You could do worse.

 

Here is one I made from a Stainless Hitchball.

 

Here is my Whalen.

 

 

Thanks Mr Whalen.

 

minigolf - that is awesome. Cool **** and good pics.

 

Maybe you should change your NAM name to MINI Billiards. Looks great. I love mine--#3--Red--almost matches my CR dash. I honestly like it better than my "regular" Whalen .

 

It took me a while to get used to it, but I really like it now. It feels great to use as well, nice and smooth and it doesn't get quite as hot as a metal one. Although it can get a bit chilly during Canberra's cold winters. Mind, it doesn't have the same weight as the metal *****, the pool ball is fractionally heavier than stock, but there's not much in it.

Thanks for the comments.

 

Another Whalen ... I don't have it yet but can't wait!!

 

Looks great.

 

Technically, not a ball, but.....


..

 

And yes, it rides a bit higher...

Matt

 

a $9 plastic 8 ball **** from walmart, but with the "8" polished off

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...00&ppuser=4821

 

It looks like a magic crystal ball. "look into the ball...and see your future..."

 

Some of you have "made" your own
How are you attaching them (the K mart 8 ball and trailer ball)

 

BUMP

How are you attaching you "special" *****

 

am I the only one who likes the stock?

 

nope
but i do want to swap out the H pattern with an red S on a black background.

 

Sorry I didn't see your question earlier. I bought an attachment mechanism from Doug Whalen. This consists of the locking sleeve, a threaded sleeve, and a knurled brass collar. You take anything you can drill a 1" hole in, glue the brass collar in the hole, and screw the threaded sleeve into it. Then screw the locking mechansim on the sleeve, and you're good to go. The whole thing locks on the shift rod just like any Whalen. $35

 

Most ***** that you buy come with adapters that are just different size rubber sleeves that fill any space between the shaft and ****, and many then also have set screws. My MOMO had both, and then the base screws up to cover the set screws. I am now using my stock **** with the MOMO base and adapter on a short shifter, as I like the low **** better than the high-riding MOMO I selected, though the MOMO was much more solid and better quality.

If you have a **** but it is too large and you have no adapter you could buy a really cheap **** just for the adapters.

 

I know I am not the only one with this **** but I love it! And its a whelen

 

there are several ways to attach the "walmart special."

it comes with a metal sleeve and a set screw. this can be used as is on the cars without a kink in the shifter shaft or on cars with a kinked shaft IF you only cut off about 2" from the shaft.

but if you cut off over 3" from a kinked shaft, like i did, you also have to cut off that metal sleeve. i made a very tightly fitting plastic shim so that the **** doesn't pull off in normal driving. i thought about gluing it with wimpy contact cement or tapping the plastic sphere itself, but didn't bother because it works well enough for me as is.

 

Flyboy, I saw your mod a long time ago. A few days ago, I did it, but added a twist to it. My mod accept the stock ball and the whalen, that I do not have yet. I am using the stock plastic molding to keep it in place. The DYI is here:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=63157

If somebody has a whalen for sale, let me know. If not, I will buy one with my own design on it.

Bombobasy

 

bomber

[applause smiley] i applaud your VERY clever reuse of the molded plastic; i wish i'd thought of that.

what year is your car? i could be wrong, but i thought the 2005/2006 shaft and platistic molding looked different.

i continue to love the crisp, low slop feel this mod gives. ( one for each speed in the box )

i recently test drove a 6 speed nc miata; my cut down mcs shifter felt MUCH, MUCH better. but i suspect that a cut down nc miata might feel better than a cut down mcs because it doesn't have cables/rods in the mechanism. (i must add that it was a cut down older miata shifter that inspired me to cut my mcs.)

 

Hi all,

I recently installed a MOMO EVO race ****. I did not like how it looked and how high it was (the added height pretty much cancelled out the effects of my Helix SS kit). So I cut some off the shaft and reduced its diameter with a dremmel (using a grinding wheel) and some emory paper (used like a shoe-shine rag to round off the rough edges). Here's the final result:


I would like to get the height as close to stock as possible. Can anyone with a stock shifter and **** measure the distance from the top edge of the bezel to the top of the ****?

Thanks, and love all the variety in shift *****.

Dave