Improving my shift

[Malicioso]

Bakis: Tranny oil is dead simple, if you wanna come over to mine I can do it for ya, takes no more than 20mins to flush out the old stuff and put in the new oil. Shifter Base bushes felt awesome from day one and the SSP and heavier gearknob felt even better.

Fletch: There is a whole thread on this in the transmission section of the forums, some mention Penrite SIN 75W90 oil which is a GL5 which is ok but the Mazda manual espcifies a GL4, I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty bits on this as is has been covered many times before, but I used a Penrite SIN 75W85 GL4 oil which seems to work quite well and my shifts are real smooth now when cold, only thing I have noticed is that when going up or down a steep drive way, say at a servo I can feel one of the front wheels free spinning while the one on the ground is not doing anything, as if the LSD isn't engaging correctly or something. Very much like a single spinner so I will be looking into the Redline oil which is also highly recommended for these vehicles.

[KRNAGE]

as above getting shifter bushes will help along with a rear engine mount. after that look at a SSP if you want to make the throws shorter

after "feeling" toine888's "shifter" with only the 2XS SSP, getting the bushes would definietly help.

i went in this order for my shifter
TRZ Rear Engine Mount - good
TWM Solid Bushes - better
TWM Shifter - bettererer (got it on a GB many years ago otherwise I would have probably gone with an SSP)