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I'm looking at getting a short shifter, but I can't seem to find a place to get them in Sydney (I'm probably not looking hard enough, but I've done my fair share of google searching lol)

Anyone know where I can get one for my r34 GT-T? I heard the japspeed short shifter kit was good, lots of guides on how to install it too- any others and where to buy them? I have no idea where to get the japspeed one though, because everytime I search it up, it always takes me to a UK site.

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ha, it's in the throw not the lever length

yeh that's what i was thinking. a short shifter usually has the same length as the original shifter right? The difference is the pivot point which reduces the throw.

Anyways, anybody know where I can get one?

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eBay, just jap. Lots of places. I had a spare so I made my own. Just cut the threaded part off, got rid of the rubber filled top section and welded the threaded part to the inner section of the shifter. I wanted a solid shifter with a bit less length so pretty happy with it

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short shifter has the same length lever but needs to be moved a shorter distance to select gears

Yeah pretty much this. I've seen the eBay ones and they basically raise the pivot point so less throw is needed

The way I described above doesn't decrease the throw just decreases the length of the shifter. Gives the illusion of a shorter throw basically

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Yeah pretty much this. I've seen the eBay ones and they basically raise the pivot point so less throw is needed

The way I described above doesn't decrease the throw just decreases the length of the shifter. Gives the illusion of a shorter throw basically

so a shortened factory shifter would serve the same purpose (?) as the pivot point would be difficult (at best) to change?

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In layman's term. The gear/shifter handle lenght is relatively the same as stock, but the movement required to change a gear is less than a stock. Cutting the lever doesn' t mean its a short shift it just its a short lever same shift.
I mighy be wrong in the following but I belive the 34 Gtr comes with one and the Tomei Chaser too comes with a short shift.

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