May Events??? Options

[SCCA Stang]

what events are happening in May....

I would like to know so that I can plan to attend a couple while I am home for 2 weeks

[SCCA Stang]

hey ben, i got an idea for your shifter. it will take some "backyard ingeneuity, but im sure it can be done. your shifter is a cable shifter, i assume (if i remember playing with the stock one at your apartment when we were workin on her...)

now, the fiero coincidentally has the same sort of setup. with any short shifter for this style, you will not get decreased side-to-side movement, due to the design of the select mechanism, but you can get alot less front to back. the fiero guys do it by making a shifter that sticks down a bit farther on the bottom, effectively increasing your lever arm on the bottom, hence the shorter shifts. (im sure you know all about levers and whatnot, so ill not get into it )

unless there is a whole shifter assembly replacement you buy for the eclipses, i think we can just make one. i can weld now, so when you get back, holla at me!


P.S. i would like to think that i am one of his "crew" and i am not from pekin. of course i wasnt around when they started calling it the mutant........

Brandon Edmonds

Brandon,
I just got an accual shifter that is manufactured for a short throw design.... I had a "chopped down shifter" but i couldn't get the leverage to grab second in a hurry. My ol' lady just sent me the pics via email but I haven't had time to anylyse them to make sure that the contraption that I purchased will work.... I will let you know...

Ben