Cable shifter conversion kit

That looks pretty slick, but before you go out and drop the coin on it, have you tried removing the spring / plunger assy in the Shifter Assy? There's an article about in in the (let's see if I recall....) oh yeah the "Shade Tree Mechanic" by Chuck Engles (PCNC).

It was not too long back, April 1993, I think.

Regards -

Rocky

I have not tried removing the spring/plunger assy. but I did read over the article you sent me and it looks pretty striaght forward...but it is almost 40 years old so who knows what might be encountered. If you are going to try it please keep me posted. I would like to hear how it really goes.
....and "coin" is not what one would drop for this shifter and cable conversion. An arm and a leg is more like it at $1500.00. I would have to save up my allowance for many moons to get this thing.

But think how cool you would sound as you described your cable shifter system to the rest of us.....

Did you ever try this?

Looks as if someone is thinking about it though: http://zr1pantera.com

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Originally posted by Rick P.:
Does anyone have any experience with this product?

http://malinmotors.com/product...eKit/p_cableKit.html

Rick give James Malin a call. When I was at his place I saw one install in a GT5-S car. Looks great and the shifter felt smooth. He a great guy to talk to and very helpful..!

Thanks....still not sure if I want to take the plunge....still kinda pricey.....
Although I have been known to spend more on more foolish things.

Hey Rick -

What are you doing with Jay Leno's car?


Link to Jay's Garage

I have the shifter but have not fonoshed aligning it. I changed the cooling tubes and other things and the cable shifter solved a lot of issues I had.

Once you get the shifter you have to measure for cables. They have a vendor set up for cables so they know what you need when you call.

There was not much in the way of instructions so you need to be able to figure this sort of thing out to sme degree.

Very nice construction though.

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Originally posted by Rick P.:
I have not tried removing the spring/plunger assy. but I did read over the article you sent me and it looks pretty striaght forward...but it is almost 40 years old so who knows what might be encountered. If you are going to try it please keep me posted. I would like to hear how it really goes.
....and "coin" is not what one would drop for this shifter and cable conversion. An arm and a leg is more like it at $1500.00. I would have to save up my allowance for many moons to get this thing.

It was a good change 40 yeas ago and it still is. It takes some of the effort out of the linkage. Loosens it up.

Don't know why they felt the dents in the shift lever mechanism were needed?

What would be the point of replacing the orignal rod shift designed for the car with some aftermarket cable shift kit? I am failing to see the point. I get that the GT40 kits went that way (only because they were too lazy to design a rod shift like the original car - other than ERA which stayed with the rod). I just dont get it?

Well the real question is this a change for change sake or is it an improvement? A significant one? The cable shift cars I've driven don't have better feel to them. They are a bit lighter though.

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Well the real question is this a change for change sake or is it an improvement? A significant one? The cable shift cars I've driven don't have better feel to them. They are a bit lighter though.

It is a HUGE improvement. This is now an SACC Restorations product. We took over the manufacturing and development of this product earlier this year. We have made a few changes to make it even smoother. We also will have various options available. More to come later.

Something people always miss when talking about this shifter is that it is a short throw shifter. Not simply a shorter arm but a shorter throw. If there was a gate, the arm would not utilize the full travel of the gate like the stock shifter does.

Regarding price, I am working to get the price down so you won't need an arm and a leg to get one, just an arm...

Scott

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There was not much in the way of instructions so you need to be able to figure this sort of thing out to sme degree.

The newest units from SACC Restorations will come with complete instructions as well as video tutorials on an actual install to help guide folks.

The kit was shown at this years fun rally!!!

I wanna see the video. Are you going to post it on your website?

So I am guessing left / right on the shifter controls one of the cables, and forward / back gets the other one?

Which is which? It looks like a lot of machined parts in that setup!

Wow!

Rocky

a Few years ago I had this shifter on approval in my shop for 6 months and could not get motivated enough to jump thru the hoops needed to install it for testing. The version I had was made of 1" thick 6061 aluminum plate and weighed about 2.5X what an entire stock shifter assembly does. Installation is not plug-and-play due to the cable length requirement. Lloyd Butfoy worked on the development for his 6-speed conversion and said that at the end, it worked 'OK' but was no improvement, so he sold the rights to another shop. Now it appears its been sold again.

IMHO, the stock Pantera shifter, once the redundant shift detent is removed from under the console (a 5.0 minute, no-cost mod) and is adjusted to the specs in the Red Owners Manual, works very well. I suggest using the money to buy some good wheels, tires and brakes. The kit GT-40 guys seem to like the cable shifters over what the car makers supply. My 2 cents- J DeRyke