How smoothly will that modified (bent) shift rod shift?

[Steve Arndt]

The bent shift shaft pictured in my article doesn't work very well. I am rebuilding the system. Instead of having such gross height difference between the top of the tunnel and the nose of the 901, I am going to lower the shifter.

I cut the shifter plate out of a 914 car, and I am welding this to my tunnel about 1" lower than the normal curved top surface. This is going to let me shoot straight back with almost no bend, exceup a U to clear the handbrake and heater cable mounts. I am going to finish this over the winter and update the article. With a fair amount of metal work and fabrication, I think I can make it look factory.


Steve