Notices
Scion tC 1G Drivetrain & Power Engine and transmission discussions...

Megan short shifter installed...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:43 PM
  #1  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default Megan short shifter installed...

Yes, all the aches and pains of the install appeared in full force But it wasn't that bad. Got a nice bloody knuckle, tho...



Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:44 PM
  #2  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

Oh yea, still have a Greddy weighted **** and NST cable bushings coming... so it ain't done yet...
Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:47 PM
  #3  
captainlaziness's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
Fail, INC
Club One
SL Member
 
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 10,213
From: Team Sharpie
Default

How's it feel?
Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:55 PM
  #4  
mad_vtak's Avatar
Senior Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 111
From: soon to be sunny FL
Default

write a review!!
Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:04 PM
  #5  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

Shortly... ish I have a 45 min drive back to Tuscaloosa soon so that will give me ample time to get a feel for it, so sometime later tonight you'll get your "Totally Awesome SF2K4 A++ Review"... or at least a semi-decent one.
Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:07 PM
  #6  
captainlaziness's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
Fail, INC
Club One
SL Member
 
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 10,213
From: Team Sharpie
Default

Originally Posted by SF2K4
Shortly... ish I have a 45 min drive back to Tuscaloosa soon so that will give me ample time to get a feel for it, so sometime later tonight you'll get your "Totally Awesome SF2K4 A++ Review"... or at least a semi-decent one.
Cool. Get a good feel for it and then I wanna hear how the shifter cable bushings improve or degrade the feeling after you install those.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:32 AM
  #7  
WeSellCarParts's Avatar
Former Sponsor
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,402
From: PA
Default

looking nice, write a review on my site too if you don't mind, thanks
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 05:31 AM
  #8  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

Review

It's actually a lot shorter height wise than I expeted, but I love it! With the included base bushings, the shifts are short and crisp. They feel very secure and really don't feel like they have to be muscled into place. For the price I don't think you can beat it. A+ product, another score for Megan, just like my header and exhaust! After I get the weighted **** and cable bushings in, I'll update.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 05:44 AM
  #9  
Tcguy85's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,434
From: Hyde Park, NY
Default

the megan is the same as the creative compacts shifter that me and everybody else that owns it raves about.

wesellcarparts.com has it for $59 and promotiontuning.com sells the creative compacts one for $70. i wish i knew it was exactly the same and i could have gotten it even cheaper. but o-well.

the customer service with wesellcarparts.com seems to be pretty awesome. i was just talking to dan from there on AIM like a half hour or so ago(yes 12-1am in the morning) and he got me to buy a dc-sports fr strut bar.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 04:51 PM
  #10  
jjos1's Avatar
Banned
SL Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,605
Default

Nice sts are def a best bang for the $, from what I have heard about the cable bushings is that you get strange feed back from the linkage like a grinding or more vibrations if I remember right. Either way let us know when you get the other stuff
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 07:20 PM
  #11  
IcecoldtC's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 239
Default

wow $59 for Megan short shifter? Looks great, height of it looks awesome. So the Megan and Creative Compacts are the exact same??
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 07:51 PM
  #12  
mattieg's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
Fail, INC
teamNJCT
SL Member
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,068
From: Connecticut
Default

How would this rate with the TWM stage 2 shifter?
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 11:28 PM
  #13  
Tcguy85's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,434
From: Hyde Park, NY
Default

i was gonna get the twm stage 2 but i heard people having problems with second gear so i stayed away.

and yes the creative copacts is the same as the megan.
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 12:05 AM
  #14  
mattieg's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
Fail, INC
teamNJCT
SL Member
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,068
From: Connecticut
Default

How is it engaging into gear?
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 12:56 AM
  #15  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

It feels very secure. I haven't had any grinding or had to muscle anything. Glides right in with the motion.
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 03:10 AM
  #16  
mattieg's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
Fail, INC
teamNJCT
SL Member
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,068
From: Connecticut
Default

i feel a dirty comment comming on....
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 05:33 AM
  #17  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

Yea baby
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 05:37 AM
  #18  
2_much_tc's Avatar
Banned
SL Member
 
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 2,786
From: Missing the Bay in L.A...
Default

that looks really really nice. cant wait to hear about what you say when you install the other things. i just contacted wesellcarparts to get one.... now that i see it, i want it even more...
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 10:34 PM
  #19  
Tcguy85's Avatar
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,434
From: Hyde Park, NY
Default

Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
that looks really really nice. cant wait to hear about what you say when you install the other things. i just contacted wesellcarparts to get one.... now that i see it, i want it even more...
i have every tranny mod possible already done.

the creative compacts short shifter
nst shifter cable bushings
ingalls damper
redline mt90

this setup is insane, shifts are quick and presice. i did each one sepertaly, not all at once and every one of those mods made a considerable difference on it's own. the only other thing i think i want to do sometime is get a weighted shift ****.
Old Jan 10, 2007 | 10:45 PM
  #20  
SF2K4's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
10 Year Member
5 Year Member
SL Member
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 712
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default

Originally Posted by Tcguy85
Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
that looks really really nice. cant wait to hear about what you say when you install the other things. i just contacted wesellcarparts to get one.... now that i see it, i want it even more...
i have every tranny mod possible already done.

the creative compacts short shifter
nst shifter cable bushings
ingalls damper
redline mt90

this setup is insane, shifts are quick and presice. i did each one sepertaly, not all at once and every one of those mods made a considerable difference on it's own. the only other thing i think i want to do sometime is get a weighted shift ****.
I also have the Ingalls damper. My Greddy **** is back home (I'll get it ASAP, along with my NST bushings). I plan on doing the Redline soon, too.



All times are GMT. The time now is 12:32 PM.