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I dont understand why people say cutting the shifter doesnt make the throw shorter?? It does!! Sure an actual altered angle short shifter will decrease the throw alot more, cutting the shifter will reduce it for free. I did it in my last car and noticed the shifts were much shorter and it looked better.
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
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Originally Posted by /Aerostar\
I dont understand why people say cutting the shifter doesnt make the throw shorter?? It does!! Sure an actual altered angle short shifter will decrease the throw alot more, cutting the shifter will reduce it for free. I did it in my last car and noticed the shifts were much shorter and it looked better.
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
damn collage kids. lol. your right, but cutting it is a very small change, and you would have to cut a lot to get any significant decrease in throw. with the way our shifters are made, its difficult to cut it and still be able to fit a **** on there. especially if you want a big decrease in throw. in my opinion, i would either leave it stock, like mine is with the TRD ****, or go ahead and drop the $400 on a Cs shifter. 
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From: California
Originally Posted by /Aerostar\
I dont understand why people say cutting the shifter doesnt make the throw shorter?? It does!! Sure an actual altered angle short shifter will decrease the throw alot more, cutting the shifter will reduce it for free. I did it in my last car and noticed the shifts were much shorter and it looked better.
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
Think about it, the length of the shift throw = arc length of a sector of a circle, or theta*radius (theta being the angle of the shifter in radians, and radius being the length of the shifter). Therefore, a decrease in shifter length has a direct impact on the shift throw.
Thats my take of it anyway, if someone else can show me how the only way to reduce throw is by changing the angle, Ill listen
back in the day mrjohntan got a TRD short shifter and cut it. He had a less-tall-short shifter.
He said even the TRD short shifter didnt shorten the throw enough because the shift **** actually sat higher than stock. Granted, the lever length below the mounting mosition does play into how much it will shorten the throw, the actual length of the shifter also does matter.
My modded shifter costed me $5 at a local exhaust shop and hasnt broken yet while ive known seveal people with the C's shifters in their 6-speed supras that broke them. =)
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