Short Shifter Help

[imported_camelian]

Hey guys, my bro gave me a short shifter for my birthday. I successfully installed it in my ek coupe, but when I move left and right in neutral, it hits the exhaust pipe..has this happened to anyone before? It's the section where the short shifter meets the (shift linkage? i think that's what it's called). That section hits the heat shield of the exhaust pipe.

My thinking is that it is either:
1) because of the generic brand
2) because of B20Z swap

I think the b20 sits higher than the d16, which would pull headers up, pulling exhaust pipe up too. what do you guys think? I have a problem with the intake sticking out and pushing the wheel well against the tire when i turn too But the shifter is my main concern right now.

thanks guys,
-jess

[imported_2ksi]

just get a catback exhaust and remove the heat shield booom!!! prob solved, it worked for me

[estebones]

you could just ket that ride and after a few thousand miles it will go away.
I had the same problem with my 96 sedan a few yrs ago, the new catback may or may not solve your problem.
just my 2 cents

[sloEJcivic]

as long as it doesnt rub while youre shifting, i wouldnt worry too much about it.

[imported_camelian]

the only time it doesn't run is when it's in neutral. when im in 3rd, 4th, and 5th, it constantly rubs makes an annoying sound unless i hold onto the knob. I'm thinking of taking off the midpipe and hammering down the heat shield or getting a mid pipe.

este: what did you do to fix it?

cam, same thing happened to me with my exhaust when i had to have it lengthened for my swap, it was angled to far up and rubed my shifter, just remove your heatshield (it does nothing anyways), and go to a muffler shop and have them make you a test pipe thats the same size as your exhaust piping and that should take care of your clearance issue, or you could always just beat it in...

[imported_camelian]

problem solved by the nice folks at Intercrew =). while changing my transmission, phil also removed the heat shield for me, and it worked. no more vibrating =) just incase anyone else has this problem.

[imported_biocac]

There is one other way to solve this problem.

I installed a sts in my eg hb and while testing it out, I encountered a friction rub on my custom built exhaust (2&3/4 inch s/s/piping)

I found it to be the stabalizer bar that hangs down off from the shifter/linkage. No matter how I wiggled it, it would rub.

Answer?

Plastma cutter! You can use a torch or sawzall too I suppose, haha I just cut it off and it worked fine.

Just 2 more useless cents tossed onto the table.

lates.

Sam -

[97 Ex/SiR]

my EK exhaust is stock.. but my edelbrock ss doesnt rub.. i heard about that, but only after i installed it. weird.
-Dane

[juggalo]

I ended up modifying the center exhaust hanger on my 00 EX. As a result the exhaust hangs about an inch lower in the center, but no more rubbing shifter.