Hey all, after checking out 72Clubmans pics and noticeing his little gear stick i was wondering if there is any reason as to why you cant cut one down. I have long ass legs and even though my seat is back, the gear lever still hits my legs when in third, so i was thinking i might cut it down, maybe not as short as 72clubmans, but definatly shorter than it is now!! Is it a roadworthy issue or does it make changing gears easier/harder??

trent

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DONT DO IT!
iv driven to meny cars with cut down gear sticks,they feel like crap and it realy dosnt do much but make shifting uncomftable,get a quick shift or something,just dont cut it!or get a remote change gearbox

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BRICKWORX RACING
872-874 South Rd
Edwardstown
SA 5039
PH: 8297 9494
FAX: 8297 7133

This is the sort of price they go for in Aus.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 30225&rd=1
Cheers Pete

P.S I have cut mine on a rod change box and it is quite good.

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how long has it been cut for?

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872-874 South Rd
Edwardstown
SA 5039
PH: 8297 9494
FAX: 8297 7133

get a gas ax heat and bend
makka

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I cat my Alfa 75 stick down about 2 years ago and love it..Marcia will be done also
Quick shift...Dont do it..you will be sorry Go the Remote

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

If you're keeping the rod change box I'd cut a few inches off the stick, then heat & bend it if you have to. My son's Clubbie has a cut down one, and it feels really good. After I flung the rotten shift steady rod rubber and made a lurethane one..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

About 18 months ago and I find it very good to drive with.
Cheers Pete

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A recent study found the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year
Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

Kind of makes you proud to be an AUSSIE

i have a cut down stick and I think its fine.... the only problem, being long legged myself, is that i have to reach forward to change gears, as in i have to move my torso to get to the stick....

thats a real pain when in traffic... otherwise it would be fine....

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68matic: "i havent seen much head in my life "

It definitly shortens the shift and is a good thing. I cut one and then bent it like doc an another car and it was great. Beats spending money an a quick shift.

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Chris

Everything I like is either
illegal, immoral or fattening.

In Kermit years ago - I put a "S" bend in my rod change gearstick. Shortened it's hight so got the short shift effect, but also shifted the head of the stick back a couple of inches so that you didn't need to reach as far forward to grab the stick.

Worked for me for about 5 years in that car.
Cheers Dat

im just not a big fan of it myself,iv driven alot of cars that have em cut down and i like the full size one myself,i dont find my legs get in the way of reverse but 2nd dose tend to land up in the passengers lap in some

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BRICKWORX RACING
872-874 South Rd
Edwardstown
SA 5039
PH: 8297 9494
FAX: 8297 7133

never driven a mini withouta cutdown stick... any offerS?

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68matic: "i havent seen much head in my life "

Is there really much difference between a cut-down stick and a quick shift?

if the gearstick is floppy when its full size,it is eaven worse when you cut it down,i myself dont like it only because iv seen the light for remote change.

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BRICKWORX RACING
872-874 South Rd
Edwardstown
SA 5039
PH: 8297 9494
FAX: 8297 7133