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Ok as I was feeling adventurous and had some free time at the shop today, I took the console apart to see if the upper shafts I had made up for the Kirban I had in my Z06 would fit the GTO shifter since I saw in the other thread (http://ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1648)that they are a two piece design with the upper being held on with two bolts..... just like the Kirban.
Well guess what.....it fits perfectly!!!!
Take a close look at the last pic. The piece on the right is what I made up. Its a stainless bolt that I cut the head off of, machined flat and drilled two holes in. Not the easiest thing to do in the world unless you have access to a machine shop, those of you that have worked with stainless know what I mean. The OEM shaft is 6.25" while the one I made is only 4". What I would like to do is make up another one about an inch longer. It feels really nice but personally I would like it an inch longer.
The knob is an MGW Pistol Grip knob for a Corvette, also from my Z06.
http://www.mgwltd.com/corvette_pistol_grip_knob.html
You can see by the pics here what the final product looks like. Sorry for the low quality but it was 10:30 PM when I took them and light is really scarce in my driveway so the auto focus on the camera didn’t give up the best quality pic.
Well guess what.....it fits perfectly!!!!
Take a close look at the last pic. The piece on the right is what I made up. Its a stainless bolt that I cut the head off of, machined flat and drilled two holes in. Not the easiest thing to do in the world unless you have access to a machine shop, those of you that have worked with stainless know what I mean. The OEM shaft is 6.25" while the one I made is only 4". What I would like to do is make up another one about an inch longer. It feels really nice but personally I would like it an inch longer.
The knob is an MGW Pistol Grip knob for a Corvette, also from my Z06.
http://www.mgwltd.com/corvette_pistol_grip_knob.html
You can see by the pics here what the final product looks like. Sorry for the low quality but it was 10:30 PM when I took them and light is really scarce in my driveway so the auto focus on the camera didn’t give up the best quality pic.