Cheap short throw shifter

[1fastTbird]

Throwing out an FYI for anyone searching for deal on a shifter: I was able to buy a brand new Roush short throw shifter from Roush Overstock on EBay for $60 (they have some left.) I wasn't searching for the "best"; sometimes all I want is "good enough."

 

[nawagner]

Nice find! I like mine.

 

[bujeezus]

Just glanced at it so what shifter are you gonna run?

 

[1fastTbird]

I'll probably pickup a Roush shifter arm to go with it.

 

[bujeezus]

Wonder how much difference reusing the stock bushing is compared to the poly (I'm guessing here) bushing that doesn't come with it?

 

[tjm73]

My experience with the OEM shifter in the '05 I had was poor enough to strongly push me toward something like the Blowfish (I think) shifter mount that divorces the shifter from the chassis and ties it back to the crossmember. They didn't have this when I had my car or I would have run it.

That semi-remote mount deal was a mistake IMO.

https://lmr.com/item/SSB-07-500/mus...00?year=2005&gclid=CN3tjo3Ss9ICFUSBswodH2YDxQ

I had a MGW, but sold the car before it got installed.

 

[bujeezus]

Knock on wood, I love my shifter. I just like the way a Roush/Hurst shifter arm looks. Not $140 like, but I like em.

 

[1fastTbird]

Wonder how much difference reusing the stock bushing is compared to the poly (I'm guessing here) bushing that doesn't come with it?

Energy Suspension and Prothane have bushing kits for $12-$20. I'm going to upgrade the front bushing with the Energy Suspension kit.