Cheap Weighted Billet

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Cheap Weighted Billet

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Well today I was pondering to send a friend of mine the weighted Billet from Missing Linkz for a present.
I bought one for my 90, along with the short shifter kit, and it rocked.

Since I'm a cheap bastard (cost effective), I have come up with a home Brew version that uses no clamps, and is a easy retro when you do a bushing swap.


Parts:
One and a half Pounds of fender washers. Large Diameter Internal hole.
2 wire ties
Roll of electrical tape.

Take of the shifter link, and slide the washers over the rod one at a time.
Center the mass, and one the edges apply a wire tie to keep them all together.
Cover with electrical tape to water proof.


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Enjoy......add the missing linkz short shifter kit and ooooooh baby.
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Sounds really good Brian, I'll have to check it out when I get home since work blocks all the images from most image sharing sites. :thumbup:
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If you want to be really fancy, you could use some heat shrink tubing instead of electrical tape. The results should look pretty professional, and it comes in a bunch of different colors.
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Briano, is this what you had in mind? I haven't seen any one else post anything else on this subject so here's a pic.
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I'm going to try the shrink wrap technique that gull suggested. I'll post more pics when done. Great idea Briano! Thanks!
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RabidRabbit wrote:Briano, is this what you had in mind? I haven't seen any one else post anything else on this subject so here's a pic.
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I would of just used wire ties, but hey hose clamps work too. Good on ya mate.
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I couldn't find shrink wrap in that size, so I ended up wrapping it with electrical tape. Then finished it with cable wrap. I think it looks pretty good.
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Looks good.
With a short shifter the difference is night and day. Not as tight as my MG but significantly more betta.
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I installed a short shifter @ 33%. It works great, what a difference it makes. The weighted throw works awesome, thanks Briano. You are correct about the MG mine also shifts pretty tight. I don't know, if you noticed mine parked next to the cabby? It's a 1980 MGB
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