short shifters question and answers
 

looking for a short shifter. any recommendations?

I would wait to see if B&M makes one. I love their product line....

Choices of Short Shifters?
 

So what are some of the choices in short shifters out here in N.A.?

I would say B&M once they produce one

This is something that I feel is an essential. After driving my S13 daily with a Tomei short shifter, I've become so accustomed to that feel. My only gripe with the Fit, thus far, is that the shifter feels muddy. I don't get any positive feedback from shifts.

Well I think that B&M make one of the cleaneest feeling products on the market and made with a good quality material... I'm hoping they come out with one.

I like your taste on parts...I have TOMEI shifter as well. Now if I could get my butt up so I can install the TOmei Trax LSD.:(

I was always curious to drive a car with a Tomei LSD. If you ever get it installed let me know how it drives.

I've sent out 5 LSD's to customers at zilvia.net. I'll wait for their review and I'll llet you know.

I put B&M on my Protege5. A big improvement is also made in terms of shifter feel, that is giving more of a mechanical snick snick undampened feel, by inserting the hard bushings in place of the OEM soft, rubbery bushings. These bushings are at the connection of the shifter linkage arm to the transaxel.

Interestingly, my Maxima 5-speed came from the factory with hard bushings. The OEM soft rubber bushings in the Protege5 took away a lot of feel. Of course, nothing beats having the shifter with the transmission directly below in a RWD car such as my Miata.

This car's been out for years....there's GOT to be a shortshifter out there somewhere! Asia or Europe members...HELP!!!

C's is the Japanese equivalent to B&M with just as many applications as B&M of course most of those are Japanese market cars but nevertheless its a huge variety but they dont have one for the Fit which is surprising since the Fit is a fairly popular car in Japan.

Well I'm sure someone will make one for the NA market...

Someone like...........HONDA!?! Heck, TRD's got one for the Scion, what's up with HFP???

Short Shift
 

Hey i was wondering if there are any short throw kits that fit on the USDM fit or if anybody has heard about anybody coming out with one.

B&M is working on one too.

I would use a B&M if they produced one. I loved their product for my EG...

Good i hope soon, the fit needs it bad.

I have short shifter!!
 

Well after having the car for a week, the only thing I didnt really like about the fit was the long throws on the shifter, and the sloppy feel of it. After doing a little research for a short shifter came up to nothing, so I decided to make my own :).

I ended up taking the complete shifter out and cutting the shifter at the bottom and extending it about 1". The Fit doesnt have much room under the shifter to start with so i had to add spacer and lift up the entire assembly. The results, feels much better, and more solid shift. I would say it has reduced the shifting about 30-40%.


Sorry I dont have before pics, but here's an after pic to show the throw from 3rd to 4th gear and nuetral.

https://www.fitfreak.net/gallery/alb...shortshift.jpg

nice art skills to make that photo. yea, it's a shame you didn't take before pics. maybe smeone can give u three pics of a stock throw, and u can do that same effect?

Actually the pic is just one single image, taken with a 10 sec shutter..

yeah i want to do this too but im too much of a wuss to cut the thing

did you take any pics when you did this?

That's wierd, Car and Driver praised the Fit for its sporty precise shifter. But you definately can't go wrong getting a shorter throw.


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yeah i think that the shifts are really nice and precise but the throws are just a little too long thats all

nice! possible for u to do a write up or showing pics of the procedure? :)

I like the long throw.... makes me feel like I'm driving a big rig.

I wouldn't call the Fit's shifter a long throw, but good work in making it shorter. :)

I thought the throw on Fit was nice, short and crisp compared to the '86.

Need a DIY man! I am interested in doing the same if it's that simple!

seriously though, if I could see how this is done, I would be all over it...

^^me Too Yo!^^

Hey, I am in Orlando...wanna have some beer while making my shifter into a short throw shifter? lol

So, come on...give us some info. We need a DIY on this ASAP!

Take it apart and show up DIY, pls!

awesome pic hahahaha

i would. my god, there must be 8+ inches of knob travel

good show on the short shifter

what did you use as a spacer? just washers? how did you extend it? MIG/TIG? whats the diameter of the shifter its self?

sorry for the questions but i havent had time to take it apart yet.

Shouldn't that be AFTER making your shifter into a short throw shifter?

Might not want to drink too much while making it...LOL...never know what you might end up with!

haha...."aparently I cut to much off...."
haha I can see the thread now..