Now what could I be cooking up here....

[1995mtxsho]

I love being able to weld and fabricate.... $$90 in parts, a couple days of brainstorming, and a day of work...

A shot mid way though fabrication.


I have sampled how Jose's Mack-Daddy SHOrt Shifter feels/works, and This feels DAMN close. Looks 100% stock, feels 200% performance!

I also re-engineered the U-Joint with bronze oilite door hinge bushings, and poly bushings and also replaced the plastic bushing at the entrance to the shift housing with a bronze oilite bushing/washer making it all slop-free.
All for $90...

Thanks Matt!!! :woo-hoo:

 

[Northwestvoodoo]

Very crafty!

 

[randy'sho]

nice....this is exactly what i want to do~

 

[SuperHO]

when ya gonna make mine?

 

[groove83]

when ya gonna make mine?

Why do you need one???

 

[1995mtxsho]

Thats what I was thinking... I swore he said he had the "SHOrty" kit in his...

 

[SuperHO]

I do...I just like pretty, custom fab stuff sitting in my garage...


However, if you'd like to fab me up a shifter boss brace, we need to talk........

 

[1995mtxsho]

Boss brace isnt high on my priority list. All my mounts are bolted solid, the engine/trans doesn't move. I also dont try to dislodge the shifter from the floor on every shift.

 

[groove83]

I also dont try to dislodge the shifter from the floor on every shift.

That makes one person in this post that doesn't......cause I know I do....as well as tim.

but I will say that some bushings in your assembly would help you out greatly time.....dumb ford design.....


I have a shifter sitting around from another car I would like to see if I can modify it to fit a SHO.....only problem is I don't have a 5 speed SHO.

 

[SuperHO]

You trying to tell me you wanna use mine as a guinea pig?

 

[TimboSHO]

Looks good James! I wish I had some extra time and a welder, I still have tons of stuff to do to my 91!

 

[groove83]

You trying to tell me you wanna use mine as a guinea pig?

Perhaps....just matters if I can get my lazy butt up and do something at some point and tme.

maybe if you can get shifter bushings....we can replace them and I can try that using that shifter.

 

[kzoosho]

Nice nice nice man. Now all we need to do is what we talked about man. Then it will be a closer race.

 

[SASHO91]

Would you mind elaborating on the build up? If you don't mind. I've had the itch to throw something together for the car, but just haven't had a set plan to go by per se.
I'm an excellent fabricator, so let me have it!

 

[1995mtxsho]

Please See this post... Home-made Short Shifter