amp2345
04-06-2008, 04:02 PM
Searched for it while back but didnt come up with anything useful so i figured i'd wright up a short review. For the 50 i paid for it compared to all other shifters is great no question in mind, it does have some throwbacks though that may make some people think twice. After reading all the stuff that came up in serch on zilvia and 240sx forums i now see why so many people have issues with excesive slop.
Ill start with the negatives. First is the fitment, which sucks. You know those two slots on each side of shifter? They are too narrow and would not slide in to the factory shifter seat(plastic circular piece that has two pins on each side that are suppose to go in to those shifter slots). I used a cutting disc to widen them, a file can also be used but i didnt have one that was narrow enough to fit in the slot. Once those were adjusted it slid right in. When you do it make sure you dont make them too big, if you do then shifter will be sloppy.
Second downside is the bushing at the bottom of the shfter. One that Fidanza provides is actualy too small for the bushing slot in the transmission. So to fix that you either have to get new one from nissan or reuse one from stock shifter. It fits with no slot on Fidanza shifter.
Last thing i did not like is highth of the shifter, stock highth which is nt bad but i do prefer shorter shifters
Thats about it, there were no directions and it took several combination of parts i got with it to get it right. To save you some time i'll give basic directions. Remove ALL shifter parts. Ditch/save all snap rings they will not be needed. Only thing that should stay in the transmission. Parts go like this==> metal spacer provided with shifter,plastic shifter pivit bushing/base, then actual shifter and finally plastic ring bushing. Last bushing can go two ways, if you have a lot of slop in the shifter flip it.
Well thats about it. Overall shifter feel it is great. I've had ebay complete shifter/base before(bm knockoffs for 40-70) that make it real dificult to fill tranny fluid and i'd pick this one any day mainly because there is absoluteley no slop. Shifts are also much shorter, bout the same as bm knockoff
I dont see the damn spell check icon up top so if you got a problem feel free to shove it:jerkit:
Ill start with the negatives. First is the fitment, which sucks. You know those two slots on each side of shifter? They are too narrow and would not slide in to the factory shifter seat(plastic circular piece that has two pins on each side that are suppose to go in to those shifter slots). I used a cutting disc to widen them, a file can also be used but i didnt have one that was narrow enough to fit in the slot. Once those were adjusted it slid right in. When you do it make sure you dont make them too big, if you do then shifter will be sloppy.
Second downside is the bushing at the bottom of the shfter. One that Fidanza provides is actualy too small for the bushing slot in the transmission. So to fix that you either have to get new one from nissan or reuse one from stock shifter. It fits with no slot on Fidanza shifter.
Last thing i did not like is highth of the shifter, stock highth which is nt bad but i do prefer shorter shifters
Thats about it, there were no directions and it took several combination of parts i got with it to get it right. To save you some time i'll give basic directions. Remove ALL shifter parts. Ditch/save all snap rings they will not be needed. Only thing that should stay in the transmission. Parts go like this==> metal spacer provided with shifter,plastic shifter pivit bushing/base, then actual shifter and finally plastic ring bushing. Last bushing can go two ways, if you have a lot of slop in the shifter flip it.
Well thats about it. Overall shifter feel it is great. I've had ebay complete shifter/base before(bm knockoffs for 40-70) that make it real dificult to fill tranny fluid and i'd pick this one any day mainly because there is absoluteley no slop. Shifts are also much shorter, bout the same as bm knockoff
I dont see the damn spell check icon up top so if you got a problem feel free to shove it:jerkit: