would be that if its any further back, you would have to start making modifications to the ebrake handle aswell, right?
Blackcoog
04-28-2008, 10:04 AM
If your shifter is stock you shouldn't have any trouble reaching it unless you are a little person (dwarf, elf, etc.). If you cut it down then you may have issues reaching it. You would probably have to build custom cables that go from the shift tower to the shifter if you wanted to attempt this.
:facepalm: Longer Arms! that is what we really need! is there plastic surgery for that yet? Where can i get it done? :disgust:
ND4SPD
04-28-2008, 12:41 PM
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/933/50486687.JPG
^^ has trouble reaching the shifter...
c0alition
04-28-2008, 01:01 PM
hahaha.. what would be real tight and no reaching.. paddle shifters on the steering wheel.. that would be tiiight.
nadthomas
04-28-2008, 01:25 PM
If your shifter is stock you shouldn't have any trouble reaching it unless you are a little person (dwarf, elf, etc.). If you cut it down then you may have issues reaching it. You would probably have to build custom cables that go from the shift tower to the shifter if you wanted to attempt this.
Actually if you are very short it would be better to move it forward. My fiance is 5'1", and when she drove the MTX cougar her problem was that the seat has to be very far forward to get the clutch pedal in, which actually made it difficult when shifting into 2nd, 4th, and Reverse. Her arm would end up hit the bolsters on the seat, its even worse in the GTO. Also being that close to the steering wheel is a safety issues as well for people her size. I'm seriously considering developing a good looking easily removed clutch extension pedal for her. Because its always the clutch pedal that has a much longer throw, and is the only reason she has to be so close. If the car is an auto she can normally have the seat at a reasonable distance from the steering wheel.
MaverickFlyer
04-28-2008, 01:29 PM
If you can't reach the shifter you are sitting in the car wrong.
Here read this and stop slouching.
TurnFast : Seating Position (http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving_seating.shtml)