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A shorter shifter without cutting - duh.



Then again when I put a Carbon fiber hood on my GTI I was convinced the A/C 
lines were keeping the hood from closing.  so I did an A/C delete.  I felt 
pretty silly when I later determined that the hood is just crap.  But hey 
anything in the name of speed.  Just like the solid Motor Mounts I installed 
when I did the clutch..............

Erik
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Forbess" <gforbess@attglobal.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 3:38 PM
Subject: A shorter shifter without cutting - duh.


I'm almost ashamed to post such a trivial project but I have been
contemplating shortening my shifter a bit for some time.  It's the
non-bent version from a GTI and about 3/4 - 1 inch is all I needed.  I
read a few threads on scirocco.org and vortex - thought the "put a
grocery bag over the shifter before you cut (to catch the chips)" was
a winner.

So I drag out my bargain table metric tap and die set, find the 12 x
1.5 die and remove my shift knob, preparing to make the cut.  Then
upon closer inspection of the knob I notice the knob is a wood core
with an aluminum insert that's threaded only about 1/2 inch and the
hole bottoms out.

Instead of firing up my Sawzall, I take out my 1/2 inch drill and bore
the hole to just short of the VW emblem on the top of the knob and run
the appropriate tap through.  Threaded the knob back on and picked up
7/8 inch!  Can't determine if this was a stroke of genius, or I'm
really dense for not thinking of it before.


Gordon

75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm

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