Hey,
The 6 speed looks to have the gear shifter mounted onto the top of the transmission,unlike the 5-speeds drag link config.

How well does this alighn with your current setup?

Cheers,
Paul

Correct. The factory 6sp shifter is very different to the 5sp. I am transplanting into an auto car, so I can't compare. Some better pictures:



A couple of issues are obvious. The whole shifter mechanism is too long. Will put the shifter out of the tunnel at about the handbrake position. I also think it will be too tall. I think the mechanism is obvioulsy designed to minimise vibration and rocking being transferred to the shift lever. But a sa consequence, seems to introduce a very sloppy feel.

Thankfully, I've played with BM's in the past and the shift rod input to the gearbox housing looks very similar to that on the BM Getrag boxes. Sooooo, I'm going to try and adapt a BMW shifter mechanism like this:



Fingers crossed.....

Here are some pictures inside the bellhousing. The clutch slave and throwout mechanism is very different to the 5sp.

Thanks for the pics...thats exactly what i needed to see!
Could you please give me the distance from the bell housing to the aproximate centre of the gear stick mount?

Nice work with the BM stick,fingers crossed it works out!...i smell custom bits coming up though^^.

Paul

brill info, cheers for that, one question.... how many splines on the imput shaft?

bump, splines on the input shaft anybody?

Ok, the gear stick mount can swivel a bit. If this helps, from the front of the bellhousing to the centre of the gearstick, with the stock shifter, is 830mm.

With the BM shifter, it is 715mm, why might be a touch too short.

Yes, there are some custom bits coming, but once I learn to use my lathe and my welder, it should be a piece of cake. And I will keep some drawings of all of the bits I need to make.

26 splines
About 28.9mm in diameter.

Any updates?

What happened to the build?? very interesting

Bahaimus, any updates?

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