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• Tall Custom Delrin Shift Knob

  In BMW M Coupe, Drivetrain, Fabrication and Repairs / By Chad / 1 October 2013 / 1 comment

  

  After trying the stock leather wrapped knob, then a shorter ZHP knob (both with a Rogue SSK and stock shifter), I knew I wanted something taller.  Short shifters IMHO don’t really do much but make it more difficult to shift and move the shifter further away from the steering wheel.  […]

   

• Swapping an E46 M3 6-speed gearbox into an ’02 E36/8 M Coupe

  In BMW M Coupe, Drivetrain / By Chad / 2 February 2013 / 6 comments

  

  I’m by no means the first to pull the BMW 6 speed swap, but it’s not nearly as common as say the 2ZZ-GE swap into an MR2 Spyder.  Why do this?  The general consensus is that the 6-speed box out of the M3 is smoother shifting.  The stock 5-speed in […]

   

• Exhaust silencer insert, shifter bearings.

  In Engine & Performance, Forced Induction, Toyota MR2 Spyder / By Chad / 20 August 2010 / 0 comments

  I suppose I’m overdue for an update. I actually have been working on it quite a bit, but making slow progress due to a number of reasons. 65. Corky got the tank all patched up nicely. He added a bung for a stainless steel vent to be installed, which you […]

   

• Mounting shifter linkage to 6-speed

  In Drivetrain, Toyota MR2 Spyder / By Chad / 14 July 2008 / 0 comments

  In other news, got the shift linkage all drilled, tapped, and bolted up: Finished:

   

• 2zz swaped shifter, painting complete

  In Drivetrain, Engine & Performance, Toyota MR2 Spyder / By Chad / 9 July 2008 / 0 comments

  BTW, got the shifter shaft all finished up. Would you believe that after all the help I received on here, I still installed it upside down? That’s what I get for working this late. So back apart it came: Obligatory BFH in the shot. And I suppose I owe a […]