Because if it does, I would do it, otherwise I guess I can spend the bucks.

 

No it doesn't

 

I paid money to get shorter shifts, not a shorter stick.

 

hmm....that's all i have to say about that...



-peace

 

This is an old hod-rodders trick done for years. The shifter is nothing more than a lever, with the ball or pivot as the fulcrum.
If you think back to your physics classes, you'll remember the interaction and effect accomplished on work by moving the fulcrum, or increasing/decreasing the lever length. One shifter even offers a variable design that moves the pivot on a screw shaft. Cutting off the shift lever will shorten the shift length, but will also significantly increase the effort required. Most shifter designs leave the long side alone and lengthen lever on the short end (which is why they often scrape on the catalytic converter shield). With this arrangement input on the long side magnifies movement on the short side, so to change from one gear to the other now takes less movement on the long side. This too causes some increase in effort but not as much as when shortening the long side. The other benefit of a short throw shifter is that the ball and pivot design is often more accurate or has less tolerance for unwanted movement, and the shifter feels more precise as a result. To see what it would feel like to just cut the shifter off, then shift by grasping the shaft itself down low, rather than by the ****. Another approach would be to use a **** that is shorter than the stock unit. I use a Stillen STS with a Momo Cobra ****, which I like alot as it feels not unlike a good quality rifle bolt in action. Also consider changing your trans fluid to a synthetic, as this will smoothen the shift, especially when cold. Some of the shift notchiness and vagueness is due to the internals of the transmission itself, and there's not much else you can do about it. I wish that Suspension Techniques made replacement poly bushings for the rest of the shift linkage, as on the Sentra/G20, to increase the precision. I have also wondered if the sentra bushings would work on the maxima, as the shifter itself is the same. BTW, I have a Z-speed short shifter off a G20, that when compared to the Stillen Maxima shifter looks almost identical. If you want to try it, you can have it for very few bucks. Let me know.

 

If you think that the shifter would fit and work, then I would be interested in buying it from you. I am curious about getting one, but I don't want to pay $250 for something I may not like.
Let me know,
ayerswc@hotmail.com
Thanks,