This is a picture of my first attempt to make one of Tom's very nice short shifters have an even shorter travel. YOu can tell that I am not much of a welder, but the second one came out better.

I hope you can see that I extended the lower part of the shifter by about 12 mm and welded a steel plate to the back.

The shifter looks good. How well does it work?

After getting the clutch to release properly, it shifts really slick and FAST! I really like it. Tom's short shifter is great, this is just a little improvement to what he has done. The handle movement required to change gears is MUCH better.

How much shorter do you guys need the shifter? Any shorter and it'll be an auto:-)

Thanks, Cooter. I appreciate your effort to get a photo posted. Looks like a relatively straightforward project that I can do while my car is down for a long winters nap.
One question, does this significantly increase shifting effort?

It is a little stiffer- but I used a shift knob from my Honda parts car instead of the hard plastic Fiero one. It is taller than the original knob, so the overall height of the shifter is not much shorter than stock. Because of this, it is not too terribly hard to shift.

This is how the shifter looks with the Honda knob.

Note that the Honda shift pattern for the 5 speed printed on the knob is correct.
It,s funny to see this, cause I,ve been eyeing the one on my wifes car for a while now, trying to figure a way to disappear it.
Cooter how did you deal with the difference in thread size. With the lever or the knob?
Coy

Becasuse the Honda knob is plastic, I just used a big drill bit and drilled it out to fit the fiero threads then screwed it on. It was really hard to put on the first time because the shaft was having to cut the threads into the plastic, but now it comes off pretty easy.