rabinabo

I remembered seeing a picture posted here of someone's engraved voodoo **** with a rotor symbol, kind of like polak's rotor graphic. I searched through tons of posts but could never find the post. Does anybody here have a similar engraved **** or have a link to the original post?

rabinabo

Ok, I finally found it, lurking in one of the those 30+ page threads for the rp shifter:

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=voodoo+****

Does he still make those?

lazi

i don't know wut you searched but i just typed in voodoo shift ****. and i got everything shown. heres the link you might be talking about

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...doo+shift+****

this is an engraving done by them. not from polak. not sure about that one. didnt sure for that.

kw1k

is the voodoo shift **** heavier then the stock shifter.

lazi

nah. i actually just bought it. its right next to me. its lighter. i bought the aluminum spun shift ****

Tigster

you can buy an engraved shift **** from www.knobmeister.com I have the pearl finish and it matches the interior but is lighter than the stock one. I called the and talked to the owner of knobmeister the titanium one is suppose to be heavy, but the engraving doesnt show as wel in his opinion and he questioned if it was worth spending more. So I went with the pearl finish.

rabinabo

No, I've looked at that thread a dozen times. I was looking for pictures of a shift **** that Richard Paul had posted, a bright blue anodized one with this rotor design on it. The link in my second post is the right one, somewhere in a long 30 page thread, so I could never find it (one main reason that the search feature SUCKS If you want to find a specific post in a 100 page thread, the search feature is of no use as far as I can tell.

Anyways, I sent KnobMeister some photochopped pics of what I wanted engraved on the voodoo **** I'll buy from him, which is the exact same rotor symbol but with the stock shift pattern in the middle circle. Soon I should be getting some picture of what it should look like.

Oh, I just installed the rp shifter too, and the stock **** is pretty heavy. Also, my shift boot got ripped somehow, so I also ordered a shift boot from polak. I'm pretty much getting nearly every shifter mod available now.

rabinabo

I thought out getting the titanium, but I thought it wasn't even worth it because it doesn't even match the interior. If it's not that light either, then there's no real benefit I can see, the hardness of titanium seems like overkill for this application anyways.

Tigster

I always understood that a heavier **** is better, it is suppose to make the shifting a bit better. My pearl finish is quite a bit lighter than stock and I dont notice a difference.

Punksux

I had a **** made by knobmeister a while back. Here is an image of it

rabinabo

That's a nice **** you have there, Punk. Here's my bad photochop of the engraving I want. I did it with Paint so it's pretty bad, but you get the idea.

Punksux

thats very cool. Yeah i just gave a hacked up photoshop image and he was able to engrave it for me. Very good job. That picture was given to me before i recieved the **** and i was worried that the rotors might look to big, but it turned out very good and was not as big as expected in the car.

The unfortunate thing is that the **** use to sit straight on the shifter, but over time it kept on rotating and is now 90 degrees over rotated. This was not a problem when i first recieved the ****, where it was firmly placed. But either case i heard of some people using the teflon tape for the axial shifter and plan to use that and try to get it straight again.

rabinabo

I remember somebody got their voodoo **** stuck on their rp shifter. Is the teflon tape what you'd use to prevent that?

Punksux

no actually the tape was used for some vibration issues or some sort of gear whine that was coming from the shifter itself and vibrating against the ****. The tape was used to dampen the noise.

The only reason I will try to use the tape is just to make the threading at the bottom slightly larger so it will not over rotate. Hopefully i can get the right amount.

Also since people have use this tape with success on other shifters and *****, why change the recipe.

Unless some one else out there has any other suggestions? If not does any one know the exact name of this teflon tape?

Tigster

your just using the teflon tape for plumbing purposes right? It can be bought at any hardware store in the plumbing dept.

I used a thread lock to keep mine lined up properly and not have the **** turn. I have also heard you can use the eraser off of a pencil to hold the **** in place. Put the eraser inside the **** and then tighten.

Punksux

I like that little trick with the pencil eraser. I will have to try that out. I have tons of erasers laying around in the office.

Thanks Tigster!!

rabinabo

Just got the shift **** a few days ago, and it looks and feels awesome. I couldn't find the right loctite anywhere (supposed to be #212, the weakest one), so I tried the eraser trick. It took a few tries, but keep adding eraser bits and it'll work eventually.

lazi

did u get the spun or regular... or magnum? or reg? haha

Tigster

Wow look I post something helpful every once in awhile...

I found the locktite at the auto parts store. I went to discount auto parts any they had it. I bought the blue tube, it is a temporary locktite.

The red tube is a permanent lock tite and I DO NOT recommend this tube.

Punksux

the eraser works!!!!!!!!!!!

Punksux

oh and rabinabo, post some pics

zoom44

zoom44

3 minutes using the search feature.

rabinabo

yep, found it already, thanks.

EZZY

does it come with leather?