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mazda MX5 / Miata gear stick relocation

mezy

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As some of you may know iI am currently rebuilding a Panther Lima, and modifying it as I go.
I thought this modification to the MX5 gearbox deserved its own thread as i can find nothing anywhere about moving the gear stick further
back on a 5 speed apart from makeng a dog leg stick, this was not an option as i want to make a centre console from dash to tunel.
So I had to come up with a way of doing this.

first off I made a template of the top of the gearbox where the shifter tower fits. I included an extension to the back edge
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Then i cut two a plates out of 1/4" steel, one with the extension on the front edge
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these were then welded together on top of each other.
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I then welded an extension to the selector rod, made a cover for where the gear stick tower bolted on and a a top hat for the gear stick locate into.
All the modded parts ready for install
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new seal inside the gearbox and one at the back where the blanking plug was
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refitted the longer selector rod, reverse gear lock out and gear selector butterfly
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original cover on the reverse gear lock out
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then the extension plate with a selector shaft support on it was fitted

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Followed by the new cover plate i made and the gear stick tower

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then the gearstick,
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This works just as good as Mazda intended, nice short throws. moved the stick back around 5 1/2 inches
and is now in line with the steering wheel.
 
amazing work, thanks for sharing!
 
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