bootless stick shift

[Randomhero]

Originally Posted by Dolcerae

If you can use that arm how about just extending the shifter back and to the left maybe alittle higher. I modded my friend mustang shifter because he was tall simply chopped it and extended it backwith some thick plate the he had machined with a team name and logo then welded the three pieces together
like this

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pix of said extension???

how does it work? i always figured it might be awkward to shift with seeing as how it would be roughly 6inches longer. hence the thought for the shift guide.

its been forever since i driven a standard car. the only car my parents ever owned that was standard was the black f-150 in the background of the pic. and i learned to drive stadard using that. but i never drove it much. the only time i ever drove a standard was when i drove my buddies 02/03 civic si, and thats when i dropped from 5th to 2nd coming off the highway.

[Dolcerae]

I will look, he liked it he is a seat leaner never had probs with it. But It might throw ya off at first When in doubt return to center

[fastshift]

@ Randomhero: i'm working on designing a mechanical device for you so you can use it for shifting gears
i'll try to post up some pictures (pictures of my drawing) up tonight

[Randomhero]

Originally Posted by fastshift

@ Randomhero: i'm working on designing a mechanical device for you so you can use it for shifting gears
i'll try to post up some pictures (pictures of my drawing) up tonight

awesome

[fastshift]

since my scanner is at my dorm, i had to take pictures of them...





in this drawing i said lowering the part i circle will give you less displacement for shifting but i was wrong. i'll explain it as i write more about this lol

also i forgot to write this in the drawing. the part A turns (kinda spins) as you move your shifter left and right



i forgot to add brackets for the main pipe/rod. i'll update it when i can


this is not 100% complete. but as long as there is no slack it should work

there is certain amount of force to put the shifter in to gears so slack=fail.

also in my drawings, pipes/rods are drawn pretty thick but using strong metal (steel? steel alloy? whatever...) it can be lighter and thinner also.

and the part that is labeled as B in the second drawing, that will have to be adjusted according to your preference.

if you lower the part i circled in the drawing #2, you will need less force to shift but you have to push it farther than when the part B is horizontal
if you make the circled part higher than the other side of the part B, you won't need to push the shifter as far as you would when the part B is horizontal, but you have to push it harder.

any questions, just let me know

[Randomhero]

holy shit!!!!

all i was gonna do is weld an extension onto the existing shifter and extend it back a few inches and to the left

[fastshift]

Originally Posted by Randomhero

holy shit!!!!

all i was gonna do is weld an extension onto the existing shifter and extend it back a few inches and to the left

lol i guess you could do that too

[Randomhero]

that looks complicated, but interesting

[fastshift]

i thought about the extension too but it was just "what if" kind of a design. i say its very possible tho.

also shifting with the mechanism would feel exactly the same as without it if the device is more developed

[Dolcerae]

thats pretty tight