Originally posted by ptrlib:
What I want to know is does the B&M improve the shifting outside of the fact that it is shorter? Or is it just the fact that it is short.
These are the facts. The B&M is a shorter shifter, it does not change the fulcrum of the shifter, it's just a shorter shaft with a really nice aluminum lockout. The entire design is straight, with the B&M being designed for the Focus, with the Contour/Cougar getting lucky. This is how it is a short shifter.
The stock shifter is angled, the lockout is angled. Cutting down the stock piece will give you the exact same effect. If you're ambitious, you can cut down the stock shifter, and the lockout, glue the lockout back together, and have the shorter shifter without the price. Or you can leave the lockout, out. Oh, you will loose the threads when you cut down the stocker, but get a MOMO and you'll be fine. Or rethread the stock shaft.
Dion
98 SVT
