After last weeks thread about short shifters and tranny cover mods, I thought I'd take pictures while Andi's cover was modified by Mike Schatz.
(Amir had installed the short shift before I bought the car, but never had the tunnel put back on. Mike still had the tunnel and we did the deed today.)

Excuse the crappy cell pics.

1. Carefully draw a outline on the tunnel using a bottle of champagne in the correct spot. (We elected to drink the champagne first, but you may choose the reverse order.)



2. Heat the metal along the stiffening rib.



3. Whack with a big hammer to flatten out the rib.



4. Screw the cover onto some 2x4's as a support jig.



5. Heat and whack until you have the right shape and depth. The fat round part is around an inch deep, and it tapers to nothing at the "cork" end.

When you are done, drill a hole in the lowest part of the depression to allow water to drain out. Then sand and paint. This took about 2 hours.

 

Thanks for sharing, this is exactly what I was wanting to know before taking this project on!

 

Cool. Thanks for the pics. Now to the torch...

 

A few more tips:
When you test fit the cover, cover the dimple in chalk. If it is rubbing, the chalk will show you where the issue is.
After the last heat cycle, quench the metal with cold water.

 

Thanks again. This was a well needed DYI.

 

This is my guys take on make the RS shift lever fit

 

He cut out the required shape and then bent that section down and made the side wall, welded it on and painted

 

I may be wrong here, but why not turn the bearing sleeve (# 26) around, that way you gain clearance on the bottom and no need to do the cut out on the tranny tunnel.

 

Cant do that on a 4WD, only a 2WD

 

Information here is phenomenal

I love my fellow RListers knowledge base

 

Just a tip that I "think" is true: FD Motorsports have modified some of the parts in the SSK so the dimple can be quite a bit smaller than the standard RS SSK installation. Someday, I'm gonna look into that! I'd give them a jingle before doing this.

 

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=28499
FD motorsports stuff and custom cover.