Shifter dimensions

[Christ]

Anyone have a shifter out that they can measure the ball diameter for me?

Prefer to have Civic and Festiva/Aspire OEM so I can have an upper and lower range for comparison purposes.

I also need the length above and below the ball.

Above to the tip minus the knob, and below to the centerline of the bearing/bushing hole.

If nobody has a stock Civic unit for those measurements, the eBay shifters will do.

[BigElCat]

I have a stock Civic sitting side by side with stock Festiva unit here on my desk. But i can't do pics yet, on my new/used computer. No spell check either. It may be a couple of days.

The ball diameter is an elusive measurement, because neither one is truely spherical.

I'll post your lengths from the centerline of the ball.

[BigElCat]

From CL of ball to CL of bolt: 1 13/16" Civic, 2 5/16" Festiva

Civic ball is 1 3/8" diameter at CL
Festiva ball is 1 17/64" diameter at CL

CL of ball to tip of lever, measured straight, not allowing for the bends: 11 1/8" Civic, 12 9/16" Festiva

[Christ]

Stock Festiva shifter is 5.43 ratio
Stock Civic shifter is 3.06 ratio.

This represents a 44% reduction in throw, just going to the Civic OE shifter.

Anyone got the eBay Civic shorty handy?

Im going to be making a chart soonish of upper and lower lengths, overall ratio, and % reduction from Festiva OE.

Could also use measurements from anything else that is a easyish swap in.

[BigElCat]

eBay Civic shorty by JDM:

2 5/8" CL of ball to CL of bolt

8 7/8" CL of ball to tip, measured straight.