[Shotimes] Track Day - Road Atlanta

[Ian Fisher]

Pete has a 93 and therefore has a rod shifter.

You may want to check the bolts at the trans that hold
it in as Don suggested. Josh of SHOnut used to have a
delrin rod shifter socket bushing to replace the
factory one. I think that Jose on the forum has an
aluminum ball socket or something else that can
further firm up shifts. Of course his complete trick
short throw will firm it up and be amazing but that's
another story and $300+ later.

Jose also has a transmission boss brace. This is good
insurance to prevent you from ripping the aluminum
boss out of the transmission which can happen,
especially with bad motor mounts.

I think that you mentioned that you also need new
motor mounts. The new ones will also firm up the
shifting a bit. Check out Josh's reinforced mounts or
if you can weld, you can make them  yourself with a
length of pipe.

josh's site is:

www.shonutperformance.com

Ian

--- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:

> Peter Chase wrote:
> > I'm afraid it might be a combination of both the
> clutch and the tranny since 2nd gear seems more
> finicky than the others.
> 
> Peter,
> Have you tried the reverse test?  start the car, let
> out the 
> clutch, shifter in neutral.  Then shove in clutch,
> wait 
> about 10 seconds and try to go into reverse.  If it
> grinds, 
> then try this:
> 
> Again with engine running, let clutch out in
> neutral, then 
> shift to any forward gear.  Then with the clutch all
> the way 
> in, go back to neutral, pause a second or two and
> then try 
> reverse again.  Grind?  It is the clutch without a
> doubt.
> 
> It is really rare for a tranny to get hard to put
> into gear 
> by itself.
> 
> One other thing comes to mind.  Do you have the ROD
> shifter? 
>   If so, hard shifting and lousy feel can quite
> often be 
> traced to the bolt being loose at the tranny where
> the rod 
> between the shifter and the tranny bolts up.  This
> is NOT 
> the rod that actually does the shifting.  If this
> support 
> rod comes loose, it can cause the tranny to feel
> like all 
> the syncros are bad, and the shifter is loose.  Put
> some 
> loctite on that bolt.
> 
> > As far as the understeer, I'm trying to get my
> hands on a 26mm rear bar to help with that. 
> Before you add a bigger rear bar (that WILL loosen
> up the 
> rear) just try taking some air out of the rear
> tires.  If 
> you normally run say 35 all the way around, you
> could try 
> dropping the rears to 32 and then 30 if that doesn't
> do the 
> trick.  Most people with FWD cars run WAY too much
> pressure 
> in the back, but equal pressure is the SAFE way to
> understeer.
> 
> I like to run my cars on the street at 37 front and
> 34 rear. 
>   ON the track, I will go maybe 42 front and 34
> rear.  Works 
> out pretty neutral for me.
> 
> 
> > The struts I'm not too worried about as I know I
> can do those myself.  It's the clutch/ tranny stuff
> that I'm alittle weary of doing myself in my
> carport.  Also, do you have any suggestions on where
> to clean/lube the shifter linkage?
> Get the excellent video from Josh at SHO Nut about
> the 
> tranny/clutch job with the Quaife install thrown in
> for good 
> measure.  With that video and a decent set of tools,
> you can 
> do the tranny work, but after thinking about your
> problem, 
> If you have a ROD shifter, I think your support rod
> is loose 
> as mentioned above, and you may not need to do any
> of this.
> 
> With a ROD shifter, there is a support that the
> mechanism 
> slides on underneath.  Spray with WD40 to clean it
> and then 
> follow with a foaming lube of some sort, or maybe
> motorcycle 
> chain lube.  This support lets the shifter move with
> the 
> engine.  In a cable shift SHO, the cables move so no
> 
> mechanism like that is needed.  With the cable
> shifter, take 
> off the top of the console and see what the
> mechanism is 
> like underneath.  There can be wear that causes the
> shifter 
> to feel loose.
> 
> Try this page for more insight into the rod shifter
> and the 
> parts involved:
> 
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?N25963BE1
> 
> Don Mallinson
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