can you swap rods for cables on 8v gearbox???

[novanut170]

as above guys, id like to loose the rod gears an fit cables (off a vectra maybe??) just wondering if anyone has done this an how easy it was to do...?

[mowgli]

for what particular reason?? for a lot less work, you could fit the cav style shifter...

[novanut170]

because i race nova's and the rods keep jaming up on the rack, an it gets stuck in a gear or even worse nutrel. so with cables they will "never" jam up or cause problems :cool:

[mowgli]

as i previously alluded to , getting rid of the complete nova linkage & fitting an internal shifter rod creates a direct shift... look at mk1/mk2 astras, they don't have any linkage, just a gearstick, a rod & 2 uj's.

[novanut170]

but the rack is higher up on the astras...movin the shifer inside would still use the nova linkage under the bonnen ryt.? :S

[mowgli]

i'm positive its been done by someone on here in the past.. i'm not sure how though..

why not make a rosejointed linkage, there are 'how to' threads on here about it.

[Mieran]

internal shifter will make no difference to his problem.

You need some thing like the quaife linkage, have a look in peester's progress thread and try to make something similar to that

[Iain]

Yes it's possible to ditch the gear linkage with an internal shifter setup.

Peester used early Astra parts to make his work IIRC. I've also seen pics of a Cav style internal shifter rosejointed (to swap pivot direction) in order to connect directly to the shifter turret, doing away with the linkage.

I think both of the above are cheaper/DIY ways of avoiding spending hundreds on a Quaife shifter setup.

[Stuart]

I dont see why you cant use a cable shift setup from the likes of the veccy/astra but finding the selector turret not fitting the smaller boxes will be the biggest pain.

[novanut170]

cheers guys, im NOT going to spend loads on doing this as its only a race car an will probly get smashed lol,i jus had a thort of trying the likes of a new corsa maybe..if there cable that is...trip to the salvage yard me thinks!