After market knobs on Axial Flow shifters
10-02-2008, 01:16 PM
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After market ***** on Axial Flow shifters
Yes, I searched the threads, and there must be over 30 pages on RP's shifter and shift *****. 
I bought a MOMO F16 **** and tried it on my RP shifter. It is a tad loud.
RP hisself said the reccomended **** is the stock ****. Not a shifter problem.
Fair enough, but has anyone tried a Monster **** on RP's shifter? Is it relatively quiet? Anyone want a MOMO F16 CF **** for cheap? Dealer won't take it back cause I installed it.
I bought a MOMO F16 **** and tried it on my RP shifter. It is a tad loud.
RP hisself said the reccomended **** is the stock ****. Not a shifter problem.Fair enough, but has anyone tried a Monster **** on RP's shifter? Is it relatively quiet? Anyone want a MOMO F16 CF **** for cheap? Dealer won't take it back cause I installed it.
10-02-2008, 01:24 PM
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10-02-2008, 07:05 PM
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The **** in question attaches to the shifter shaft via set screws. Hence a metal to metal connection causing the **** to become sort of a sounding board or sound amplifier..think slide steel guitar (George Thorogood or Dire Straits). I'm no music expert, so I may get hammered on this.
Anyway. The RP SS is slightly louder, I guess due to better shifter feel & less shifter isolation. Anyway, the stock ****, suggested by RP hisself, appears to have softer nylon threads, is ?leather? covered and is a heckuvalot quieter than a MOMO F16. In a perverse way, I kinda like the transmission sound, too. But........
I'd take a photo of the ****, but my right hand is in a cast, so I can barely pick my nose, let alone run a camera. I may have 2 hands tomorrow. For now:
Picture of item: I see that damned little red x
Anyway. The RP SS is slightly louder, I guess due to better shifter feel & less shifter isolation. Anyway, the stock ****, suggested by RP hisself, appears to have softer nylon threads, is ?leather? covered and is a heckuvalot quieter than a MOMO F16. In a perverse way, I kinda like the transmission sound, too. But........
I'd take a photo of the ****, but my right hand is in a cast, so I can barely pick my nose, let alone run a camera. I may have 2 hands tomorrow. For now:
Picture of item: I see that damned little red x
10-02-2008, 08:12 PM
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RP shifter is definitly NOT for sale. Like my guns, it will have to be pried from my cold, dead fingers! Talk to RP if you want one. 
I'll let the **** go for $50.00. The education in acoustics was $104.00. It wasn't even on the shifter a day. I bought because I had a MOMO Raptor on my last C5. The **** was quiet, but the B&M Ripper ended up with over a pound of lead to keep it quiet. Just two totally different cars.
I'll let the **** go for $50.00. The education in acoustics was $104.00. It wasn't even on the shifter a day. I bought because I had a MOMO Raptor on my last C5. The **** was quiet, but the B&M Ripper ended up with over a pound of lead to keep it quiet. Just two totally different cars.
10-03-2008, 09:31 PM
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Out of all the shift ***** I've installed on the RX-8, the 99-04 OEM Miata shift **** is by far the best. It is shaped the same as the Mazdaspeed shift **** as pictured above, and it really does shift like a dream. The Voodoo type sphere ***** are nice to look at, but they lack the leverage of the tall and stubby Miata shift ****.
Something like the Momo F16 would also work better because of the leverage provided by it's height.
Something like the Momo F16 would also work better because of the leverage provided by it's height.
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10-05-2008, 06:37 PM
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that didn't work for me, made no difference
10-05-2008, 07:18 PM
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Out of all the shift ***** I've installed on the RX-8, the 99-04 OEM Miata shift **** is by far the best. It is shaped the same as the Mazdaspeed shift **** as pictured above, and it really does shift like a dream. The Voodoo type sphere ***** are nice to look at, but they lack the leverage of the tall and stubby Miata shift ****.
Something like the Momo F16 would also work better because of the leverage provided by it's height.
Something like the Momo F16 would also work better because of the leverage provided by it's height.
10-10-2008, 02:41 AM
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To put this to bed, at least for me, my Monster Shift **** arrived. Screwed on, looks good, doesn't make any noise. Kind of plain, but I'm having fun feeling and playing with my Monster ****!
http://www.monsterknobs.com/mazdashiftknobs.html
http://www.monsterknobs.com/mazdashiftknobs.html
10-10-2008, 01:34 PM
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With one hand available for work, I didn't want to tear that friggin' console apart, again. So, I did the quick and dirty install per Monster ****'s instructions. I'm happy.