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YSOSLO

YSOSLO

is the word, beotch
^^^That sounds kinda dirty, Hayden...lol Welcome to the crew, Cory. We have another Cory around here...dating a little smart-mouth redhead :p

You'll have to post up some pics of your ride when you get a chance. Can't edit until you get to the 25 post mark though. Sounds like you might already be good to go with a spot to roll fenders, but if you and Tom end up needing a place he knows where to find me. I've got a heated garage in Fridley that's great for Winter work, as long as it's a one-day project. If it takes more than that, then Momma ain't happy, and if Momma ain't happy nooooobody's happy.
 
Cmezz331

Cmezz331

Member
And yeah I'll be sure to make a "build"thread when I get the time, and when my car actually runs again haha
 
dmention7

dmention7

Hater
Does the shifter even move enough to make a gated plate? I thought someone on 247 was looking into this and determined that the gates would either be non-existant or super thin slivers of metal, unless you mounted it up higher than the surface of the center console.
 
C

concealer404

Skanky Escorts LLC
I do not approve of gated shifter on a synchromesh transmission that already has internal shift forks.

It will actually make you shift slower. Ever driven something with a gated shifter?
 
mndsm

mndsm

I'M OFFENDED!
I know in an ms3, especially with an STS, a gated plate would be pointless. Though an aluminum plate with a slider under it so there's no giant gaping hole would be cool.......
 
mndsm

mndsm

I'M OFFENDED!
CONCEPT- you'd need 3 pieces of metal, 4 washers, and 4 nuts and bolts. Basically, you'd sandwich the middle plate between two outer places. Grease it so it slides nice, gasket around the middle piece (the meat of the sandwich if you will) so that you don't get grease all up in yo grill. Bolt that whole mess together. Hard to describe w/o pics. I can probably get some pics together if required. I haven't done it, but I can't imagine it to be difficult. Plus then you can adonize the aluminum whatever colors you want!
 
dmention7

dmention7

Hater
Concept: Simple

Execution: Not too hard

Exectution that won't look like poo: Probably pretty complicated.


Grease would be a poor idea. Even with gaskets, the entire plate will be coated with a thin layer of grease at all times, and every little piece of dirt/dust/debris will be coating that thing in no time. No, the way to go there would be thin sheets of teflon sandwiched on either side of the sliding plate, and maybe a little bit of wax for lubrication.
 
mndsm

mndsm

I'M OFFENDED!
dmention7 said:
Concept: Simple

Execution: Not too hard

Exectution that won't look like poo: Probably pretty complicated.


Grease would be a poor idea. Even with gaskets, the entire plate will be coated with a thin layer of grease at all times, and every little piece of dirt/dust/debris will be coating that thing in no time. No, the way to go there would be thin sheets of teflon sandwiched on either side of the sliding plate, and maybe a little bit of wax for lubrication.
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Kinda tempted to develop one of these. I might ask your engineering assistance on it, if interested. Ms3 needs a makeover anyhow.
 
Cmezz331

Cmezz331

Member
Wax or something even more fun like.... GRAPHITE.

My god that stuff is nasty. We used it on my schools robot and it was just EVERYWHERE
 
dmention7

dmention7

Hater
Yeah, no graphite. It tends to be better for lubricating high load, low contact area situations like axles and rollers. I suggested wax just because teflon is already going to give you a nice low-friction surface, but wax will help prevent binding, and it's not sticky and tends to stay where you put it.
 
ohsixspeedsix

ohsixspeedsix

Owl Exterminator!!
I was thinking of doing kind of the same idea as Tom's for the miata. Only rather than a complicated slider system, I was going to hard mount a semi-convex round piece to the shifter under the top plate. Easy, no gaping hole, easy to make look good, and serves is purpose.

Btw Jay, yeah I tried doing gated on my old car and yeah, the gates would be so close together that it wouldn't work. So I just did a square hole in a piece of medium thickness plexy, painted everything put the numbers and lines, wired some lights underneath, and did what I described obove. Looked and worked great. Might be something worth trying.
 
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