T56 shifter help/advice needed

[sweetwilliebrownjr]

Alright, Gadget should be posting up pics to go with this soon.

Take the stalk to the MGW shifter, and cut it right at the tapered spot where it cuts down in size.

Grind a flat spot on the stalk so the hurst shifter arm can butt up against it. Then drill two holes in the mgw stalk to match up to the hurst arm.

Attach them to each other, put them in a vice, and heat the arm with a torch so you can bend it to whatever position suits you. You'll have to reinstall it a few times as well as the front section of the center console to make sure you have clearance. Turning the orange aluminum adapter towards the front is necessary to help with clearance. When the trans is in 2nd gear, you want at least 3/4" clearance between it and the console around it, otherwise when the boot is installed it will contact and make it not engage 2nd well.

Put shifter boot back in, seal any holes, and put everything back together. Test drive and make sure you're comfortable with where it's at.
I did have to leave the e-brake cable loop bracket loose, and the bottom bolt out of the pass side center console support bracket to clear the hurst shifter boot, but they're fairly uneccesary anyhow.

I think that's it. Any questions feel free to ask.

 

[Gadget]

Here are his pictures:

 

[Torspd]

What I think would be a really good idea is to have that copper looking piece made differently. Instead of where it grabs the shifter to make it extend straight up, have where the copper piece clamps to the shifter arm be machined to make the shifter arm be at an angle of 12-20 degrees off from straight up. Basically similar in angle to the factory shift arm.

I hope that makes sense.

I should be getting one pretty soon, so if you are up to it Coupe, I think it would be a good undertaking?

 

[sweetwilliebrownjr]

Just having a new shifter stalk machined that had the proper angles, and same diameter where it mounts would be fairly easy. I would have went that route if I had machine shop access. I may do it later anyhow. If coupe makes one, I'll prolly be up for the purchase, because the more I see how ugly it is, the more I hate what I did, even though it's covered up and functional, I still know it's there.

 

[Torspd]

Think of it as a rough draft.

 

[sweetwilliebrownjr]

Yeah. I can say I haven't even come close to missing a gear yet though mission accomplished on that.

 

[Gadget]

That is really good news!!!

G

 

[Gadget]

Got my lever on today.

I cut and extended the aluminum bar thing. Then welded my Couple lever to the MGW rod.

Came out great, but need to redo it and lower the Coupe lever a bit so I can get the Specter boot to sit down further.

Went out for nice test drive. Did not miss shift any gears, but did hang up once going into third.

I would day that the throws are about the same as The APR shifter, but it does seem to find the gears much easier.

G

 

[Torspd]

Where is the shift ball? How far does your new lever extend upward?

 

[turbomach1]

Does anybody know what form is doing a group buy for the arp t56 swap?
Talk to them earlier today day said that there was a form starting another group buy again. I want this for my x runner. Hate this stock transmission.

 

[revobreaker]

I would guess customtacos.

to my knowledge they are not a vendor here and cannot do groupbuys...