Anyone know where to get an OVERSIZED lambo shift knob ball?
02-05-2010, 05:59 PM
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Anyone know where to get an OVERSIZED lambo shift **** ball?
I sat in a 6speed lambo and fell in love with the shifter. It's a metal ball that is roughly the size of a tennis ball... Sounds weird, I know, but it felt soooo nice.
Do you think something like this could be had for the STi 6speed? (Keep in mind we have the reverse pullup lever thing).
Here's a pic:
I know it may look weird to some, but I friggin LOVED it. It was very solid and made shifting feel really nice. I'd love one for my STi! I loved how heavy it felt, it made shifting feel smoother somehow.
Do you think something like this could be had for the STi 6speed? (Keep in mind we have the reverse pullup lever thing).
Here's a pic:
I know it may look weird to some, but I friggin LOVED it. It was very solid and made shifting feel really nice. I'd love one for my STi! I loved how heavy it felt, it made shifting feel smoother somehow.
02-05-2010, 06:09 PM
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that "somehow" is called leverage. I always laughed at those aftermarket titanium shift *****, thats the one place that you WANT to be heavy, especially if you have a shortshifter.
Here ya go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TWM-W...item5883f02c22
02-05-2010, 06:22 PM
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that "somehow" is called leverage. I always laughed at those aftermarket titanium shift *****, thats the one place that you WANT to be heavy, especially if you have a shortshifter.
Here ya go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TWM-W...item5883f02c22
Here ya go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TWM-W...item5883f02c22
Anyone know where to get a big one like the lambo has?
02-05-2010, 06:22 PM
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Check out the Blox 490LE available from SpeedElement. Not quite Tennis ball size but def oversized and weighs close to a pound.
http://www.speedelement.com/index.ph...mart&Itemid=38
http://www.speedelement.com/index.ph...mart&Itemid=38
02-05-2010, 06:41 PM
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It's a little smaller than a tennis ball but TWM makes one,
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
as does WC Lathe Werks
http://store.lathewerks.com/product_...ebd658a145a82b
http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html
as does WC Lathe Werks
http://store.lathewerks.com/product_...ebd658a145a82b
02-05-2010, 08:06 PM
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I'm not sure what brand, but my dad uses one of those mondo shift-***** on his mr2. I really like the hefty momentum feel, but I also think that one loses a little precision because of the tendency for the momentum to overcome notchyness and other feelings I want to notice. For this reason I prefer lighter ***** for my (excuse the cliche) glass wrx transmission.
02-05-2010, 09:04 PM
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Dan, go with Chris at WC Lathewerks. I've had him make me 5 different *****, every one is amazing 
If you go with stainless, ask him to beadblast it. It comes out gorgeous, I have two of them.
He'll do anything within reason.
If you go with stainless, ask him to beadblast it. It comes out gorgeous, I have two of them.
He'll do anything within reason.
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02-05-2010, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Krinkov
How big exactly were you looking for??
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02-06-2010, 08:08 PM
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02-06-2010, 08:42 PM
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wc lathewerks would be the place to go. oh there are a couple articles on nasioc that show the difference between non-weighted and weighted *****. there are pros/cons for both