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Building: MAC#1 ZR 1.8 1st time SVA pass..on the road Apr09
posted on 10/7/26 at 02:03 PM
H gate for type 9 gearbox?
I was thinking for a little side project to remove the boring leather gearstick gaiter on my type 9 lever and replace it with a cool looking H gate
plate, Ferrari styleee.
Has anyone tried this? Think it would work?
Of course I'll use CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) to make a prototype first. Then try for a polished ali one....
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
I had been thinking the same but on my MX5 box. The main issue I have is the thickness of the stick vs the throw doesn't leave me with distinct
'channels' to cut out of metal. Having said that I did see a kit where the stick is replaced with something much thinner (but hopefully of
similar strength).
If you do some measurements on how far your stick shifts at the height of the gate, vs how the stick is, you could work out how much space you have.
Of course, that's all I started to think about initially, I'm sure there are other things to consider like gearbox movement vs tolerances,
etc.
quote:Originally posted by Slimy38
I had been thinking the same but on my MX5 box. The main issue I have is the thickness of the stick vs the throw doesn't leave me with distinct
'channels' to cut out of metal. Having said that I did see a kit where the stick is replaced with something much thinner (but hopefully of
similar strength).
why not simply put the gate at a higher level [further from the pivot?]
quote:Originally posted by Slimy38
I had been thinking the same but on my MX5 box. The main issue I have is the thickness of the stick vs the throw doesn't leave me with distinct
'channels' to cut out of metal. Having said that I did see a kit where the stick is replaced with something much thinner (but hopefully of
similar strength).
why not simply put the gate at a higher level [further from the pivot?]
Yeah that would work, I guess it wouldn't take much to separate the shift pattern. I'd still look at a slimmer shift lever though, my
exposure to gated shifters is limited to those where it's really thin.
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Building: MAC#1 ZR 1.8 1st time SVA pass..on the road Apr09
posted on 12/7/26 at 07:14 PM
I'll have a check on the spacing v lever throw at tunnel top height and see if it's possible, but I think due to small box movement during
driving it might just be a plate with funny shaped hole in it, which might not be too bad, if it's nicely polished.
Anyway, give me a few weeks and I'll post up any progress.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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posted on 13/7/26 at 08:09 AM
Hi guys
I made an H plate for my locost, as the reverse detent was missing, and very easy to select reverse and not first
it was 10 mm alui, and pretty good, except for ..... it let into the cockpit a lot of toxic smoke, engine heat, noise, and probably rain!
the downsides were not as good as the ups
This probably is the reason H plates are more suited to a rear engine car
Mine only lasted a year, and i went back to a vinyl shroud
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
Unless I'm missing something here, which definitely wouldn't be the first time!
Indeed if you have a RWD box with the box below the tunnel and the lever straight in, you need it mounted to the box. If you have a remote-mounted
setup with cables/linkages, you need to accommodate the mounting slop - if the box rotates a few degrees under acceleration or braking, you're
going to either trash the shift linkages, or need a gate that is entirely too wide for the purpose.
posted on 15/7/26 at 11:05 AM
