mgw shifter
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,897
From: TX
Hope they're like sandpaper. I'm holding that thing in my hand (was going to snap a pic but my little Kodak work camera burns thru batteries like sagebrush).
I can hold that thing in my right hand and rotate it in my left and there is NO WAY I can hold onto the shift ****. Same crap that happened to me during street races, missed shifts from hell.
You can yank the crap out of that pistol grip and something will break in the trans/driveline before your grip will.
I can hold that thing in my right hand and rotate it in my left and there is NO WAY I can hold onto the shift ****. Same crap that happened to me during street races, missed shifts from hell.
You can yank the crap out of that pistol grip and something will break in the trans/driveline before your grip will.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 871
From: Central OH
I've had my MGW installed for 2 weeks now.
Prior I had the stock shifter with Steeda poly bushings.
When I first got this car, missing 3rd was an issue, shifter wasn't too bad, just kept missing 3rd on a hard pull.
After installing the poly bushings in the stock shifter, I didn't have a problem with 3rd anymore. They were only $14.00 when I got them 2 yrs ago.
The MGW is an impressive piece, makes the stock unit look like a toy.
The rear of the shifter assy hard bolts to the top of the trans tunnel & the fwd end hard bolts to the transmission. Brass or bronze bushing is used there. No rubber or poly bushings on either end. You can adjust the throw by dialing in or out the linkage rod end on the bottom of the shifter. I set mine @ 6 turns, midway.
Takes more effort to shift vs the stock unit & has a centering spring , where the stock shifter has no centering spring. Very precise clunk,clunk going through neutral & into the next gear. No question of a good engagement. Biggest change I had to adjust to was the extra effort shifting gears, no more being lazy shifting. Didn't have any binding or issues going into gear under a hard load.
The neutral position of the stick is further rearward than with the stock shifter.
Overall, I'm real pleased with the shifter & it will be a keeper for me.
I used the stock IUP **** on mine & have the rough finish MGW ball if anyone wants, I'll part with it cheaply.
Install was easy, about an hour total. Be glad to answer any specific questions if needed.
Prior I had the stock shifter with Steeda poly bushings.
When I first got this car, missing 3rd was an issue, shifter wasn't too bad, just kept missing 3rd on a hard pull.
After installing the poly bushings in the stock shifter, I didn't have a problem with 3rd anymore. They were only $14.00 when I got them 2 yrs ago.
The MGW is an impressive piece, makes the stock unit look like a toy.
The rear of the shifter assy hard bolts to the top of the trans tunnel & the fwd end hard bolts to the transmission. Brass or bronze bushing is used there. No rubber or poly bushings on either end. You can adjust the throw by dialing in or out the linkage rod end on the bottom of the shifter. I set mine @ 6 turns, midway.
Takes more effort to shift vs the stock unit & has a centering spring , where the stock shifter has no centering spring. Very precise clunk,clunk going through neutral & into the next gear. No question of a good engagement. Biggest change I had to adjust to was the extra effort shifting gears, no more being lazy shifting. Didn't have any binding or issues going into gear under a hard load.
The neutral position of the stick is further rearward than with the stock shifter.
Overall, I'm real pleased with the shifter & it will be a keeper for me.
I used the stock IUP **** on mine & have the rough finish MGW ball if anyone wants, I'll part with it cheaply.
Install was easy, about an hour total. Be glad to answer any specific questions if needed.
