Short Shifter

[bluezx21999]

will this short shifter fit?????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/91-96-97-02-FORD-ESCORT-GT-ZX2-SHORT-THROW-SHIFTER-98_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33736QQihZ021QQitemZ 310046276440QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

and what else do i need to get and will it take the stock shift knob?

and is it hard to do??

aned yes i am a noob this is my first car

:thingnana: lol

[1337]

That doesn't look very short.. o.0

[bluezx21999]

ya but i need to get on because when i bought the car the kid sawed the shifter in half thinking it would make it a short shifter lol so i want to get a new on but cheap because i dont have alot of money because i need to get new tires and a timing belt and the girlfriend

[ImCrazy]

ah ic, yeah it looks like a B&M knock off. It should work, I wouldn't recommend it tho, id just goto the junk yard and get a shifter.

[ImCrazy]

save up for a twm its the shit.

[bluezx21999]

witch one should i get and you get me a link

[Canuck]

Here's their website: http://twmperformance.com/

[TTFOWIA]

ya but i need to get on because when i bought the car the kid sawed the shifter in half thinking it would make it a short shifter lol so i want to get a new on but cheap because i dont have alot of money because i need to get new tires and a timing belt and the girlfriend

you need to pay your girlfriend? lmao

[ImCrazy]

you need to pay your girlfriend? lmao

haha, an old friend once told me, "all women are prostitutes they will get your money either way, either your buying them dinner or a house or whatever, just go buy a hooker @ least you will get the sex you want"

sorry off topic,


Anyways the B&M type shifters are a PITA to install and uninstall IIRC the twm is easy as butter I could install one in about 30 minutes if everything went well.

[TTFOWIA]

^^ x2

[Mike]

The cut shifter isn't that bad...lol

There are ppl on there that are using it. I did before I got my Fidanza one....which btw is pretty cheap. You can get them at Andysautosport.com or sportcompactonly.com pretty cheap. Cost me maybe $50.

I'd try the ebay one....and let us know how it goes. The only bad things that i've heard about any ebay shifter is that it can break if your doing alot of hard shifting.

[TTFOWIA]

TWM or die.

[Canuck]

Chances are no matter what you're going to end up with a TWM. So just save up until you can afford one instead of wasting your time and money on something else.

[ImCrazy]

yeah its worth the extra few bucks. just tell the g/f no dinners out for a few weeks lol.

[bigperm5901]

has any one tryed the twm weighted shift knob and if so how does it feel. is it worth the 100 bucks. and will a mazda shift boot fit and if so what model thanks.

[Canuck]

I got one of their weighted shift knobs. It's great! I bought the shifter w/knob combo deal and then got a student discount on top of that so the cost was reasonable. I am using an s/r shift boot.

[bluezx21999]

well should i get the energy bushings too?? and the no dinners think is really funny!!! lol but ya

[bluezx21999]

dose everything i need to do it come with the twm

[Canuck]

I don't think you'll need the es bushings... The only thing you'll need that doesn't come with the TWM is some grease. Just pick up a small pack/tube at autozone or whatever.

[ImCrazy]

yeah i don't have the es stuff on mine. you wont regret getting the twm, however some knobs require you modifying the shifter or the knob. I will be getting a couple '99 S/R knobs in the mail today and i'll be trying to make them work with out modifying the shifter....

[bluezx21999]

will the stock zx2 one work on the TWM

[kaliayev]

will the stock zx2 one work on the TWM

Not without modding, it's the same as the S/R.

[TTFOWIA]

he... it WILL fit.